DAILY EDITION

October 27, 2020

Amazon Original Stories Releases Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's New 'Zikora'

Released ahead of the US election,' a new short story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is about the 'burden of fear carried by Black women' in maternity.

PRH Sponsors CLMP's New Black Literary Publishing Award

The award for 'Black-led presses and other presses that champion the work of BIPOC authors' names its first winners in the spring.

The £25,000 Al-Rodhan Prize Goes to Hazel Carby for 'Imperial Intimacies'

The daughter of a Welsh mother and Jamaican father, Hazel Carby wins the Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for her treatment of her family’s story in the context of the British Empire in the Caribbean.

Book Picks: Children's Books from Albatros Media

Albatros Media specializes in original and innovative children's books has played an essential part in the history of Czech literature for children.

Take a look their featured titles below, see more books at albatrosmedia.eu, and download the 2020 foreign rights catalogue. (Sponsored)

Discovering the Underground with Snow White

from the series Fairy Tale Encyclopedia

Jakub Cenkl, Tom Velčovský

There are not only dwarves in the underground. This hidden kingdom is full of interesting animals, things, and phenomena, as this mix of encyclopedia and well-known fairy tale will show you. Seven richly illustrated gatefolds included!

A Big Book of Poison

from the series The Big Books of …

Anastasia Stročková, Štěpánka Sekaninová

Where does poison come from? Why do plants use venom? Why one man's meat is another man's poison? Find it out in this book with five large full-page illustrations and folding sides packed with interesting facts. Watch out! Proceed at your own risk!

How the Wonders of the World Were Built

Tomáš Smot Svoboda, Ludmila Hénková

They shine from the past… and their light is not diminishing. The seven gems of antiquity are proof of human endeavours to cope with the wonders of nature. Just one of them survives today. Go back in time and learn the secrets of how the wonders of the world were build.

Childhood of Famous People

Tomáš Tůma, Petra Texlová

Play a game and guess which celebrity is hidden on each spread. Clues from their childhood will help you to discover them! There are twenty-five celebrities waiting for you to uncover them. Rulers, inventors, scientists, musicians, and many others!

Animals Helping a Man

Misha Bera, Štěpánka Sekaninová

They have been with us since time immemorial. Some are close to us, others we treat with great respect. And they help us: dogs as guides, elephants as warriors, cheetahs as hunters, dolphins as rescuers, pigs as truffle hunters…get to know these and many other animal helpers!

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