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
Andrew Keen at Berlinale: ‘Don’t Rely on a Single Medium’
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
At Berlin’s Ullstein Buchverlage
Able to trace its founding dates to the 19th century, Ullstein Buchverlage describes itself as Germany’s most successful hardcover publisher. And while many houses are commercializing, Ullstein wants to be more literary. Read More
Selling African Rights Into Germany
Berlin’s InterKontinental agency ends its first year ready to accelerate rights sales with a new African literature festival in April: Writing in Migration. 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
Agent Neil Gudovitz: Looking to Clean Up on the De-Cluttering Craze
You know all about ‘The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up’ by Marie Kondo, right? But how about ‘Room To Breathe’ from Lu Wei? 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