Weekly Roundup: February 17th-23rd

Happy Monday from Bologna Global Rights Exchange!

As always, here is our collection of last week's best news and reviews. Hope you enjoy reading through these and gradually get in the spirit of March - a month of fairs and exciting publishing opportunities.

With that said, buona lettura! Alla prossima!

 

• Simon & Schuster UK and International CEO Ian Chapman to step down

• Spotify is making it easier to release audiobooks narrated by AI | The Verge

• Amazon Is Killing Your Ability to Download Kindle Books Next Week

• Tilted Axis Press Took a Big Risk on Translated Literature. It Paid Off. - The New York Times

• Salman Rushdie’s Assailant Faces Up to 25 Years in Prison

 

• Walter Scott Prize 2025: Carys Davies, David Peace, Yael van der Wouden among longlist

• Giada Scodellaro’s debut Ruins, Child has won the 2024 Novel Prize. ‹ Literary Hub

• Jon Yaged, Sarah Jessica Parker to Receive PEN America Awards - Publishers Lunch

• The Bookseller - News - The London Book Fair awards Gloria Bailey MBE the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award

 

• Who Is Ugly? - The New York Times

• Book Review: ‘Snowy Day and Other Stories,’ by Lee Chang-dong - The New York Times

• A ‘great shock’: Julianne Moore’s children’s book under review by Trump administration

 

• Bologna Children's Book Fair premia i migliori libri per bambini e ragazzi: ecco chi ha vinto i BRAW 2025

• Libri da leggere, il caso Offeddu nella Sardegna ancestrale - la Repubblica

• "E ho smesso di chiamarti papà": il tremendo memoir di Caroline Darian, figlia di Gisèle e Dominique Pelicot

• Fare i conti col colonialismo (e con le sue immagini). Intervista a Maaza Mengiste - Lucy

 

- Lara Abrahams