All children have the right to read quality books: a report from Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2022
I was lucky this year to have the chance to attend the Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF) for the first time. Like most of the…
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Work for hire in the design world: an interview with Rebecca Blake of the Graphic Artists Guild
In this BookMachine blog post, Linda Secondari, our Editorial Board Member for Design, interviews Rebecca Blake, Advocacy Liaison at the Graphic Artists Guild, about work…
The wonderful world of illustrations: reaching out to illustrators beyond our borders
Mauro Spagnol is an Italian living in London who has been working been in publishing, selling rights and co-editions, for almost 20 years. He has…
Join the Summer of CAMPUS!
With lots of people in publishing winding down for the summer months here in the Northern Hemisphere – some taking annual leave or logging off…
#MyGlobalTeam: Celebrate international colleagues in publishing
Join us and our friends at Publishers Without Borders online on Friday 28th August anytime between 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (BST) for a day…
Interview with a literary agent: Sebastian Ritscher of Mohrbooks
The annual cycle of international book fairs has been disrupted by the COVID-19 outbreak, but the business of publishing is continuing, as we all look…
LBF2020: How will Rights business carry on without the Fair?
This morning, at long last, Reed Exhibitions announced the cancellation of this year’s London Book Fair. Publishing Twitter could finally stop refreshing for updates while,…
Translation tips for beginners
Have you ever heard the term “lost in translation”? What this commonly used phrase essentially means is that there aren’t specific words to describe the…
Writing for international audiences
Writing has a huge potential audience now as we have many ways to access the written word. If not done well, though, writing for a…
Irish book sales up by 20% as feel-good factor returns to publishing
The book trade in Ireland is booming with sales up by more than 20 per cent to date this year. Here are some of the…
Translated literature: Is the buzz to be believed?
Jonathan Ruppin is Literary Director at digital start-up Orson & Co and the founder of the English PEN Translated Literature Book Club. He was a…
Book fair survey results are in
This month BookMachine and Frankfurt Book Fair ran a survey to find out more about your behaviour and opinions about book fairs. The winner received…
Are yEUr rights protected? Workers’ rights and the EU
Following the EU referendum and ahead of our July event with Unite the Union, ‘United, We Publish: Your pay – your say?‘, Jasmin Kirkbride summarises current workers’ rights…
All the facts and stats from the UK Children’s Summit
For the first time this year, Nielsen Book held a UK Children’s Summit at London Book Fair, covering the incredible growth we’ve seen in Children’s…
Not at Home for the Holidays: The writers behind bars for freedom of expression
On Saturday, Egyptian lawyer and human rights activist, Nasser Amin challenged the law stating the Egyptian authorities are allowed to imprison writers who publish works…