The 20th anniversary of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize marks another competition in both fiction and nonfiction shortlists.
Rights Roundup: Warm Weather Titles on the World Market
The books in this Rights Roundup come from Canada, Italy, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Finland, and the United States.
Ulli Lust Wins the €25,000 German Nonfiction Prize
The German artist and illustrator Ulli Lust’s ‘The Woman as Human’ is named the 2025 German Nonfiction Prize winner at Hamburg.
UK Publishers Association: 2024 Audiobooks Up 31 Percent
While fiction was up 18 percent in 2024, the United Kingdom’s nonfiction sales ran some 4 percent below their 2023 performance.
Rights Roundup: Seoul’s and Beijing’s Simultaneous Fairs
Our Rights Roundup carries news of deals on books from the United Kingdom, Finland, Germany, Turkey, and South Korea.
Circana Cites ‘Dark Romance’ Growing in US Market
Some 51 million units have sold in print romance titles in the United States market in 12 months, per Circana’s research.
Frankfurter Buchmesse’s 2025 CONTEC in Chile: ‘Potential and Challenges’
The 2027 Frankfurter Buchmesse guest of honor, Chile, hosts a CONTEC conference with visiting publishers.
China Bestsellers in March: Entertainment and DeepSeek
The March bestsellers in China this year have shown a growing demand for ‘NZ2’, books about AI and DeepSeek, and revived poetry.
Rights Roundup: ‘Faithful Readers’ of Max Seeck Have a TV Series Coming
Patience has paid off for Max Seeck as one of his ice-thawing Nordic noir novels is set to start production for television this year.
2025 British Book Awards: Margaret Atwood Wins the Freedom to Publish Award
The trade honors announced at the 35th edition of the British Book Awards name Bloomsbury and Nosy Crow top publishers.