Weekly Roundup: June 16th-22nd

Good morning from Bologna Global Rights Exhanche!

Last week felt like summer in London, which is why we should probably get going with our summer reading list of melancholic romances and beach-side thrillers.

In the meantime, I am here to remind you of the most recent international book fairs - BIBF in China - and keep you up date on AI news. Seems that TikTok tried a publishing experiment, but it didn't go as well as expected...

It's a Monday, but regardless of what duties await us, today it's worth spending some time under the sun and enjoy reading through these articles sipping on an iced cold coffee.

With that said, buona lettura!

 

• 'I fear for those at the start of their careers': Bookseller AI survey highlights trade's concerns

• Innovation and collaboration key to the future of academic publishing

• TikTok's Parent Company to Close Publishing Imprint

• Rights Roundup: Seoul's and Beijing's Simultaneous Fairs

 

• Guild of Food Writers Awards 2025 winners announced

• Making sense of the chaos: 12 Orwell Prize finalists on why they write

• Margaret McDonald becomes youngest ever winner of the Carnegie Medal for Writing

• Booksellers Association celebrates Percival Everett among Indie Book Awards Winners

 

• Su Tong: the Man Booker nominee on how writing a book is like raising a child

• Air-Conditioned Unease: Joan Didion on the Couch

• The Book Cover Trend You’re Seeing Everywhere 

• A Beach Boys-inspired reading list: 11 books to fuel a weird, beautiful summer. ‹ Literary Hub

 

• Così Biblioteller valorizza il catalogo nascosto degli editori

• Uk: non è un paese per giovani lettori

• Lo sport per scrittrici e scrittori di oggi 

• Come salvare l'editoria italiana? Wu Ming 1 ha un'idea 

 

- Lara Abrahams