The Ara program from the Kalimat Foundation in the United Arab Emirates is working to make reading accessible to sight-impaired children in the Gulf region.

Ahead of France's program as Guest of Honor at Frankfurt in October, the Parisian editor talks about how political distractions may be slowing book sales.

From the Business Standard: Long asked-for by the book industry, the first Hindi bestseller list has been introduced by Nielsen Book India and newspaper Dainik Jagran.