Bad Mergentheim Hosts 43rd Baden-Württemberg Literature Days
The 43rd Baden-Württemberg Literature Days concluded on 11 October in Bad Mergentheim, drawing more than 6,500 visitors across over 60 events, far surpassing the city’s…
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Montreuil Youth Book and Press Fair 2026 Announces Programme
The Montreuil youth book and press fair will run from 25 to 30 November 2026 under the theme “Aux frontières du réel”, now directed…
Frankfurt Book Fair Draws 236,000 as Publishing Industry Confronts AI, Audio and Changing Readers
FRANKFURT, Germany — The Frankfurt Book Fair closed its 2026 edition with 236,000 visitors from 137 countries, as publishers, authors, agents and readers gathered…
Frankfurt Book Fair 2026 Opens Amid Tighter Budgets and Bigger Ambitions
Frankfurt is about to do what it does best: compress a year’s worth of rights conversations into five days. As the 2026 fair opens…
Spotify rolls out audiobooks service across Spanish‑language markets
At the Frankfurt Book Fair, Spotify announced the launch of its Audiobooks in Premium service in Spain, Colombia and Mexico, with further roll‑outs planned…
lit.RUHR draws nearly 19,000 attendees to ten‑year anniversary programme
The German literary platform lit.RUHR and its children’s arm lit.kid.RUHR reported about 19,000 visitors across roughly 70 events marking their decade‑long run.
Quai des Bulles 2026 Festival Announces Winners
The 45th edition of the Quai des Bulles festival, held in Saint‑Malo from 9 to 11 October, revealed its award winners, with Tebo taking…
Cornelia Funke Presents New Children’s Book at Open Books Festival
At the Open Books Festival, author Cornelia Funke read from her latest children’s title and discussed how her characters emerge from her imagination.
Guadalajara 2026 Puts Indie Spanish-Language Publishing Centre Stage
Six weeks before the doors open, the organising team behind the Guadalajara International Book Fair is finalising a floor plan that tells a story…
Sharjah's Rights Hub Expands Beyond Arabic-Language Deals
Six years ago, the Sharjah International Book Fair’s rights programme was a well-regarded regional appointment: the place where Arabic-language publishing met its neighbours, and…
Regional Fairs Fill the Gap Left by the Big Shows
The calendar gap left by the disappearance of the great horizontal trade show has been quietly, comprehensively filled — not by one successor, but…
Screen Adaptations Steal the Show at Rights Tables
The rights tables at this season’s fairs and festivals have a new geography, and the map is drawn in screen money. Where translation rights…
Hybrid Fairs Cut Carbon, Keep the Rights Economy Moving
The book fair’s carbon footprint has become, in the space of three seasons, a line item that organisers can no longer consign to the…