From Madagascar, Lebanon, and Indonesia, three of Frankfurter’s 2017 Invitation Program publishers talk about their work and publishing dynamics in their markets.   ach year, the Invitation Program sponsors a select number of small, independent publishers from various parts of the world … [Read more...]

The Göteborg Book Fair in 2017 was rather special for the Pontas Agency. After attending this fair for many years in a row, an author represented by the agency —Eka Kurniawan— was the “face” of the prestigious seminar program for this year’s fair; and three other authors from the agency were also in … [Read more...]

Bali is set to host the 14th annual Ubud Writers and Readers Festival on Oct. 25-29, with more than 150 authors, artists and activists from 31 countries telling their stories in discussions, workshops, literary lunches and live performances. "With the number of nations represented at this year's … [Read more...]

Colleen AF Venable Art director, Children’s Book Group Workman, New York Venable took an unusual route to her current position, where, according to Workman general manager Jill Salayi, she creates books “that have never existed before.” Venable began her career as a receptionist for the … [Read more...]

Following Indonesian novel writer Tere Liye’s complaints on the huge writer's tax rate, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati announced her readiness to improve the services in the area of income taxes. Well-known writer Tere Liye took his frustration to Facebook and complained about the high … [Read more...]