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

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

Singapore: StoryDrive Asia 2017

Frankfurter Buchmesse’s StoryDrive Asia conference in Singapore highlighted one of the most promising regions, Southeast Asia’s emerging publishing scene.  Read More

Translating Katja Kettu: ‘At the Margins of History’

As AmazonCrossing arrives at Frankfurt Book Fair this week, Finland’s Katja Kettu’s ‘The Midwife’ has just been released, one of Amazon Publishing’s big books of the year. Read More

PEN America on Diversity Issues and Banning Books in the USA

Young readers’ access is limited not only by local challenges but also by ‘soft censorship,’ asserts PEN America’s new report—and ‘diverse books’ may be the first to be yanked. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson The US Will Be ‘Majority Minority’ By 2044 Reporting “a persistent pattern of attempts to remove certain books from public schools… Read More

Unbound's Jason Cooper: 'Too Many Titles in a Small Space'

‘The need for extreme success is now a requirement rather than a boon,’ says the UK’s Jason Cooper in the run-up to Frankfurt’s conference on The Markets. Read More

David Hockney Speaks at Frankfurt Book Fair’s Opening News Conference

Praising the British artist’s ‘openness to new media and his application of digital techniques,’ Frankfurt’s Juergen Boos announces Hockney’s keynote comments on October 18. Read More