DAILY EDITION
March 22, 2019
Citing aggressive competition from a Moscow-based copyright organization, the chief of the Georgian Publishers and Booksellers Association is calling for support for the country's own copyright agency.
 
The British Book Awards—which comprise both industry and book honors—today announce their shortlisted books of the year.

Promising that 'critical debate' will be part of the Norway Guest of Honor program at Frankfurter Buchmesse, Norwegian authors discuss their work and culture at a news conference in Leipzig.

Weekly Book Picks from IPR License
Each week, we'll bring you a fresh selection of books with rights available from IPR License members.

This week, we present four stunning titles from Finland, brought to you by FILI, the Finnish Literature Exchange. Two powerful works of fiction, a charming children's story, and a science book that has been shortlisted for a number of prestigious prizes.

Crossing
by Pajtim Statovci

In the devastation of post-Communist Albania, inseparable friends Bujar and Akim flee to Italy. But the unfamiliar new life of an immigrant and asylum seeker begins to seem like nothing more than a dead end.

Endless Parasites
by Tuomas Aivelo

The story of people and parasites is a story of coexistence. Advances in medicine have freed us from some of the nuisances, but significant global change may reverse this progress.

Mur and the Star by Anne Vasko, Kaisa Happonen

Third book in the Mur Trilogy: Big thoughts and questions arise. But Owl, Fox and even the wind all keep telling Mur to hush when she tries to ask questions...

The Master of Silence
by Miki Liukkonen

The Finlandia and Runeberg Prize-nominated author of O returns with a dazzling, genre-defying novel that captures the zeitgeist of our time.

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