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Jaipur Expands Festivals to Charlotte and Seattle
The Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) has unveiled its U.S. lineup for 2024, with the festival returning to Houston, New York City, and Boulder, Colo., and has added dates in Seattle and Charlotte.
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Bologna 2024: TikTok Pushes English-Language Book Sales in Europe
The growth of English-language book sales in continental Europe is on the rise, fueled by interest generated on TikTok and fed in large part by Amazon.
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Bologna 2024: How Children's Books Can Inspire Action on Sustainability
The Bologna Children's Book Fair hosted a panel discussion exploring the crucial role that children's literature can play in educating and empowering young readers to become vocal advocates and change agents for a sustainable future.
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Bologna 2024: Dead Bunnies and Naked Bottoms: What Makes Children's Books Travel Internationally?
In a Bologna Book Fair session called "Dead Bunnies and Naked Bottoms: Meeting the Challenges of Children's Publishing Across Cultures," moderator Maria Russo led a discussion on international picture book successes, obstacles, and taboos.
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BISG Looks to the Future at Annual Meeting
A return to doing industry research and broadening the organization's ties to such industry key players as literary agents and authors are part of the Book Industry Study Group's new three-year initiative.
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S&S Marks 100 Years with Back-to-Back Celebrations
On April 8 and 9, Simon & Schuster hosted two star-studded centenary fetes in New York City to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its founding.
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Bologna 2024: War Leaves a Mark
As expected, this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair is itself touched by and reflective of the global political scene, particularly the wars in the Middle East and in Ukraine.
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Women's Media Group Celebrates 50 Years
More than 200 members of the Women's Media Group celebrated its 50th anniversary at a March 25 gala at the New-York Historical Society. Marie Dutton Brown, Mary McAveney, We Need Diverse Books, and the Brooklyn Public Library were among the night's honorees.
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TLA 2024 Preview: Leading the Way in the Lone Star State
Under the conference theme “Stories Inspire. Opportunities Await,” Texas Library Association leaders say the 2024 annual conference, set for April 13–16 in San Antonio, is expected to draw more than 5,000 attendees.
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A Romantasy Festival Comes to Chicago
Romantasy was added as a category in the Goodreads Choice Awards in 2023—a fact mentioned several times at the inaugural Romantasy Literary Genre Festival, held March 22–24 at the Otherworld Theater in Chicago.
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