Flora Rees of the Emirates Literature Foundation talks about the editor-author relationship and the role of literary agents in publishing across the Arab world.
Read about the titles that have won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award and are eligible for translation funding. Rights information and funding application instructions are included.
'In an industry where everything is returnable, why are we out of stock so often?' The Book Industry Study Group's annual meeting tackled questions like this, with a strong focus on the supply chain.
Author Mark O'Connell wins the Wellcome Book Prize for surveying transhumanist ideas of 'improving our bodies and minds to the point where we become something other, and better.'