Frankfurter Buchmesse Opens Its Ticket Sales for October | @Porter_Anderson @Book_Fair #FBM26 | Online sales of tickets for the 2025 Frankfurter Buchmesse in October now are open for trade visitors and members of the public.

Bologna Opens Its Ragazzi Award Applications for 2026 | @Porter_Anderson @BoChildrensBook #BCBF26 @BolognaBookPlus @GallimardJeun @bodour @KalimatGrp @GvantsaJobava @intpublishers

Working ‘APACE’ on the Eve of Europe’s Accessibility Act | @Porter_Anderson. .@FondazioneLIA @cmussi @elisamolinari | Fondazione LIA’s ‘APACE’ gathering of book publishing practitioners and accessibility experts meets as a new law adds heat to late June.

IPA Joins in Condemnation of Boualem Sansal’s Upheld Sentence | @Porter_Anderson @IntPublishers | The International Publishers Association’s (IPA) Kristenn Einarsson calls Boualem Sansal’s incarceration ‘an affront to a literary ambassador of Algeria.’.

Berlin’s ResearchGate and Gottingen’s Hogrefe Publishing: New Partnership | @Porter_Anderson @ResearchGate @hogrefe_publ | Among academic publishers signing with ResearchGate’s Journal Home is Hogrefe Publishing’s 15-journal stable of publications.

Frankfurter Buchmesse, Paris, and Berlin to Celebrate Goldschmidt’s 25th | @Porter_Anderson @Book_Fair #FBM25 | This year includes a series of special events around the 25th anniversary of the Goldschmidt program for literary translators.

DPR’s Digital Publishing Award Goes International This Year | @erinlcox | Publishing Perspectives partners with Digital Publishing Report to expand honorees internationally.

‘Splendid Memories in Seoul’: Guest of Honor Taiwan | @erinlcox | At Seoul International Book Fair, Taiwan’s guest of honor program celebrates the deep connection between these two countries and their readers. (Sponsored)

June Showcased Many of Brazil’s Literary Interests | @Porter_Anderson @talitafacchinii | The 40th Bienal do Livro reportedly drew 740,000 attendees, a 23-percent increase over the previous iteration in 2023.

In the UAE, Sharjah’s ‘Onshur’ Cheers a ‘Scale Track’ of Publishers | @Porter_Anderson @SharjahBookAuth #EPA @Bodour @AhmedAlamriSHJ #RashidAlKous @ImanBenChaibah | The ‘Onshur’ accelerator graduates a 12-publisher class chosen for their market traction.

The US Supreme Court Supports Parents on LGBTQ Books | @Porter_Anderson @PenguinRandom @authorsguild | ‘Opt-outs for religious objections will chill what is taught in schools,’ writes PEN America’s Elly Brinkley on ‘Mahmoud v. Taylor.’

Working ‘APACE’ on the Eve of Europe’s Accessibility Act | @Porter_Anderson @FondazioneLIA @cmussi @elisamolinari | Fondazione LIA’s ‘APACE’ gathering of book publishing practitioners and accessibility experts meets as a new law adds heat to late June.

Debating Globalization in an Interconnected World | @RCharkin | ‘Perhaps globalization can only work hand-in-hand with empowerment,’ says Richard Charkin, but the debate goes on.

AAP’s April StatShot: US Industry Down 4.0 Percent in April | @Porter_Anderson @AmericanPublish | The Association of American Publishers’ StatShot sees trade revenues in the US book market down 2.7 percent in April.

Frankfurter Buchmesse: Guest of Honor Philippines Plans | @Porter_Anderson @Book_Fair #FBM25 | @JuergenBoos: ‘Building relationships between continents and generations; between colonial heritage, climate change, and visions of the future.’

Rights Roundup: Seoul’s and Beijing’s Simultaneous Fairs | @Porter_Anderson | Our Rights Roundup carries news of deals on books from the United Kingdom, Finland, Germany, Turkey, and South Korea.

Italy’s LIA and APACE: Accessibility Programming at Fiesole | @Porter_Anderson @FondazioneLIA @cmussi @elisamolinari | A ‘summer school’ for publishing professionals heads to Fiesole, outside Firenze, to prepare for the new law’s activation.

Europe’s ‘Archipelagos’ Project: Supporting Translators and Lesser-Used Languages | @JaroslawAdamows | European literary organizations see the Archipelagos project as a way to identify and promote translations from lesser-used languages.

Spain’s Publishing Sector Recovers to Pre-2008 Levels | @Porter_Anderson | ‘A growing interest in reading and books’ cheers Spanish publishers, who report regaining pre-2008 turnover levels in 2024.

Rights Trading at Beijing International Book Fair: Two Illustrated Works From Italy | @Porter_Anderson @bibffo | At the Beijing book fair, agent Sara Wang will be presenting rights availabilities for the Italian publisher @GiuntiEditore.