Weekly Roundup: January 27th-February 2nd

Good morning and happy Monday from Bologna Global Rights Exchange!

This week the selection of interesting blogs and articles is particularly rich and full of important information - also relevant to the upcoming Bologna Children's Book Fair in late March.

I hope you will enjoy reading through these during your commute to work, brief lunch break or relaxing evening at home. 

If you wanted to read more, jump to the previous blog post on GRE and find other recent news and highlights in the publishing world. 

Ciao, alla prossima!

 

• The Bookseller - News - Rebecca Yarros storms to the top of the charts

• Dark Horse Comics halts publication of Neil Gaiman's works

• Virago acquires du Maurier family memoir by Daphne’s grandson

• Dan Brown's sixth Robert Langdon novel to be published 22 years after The Da Vinci Code

• Charco Press acquires Marcelo Rubens Paiva's memoir as film adaptation lands Oscar noms

 

• Bologna Children's Book Fair's 'Grand Tour' heads to Angoulême

• The Alternative Book Fair Returns in 2025

• Judges for The British Book Awards 2025 to include Bonnie Garmus, Mary Portas, Reeta Chakrabarti and Alice Oseman

• This is not a drill, folks. Indie bookstores can sell ebooks now. ‹ Literary Hub

• Campaigns for You Are Here and Intermezzo shortlisted for the 2024 PPC Annual Awards

 

• How Do We Tell the Stories of the Holocaust?

• On Trying (and Really Failing) to Design My Own Book Cover ‹ Literary Hub

• Katherine Rundell · Why children’s books?

 

• Source Code: My Beginnings by Bill Gates review – refreshingly frank | Autobiography and memoir | The Guardian

• ​​January’s Best Reviewed Fiction ‹ Literary Hub

• 4 New Historical Fiction Books Imbued With a Rich Sense of Place

• Thank You for Calling the Lesbian Line by Elizabeth Lovatt – a heartfelt history of the gay community

• New, Chilling Horror Books to Read in January - The New York Times

 

• Riscoprire Colette, autrice eclettica e libera - ilLibraio.it

• L’editoria è quel mondo magico che tiene insieme Britney Spears e Proust

• Annunciati i vincitori e le vincitrici della Mostra Illustratori 2025 della Bologna Children's Book Fair