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Rights Roundup: Open Call for Latvian Literature Translation Funding

Erin L. Cox — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:21:52 +0000

This month's Rights Roundup features a winter rom-com, an existential journey, and discovering what fungi can teach us.

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U.S. Trade Sales Cooled Somewhat in November but Remain Solid

Andrew Albanese — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:26:07 +0000

According to the AAP's monthly StatShot report, U.S. trade revenues for November 2025 were up over the previous year.

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China Bestsellers: Double 11 Promotions and Living in an Era of Uncertainty Boost Sales

Erin L. Cox — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:30:13 +0000

OpenBook shares their insight into the top books on their fiction, nonfiction, and children’s bestseller lists from November, plus a look at what international authors are selling well in China.

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Association of American Publishers Announces This Month’s Revenue Report

Erin L. Cox — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:00:53 +0000

The Association of American Publishers released October 2025 StatShot report noting revenue is up 6.7% over October 2024 and 0.4% so far this year.

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China Bestsellers: Nobel Prize Boost, Aspirational Nonfiction, and Children’s Classics

Erin L. Cox — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:37:12 +0000

Beijing's OpenBook shares their insight into the top books on their international, fiction, nonfiction, and children's bestseller lists.

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Australia’s Helen Garner Wins the UK’s £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prize in Nonfiction

Porter Anderson — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:42:16 +0000

'A fascinating insight into the creative reality of a writer's life,' Helen Garner's win is a first for a diary.

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Lyndal Roper’s ‘Summer of Fire and Blood’ Wins Montreal’s Cundill Award

Porter Anderson — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 02:20:37 +0000

What jurors call a 'sensational account' of a 16th-century European uprising wins this year's Cundill History Cundill History Prize in Montreal.

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Sunil Amrith Wins the £25,000 British Academy Book Prize

Porter Anderson — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 20:15:20 +0000

'Interconnections between human history and environmental transformation' are the focus of the 2025 British Academy Book Prize win.

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Shortlist: The UK’s £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prize in Nonfiction

Porter Anderson — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 03:46:55 +0000

Three of the six books shortlisted for the 2025 Baillie Gifford Prize in the United Kingdom are Penguin Random House releases.

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Canada’s $75,000 Cundill Prize Names Its 2025 Finalists

Porter Anderson — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 08:28:13 +0000

Elements of freedom—and struggles for it—are at play among the three finalists named by the Cundill History Prize in Montreal.

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