A film based on a Warsaw ‘rap-roman’ finds its way to Poland’s cinemas in March, its producer calling it ‘fresh’ and ‘blunt.’ Read More
Producer Beata Rzezniczek’s Rap on ‘Other People’
Canada and Korea: The Newly Merged Wattpad Webtoon Studios
As president of the combined Wattpad Webtoon Studios division, Aron Levitz says the hurdle now is getting more content to more screens faster. Read More
Sales of Social Justice and Race Books Soar in the States
This, as HarperCollins announces that it has become the official publisher of the archives of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Judith Curr speaks of ‘how inclusive Dr. King’s work is.’ Read More
Tales From Simon Stålenhag: His Amazon Original Series
My collective seashell,’ as Simon Stålenhag puts it, ‘sounds like that’—his artwork, his texts, and the new cinematic treatment of his first book created by writer-producer Nathaniel Halpern. Read More
Andrew Keen at Berlinale: ‘Don’t Rely on a Single Medium’
The iconoclastic author, filmmaker, and relentless critic of the digital era’s challenges gives a keynote for the European Film Market Horizon and DLD. Read More
On Both Sides of the Political Divide, Books Are Soaring
As the US Senate opens the trial of the impeached Donald Trump, American political books rise on the updraft of media coverage. Read More
Italian Book Publishers Reveal €528M Lost to Piracy Yearly
Costing the books industry as much as €528M, piracy is a major target for Italian book and news publishers in 2020. Read More
Booker Winning Marilyn Booth on Arabic Translations
Arabic-to-English translator Marilyn Booth talks about the challenges and positive signals she sees for bringing new readers to Arabic literature in translation. Read More
Netflix’s Kelly Luegenbiehl at Frankfurt: She Comes In Peace
The chief of Netflix International Originals at Frankfurt tells publishers that she actively wants to consider their stories for development: ‘I see us as partners, not competitors.’ Read More
Kathleen Hall Jamieson’s Cyberwarning
At the Annenberg, Kathleen Hall Jamieson’s ‘Library of Alexandria moment’ is a warning to publishers that their essential content could go up in cyber-flames.
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