A new study finds that Romanian publishers have increased book sales by releasing Romanian translations of foreign books parallel to launches in other key markets.

 

'Why can we come up with fantasy stories that are like dragons and mythical creatures,' asks Swedish manga artist Natalia Batista, 'but we can’t come up with a story with women as the ruling gender?'

 

At an outdoor ceremony in Cyprus, the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize winner is Kevin Jared Hosein, a writer from Trinidad and Tobago.

 

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