Weekly Roundup: April 14th - 20th

Good morning from Bologna Global Rights Exchange! 

As we recover from the Easter festivities, this week's roundup comes slightly later than expected. 

It's always hard to choose from such a wide variety of articles and opinion pieces published everyday from around the world. This is the selection for last week's hot topics and news. 

Buona lettura! 

• Mario Vargas Llosa, giant of Latin American literature, dies aged 89

• New Study Finds That Book Bans Lead to Increased Readership

• WH Smith Travel profits soar following sale of high-street business

• A new chapter for publishing? Book subscription services launch their own titles

 

• Inaugural PEN Presents x International Booker Prize translators shortlist revealed

• The Publishing Triangle Winners

• Faber launches 2025 FAB Prize

• Rights Roundup: Deal Reports From Early 2025

 

• The Irresistible Allure of Books About Bookstores

• Book Review: ‘Notes to John,’ by Joan Didion - The New York Times

• Forthcoming: Priscilla Presley's Memoir; 'Insomnia' By Robbie Robertson - Publishers Lunch

 

• Per le case editrici italiane è il momento delle collane di saggistica

• "The editors are IN": i consigli degli editor per aspiranti autrici e autori 

• Il nemico è lo smartphone: la nuova via degli editori per portare i libri ai ragazzi

 

- Lara Abrahams