International

• Death announced of Italian publisher and writer Roberto Calasso

  News - International

  Friday, 30th July 2021

  Author and founder of publisher Adelphi Edizioni has died at 80
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• Hardie Grant reveals buy-out of founding investors

  News - International

  Thursday, 15th July 2021

  Sandy Grant and Fiona Hardie, plus Julie Pinkham and Ian Webster, acquire shares held by original start-up investors Associated Media Investments (AMI)
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• Hybrid Frankfurt Book Fair emerges

  News - International

  Friday, 9th July 2021

  Over 60 countries will be represented at October in-person event; visitors will need to be vaccinated or have a negative test result; parallel digital fair to run alongside
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• Egmont buys Norway’s biggest publishing house

  News - International

  Thursday, 1st July 2021

  Cappelen Damm employs 320 staff and publishes around 2,200 titles annually, generating revenues of €120m
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• U.S. Selfies Book Awards shortlist announced

  News - International

  Thursday, 17th June 2021

  Free e-book sampler of shortlisted titles now available; fourteen authors in the race for adult fiction and children's awards
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• Bologna Books+: Changing Reading Habits

  News - International

  Tuesday, 15th June 2021

  Panel explores effects internationally of the pandemic
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• Elif Shafak set for BolognaBookPlus Forging Forward conference

  News - International

  Friday, 11th June 2021

  Novelist joins Monday's headline conference which sees speakers from 25 countries discuss the challenges facing global publishing, and how to move forward after the...
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• Publishing leaders assess impact of the pandemic

  News - International

  Thursday, 10th June 2021

  Digital raced ahead whilst store performace was more patchy, concludes State of the Nations: An Executive Roundtable held as part of BolognaBookPlus, the general trade arm...
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• Abu Dhabi fair wraps up

  News - International

  Wednesday, 9th June 2021

  Book sales up 20% on 2019 figure as 30th edition of Abu Dhabi International Book Fair concludes; event saw nearly 900 exhibitors
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• Scholastic's Dick Robinson dies at 84

  News - International

  Tuesday, 8th June 2021

  'An extraordinary legacy in the world of children's literature' - JK Rowling
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