On Wednesday it was announced—after much speculation, and a raft of major publisher withdrawals—that the London Book Fair, scheduled for March 10th-12th, would not be going ahead. In an announcement… Read more »

The London Book Fair can be a pretty overwhelming place. As one of the biggest trade fairs in the world, you can expect a LOT of people to show up—many… Read more »

This past March, China removed its limitations on presidential terms. The immediate consequence of this legislative shake-up is that the sitting President of the People’s Republic of China and General Secretary… Read more »

Have you all recovered, then? That tickly cough cleared up? Circa one thousand emails flagged “to action” in the ol’ inbox? Finally got some vitamins after a steady diet of… Read more »

We have a date. Article 50 – the clause in the the Lisbon Treaty that allows a member state to formally begin the withdrawal process from the European Union — will be triggered… Read more »

In the Guardian this week, Sian Cain opens an article called “Ebook sales continue to fall as younger generations drive appetite for print” with this assertion: Readers committed to physical books can give… Read more »

Several months after banning the Hong Kong Film Awards and attempting to bring Hong Kong publisher Mighty Current to heel, under the direction of President Xi Jinping, Chinese regulators have shut… Read more »

In 2002, the indie publisher Hesperus Press published Jonas Jonasson’s The 100-Year-Old Man Who Jumped Out of the Window and Disappeared, which went on to be a massive hit and… Read more »

This has been a fine, fine couple of weeks for translation. First, there was BookExpo America in New York last week, which dedicated all of Wednesday to translation as part… Read more »

Top industry heads got together at the “Publishing for Digital Minds Conference” at the London Book Fair to discuss gender equality and whether women are being left out from the… Read more »