Influenced by her childhood in the caves of Brazil, author Christina Rickardsson oversees the work of the Coelho Growth Foundation for children at risk.

 

In the US, Open Road works with Fab Over Fifty to create a new book club, Spread the Words, which opens this month with Erica Jong's Fear of Flying.

A new episode of the 'Beyond the Book' podcast looks at efforts to encourage higher standards for scholarly journal publishing in Bangladesh, Africa, and Latin America.