Before we take a break from blogging and go on a well-deserved summer break, we would like to draw your attention to our latest project; a collaborative ebook on the effects of the Brexit vote on the UK’s cultural sector and its agents: “It’s not just the economy, stupid! Brexit […] Read more
France will be the Guest of Honour at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. How familiar are you with their culture, literature and markets so far? The Literary Field Kaleidoscope offers you a first glimpse at our neighbouring literary field – and next week an interview with an independent bookseller in […] Read more
Serdecznie witamy to London – and do widzenia again! This week, the London Book Fair opened and closed its doors to agents, authors, booksellers, translators, academics, and many other people working in the literary field. Curiously enough, the official LBF page doesn’t really say anything about visitor numbers – so […] Read more
One of Berlin’s legendary booksellers, Robert Kiepert, has died aged 88. From 1912 onwards, the Kiepert family were key players in Berlin’s bookshop scene with Robert Kiepert entering the family firm in 1956. Most famous was the enormous, sprawling but wonderful bookshop in Charlottenburg, housed in the equally famous “Haus […] Read more
Dear readers, we hope the new year has started well for you! We are planning on taking a creative break and then get back to you with reviews, interviews, event reports, critical articles about developments in the literary field, public readings, reports from book fairs, and many more… Coming up […] Read more
Countless bookshops on in the UK and Ireland are celebrating the Independent Bookshop Week! The Indie Bookshop Week is part of the Books Are My Bag campaign and celebrates independent bookshops from 18th to 25th June 2016. Events range from readings, celebrations, reading groups, storytelling, author signings, literary lunches and […] Read more
This April, the London Book Fair (LBF) opened its doors for the second year in a row in Olympia-Kensington after experiments in the Docklands and other places in London. According to the fair’s website, the grounds saw 1,500 exhibitors and 25,000 fairgoers which made it quite an event to attend. […] Read more
Today, Warsaw Book Fair opened its doors to “all book lovers” as well as 800 exhibitors from 24 countries. The book fair takes place in a rather unconventional location: the National Stadium (where Germany lost against Italy in 2012). More about Warsaw Book Fair can be found on the official […] Read more
Libraries in the UK have long been under threat, but during the last 5 years of Conservative cuts, the pressure on libraries has increased so much that several hundreds have been closed and a quarter of staff have been laid off. Protests range far and wide – from famous writers […] Read more
Lord Weidenfeld, formerly of Weidenfeld & Nicolson, has died, aged 96. One of the last “gentlemen” publishers, his death marks the end of an era. George Weidenfeld was born to middle-class Jewish parents in 1916, in Vienna. He fled Austria during the Nazi period, and established himself in Britain. In […] Read more
