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Children’s Books in China 2018: Kids Media
This low-profile multimedia company, established in 2014, collaborates with some of biggest brands in the world, including Disney, Dreamworks, and Lego. Kids Media excels at promoting and marketing these products.
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Ferrante Scores in Germany, France
Elena Ferrante’s "The Story of the Lost Child" landed in the top spot in France at the end of January and was in second place on Germany’s bestseller list last month. The novel was published in the U.S. in fall 2015 by Europa Editions.
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U.K.'s Booksellers Association Restructures
Tim Godfray, chief executive of the U.K.-based Booksellers Association (BA) since 1984, is stepping back his day-to-day management responsibilities. Meryl Halls is moving is becoming managing director, while Godfray transitions into the role of executive chair of the BA Group.
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Popular Fiction Topped December International Bestseller Lists
Eric Vuillard’s Goncourt Prize–winner The Agenda, a historical novel about the Nazi annexation of Austria, remained at #1 in France.
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Canadian Book Sales Down in 2017
Unit sales of print books fell 4% in Canada in 2017, compared to 2016, while dollar sales dropped 3%. The figures were released by BookNet Canada’s sales tracking service.
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Prix Goncourt Winner Tops In France
In France, the fiction bestseller list at the end of November was crowned by a pair of prizewinning novels about World War II.
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Michael Redhill Wins 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize
Redhill was awarded the Scotiabank Giller Prize and its attendant C$100,000 purse for his novel 'Bellevue Square' (Doubleday Canada) on November 20.
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‘Origin’ Rules The World
Dan Brown’s latest novel, "Origin," was in the top spot on the fiction bestseller list in France at the end of October.
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Catalonia’s Book Industry Is Small But Vibrant
The city of Barcelona may only have 1.6 million residents, but it dictates much of what Spanish speakers around the world read.
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Amanuta’s Coming-of-Age Story
The Chilean picture book publisher Editorial Amanuta, which explores off-the-beaten-path topics in Latin American history and the folktales of indigenous people, is broadening its reach.
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Australia: The Big Not-So-New Thing
Over the past couple of years, Australia has hatched a raft of authors whose work is selling around the globe.
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‘Column of Fire’ Hot Abroad
Ken Follett’s latest novel has taken the top slots on the fiction bestseller lists in both France and Germany
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For Greystone Books, Hopes for a Follow-Up Bestseller
Four years after relaunching as an independent press, Greystone Books is working hard to replicate the success of 2016’s huge hit, 'The Hidden Life of Trees,' with a sequel from German environmentalist Peter Wohlleben.
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Heather Reisman, Canada’s Most Influential Reader
The founder and CEO of Indigo Books & Music has a Midas touch when it comes to bestsellers.
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These Canadian Voices Are Global Bestsellers
Rupi Kaur and Lilly Singh are superstars around the world—and their influence is only growing stronger.
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Canadian Publisher Spotlights and Highlights
Publishers, big and small, discuss their best current and forthcoming works.
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Canadian Publishing 2017: Celebrating the Story of Canada
Publishers continue to shape the country’s identity, at home and abroad.
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A Year Filled with Canadaversaries
Tundra and House of Anansi turn 50 and Dundurn turns 45 as Canada's publishing industry grows one year older.
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‘Trees’ Takes Root in France, Germany
A few weeks ahead of the release of Peter Wohlleben’s The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion—Surprising Observations of a Hidden World, his first title, The Hidden Life of Trees, was the #1 nonfiction book in France in August and in third place in his native Germany.
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Academic Publishing in China 2017: All Our Coverage
Welcome to PW's coverage on the Chinese academic publishing segment, which is capitalizing on massive government funding to produce groundbreaking research and publications.
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