The international media, services and education company Bertelsmann has achieved a record operating result after nine months of its current fiscal year. Concurrently, the EBITDA margin improved year-on-year, and Group net income also showed another strong increase....
The 11th Seattle South Asian Film Festival closed Sunday with a screening of the tender comedic drama WAITING (2015) from Indian director Anu Menon (LONDON PARIS NEW YORK, X: PAST IS PRESENT). Short filmmaker Saad Khan was on site to talk about his short film BROTHER,...
Authors, translators, and publishers will gather to celebrate the power of international literature at the annual Words Without Borders Gala on November 1, 2016, at Tribeca Three Sixty in New York City. Barbara Epler, president and publisher of New Directions, will...
Recent Study Finds Students Are Happier with Digital Offerings Coupled with Formal Training Programmes on UseLondon, October 20, 2016 – In the face of rising tuition, a generation of “digital-native” students have headed off to university with high expectations for...
Bob Dylan has been named recipient of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature, it was announced today. Mr. Dylan is the first American to receive the prize since 1993, and the first musician to be recognized by the Swedish Academy in the category. “We congratulate Bob...
John R. Ingram receives the BISG Award of Excellence. Dominique Raccah, founder and CEO, Sourcebooks, presented the award to John R. Ingram, chairman, Ingram Content Group.“I’m honored to accept this award from BISG. Collaboration among our industry through groups...
“A captivating story of one dog’s experience of crisis and healing, illustrated with the author’s evocative portraits of Weimaraners.” – Kirkus ReviewsThe retiring attorney finally had some time on his hands. Encouraged by his wife, one of the first items on his...
A persistent pattern of attempts to remove certain books from public schools and libraries, combined with a lack of diversity in Children's and Young Adult (CYA) book publishing, narrows the range of stories and perspectives available to U.S. students, PEN America...
American Booksellers for Free Expression (ABFE), a project of the American Booksellers Association, has announced that seven independent bookstores will participate in “A Night of Silenced Voices” on Tuesday, September 27, to celebrate diversity and honor freedom of...
The American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), the leading professional organization of independent nonfiction writers, announced that longtime ASJA member, Estelle Erasmus, has been appointed conference chair for the 2017 ASJA Conference, May 5-6 at the...
