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’
Olga Tokarczuk Wins the Jan Michalski
Another step in the fast-developing international visibility of the Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, Switzerland’s 50,000-franc Jan Michalski Prize has gone to her ‘The Books of Jacob,’ now being translated by Jennifer Croft. Read More
An International Rights Roundup
A couple of auspicious debuts are included in our latest rights update, as well as historical fiction, a children’s entry, serial work and noir. Read More
The Author and His Translator: Working Together Is All the ‘Rage’
‘Translators are wonderful readers,’ says Poland’s top-selling author, Zygmunt Miłoszewski, whose ‘Rage’ is out in English from AmazonCrossing. Read More
'Promise, Energy, Surprise': Download A Free White Paper on 'The Markets' 2016
The pivotal international publishing regions to be featured at Frankfurt Book Fair on October 18 in The Markets: Global Publishing Summit. Learn about them in this free download. Read More
Asia, North and South America, Africa, Europe Featured in London Book Fair’s Excellence Awards
France, Australia, US, China, Sudan, Brazil, Poland, New Zealand and more factor into the honors: New Bookstore of the Year category a popular favorite. Read More
Confidence Rising (Mostly): Nielsen Looks Over World Markets
By Porter Anderson | @Porter_Anderson The good news is that people think there’s good news. In a webcast this week from in London Book Fair’s #Quantum16 Virtual Conference, Nielsen’s Andre Breedt started his survey of key markets with a check of consumer confidence. He put special emphasis on the #Quantum16 markets: Brazil, China, India, The Philippines,… Read More
Music For Writers: A Royal Welcome For Two Composers
‘I Could Talk About It For Hours’ Even if the Royal String Quartet’s performances of these works of Paweł Szymański and Paweł Mykietyn weren’t exemplary, the sheer enthusiasm of cellist Michal Pepol alone might put these performances right over the top. When New York Public Radio’s free 24/7 streaming service Q2 Music chose the quartet’s new… Read More