Another few days of accumulated book and publishing related news culled from the around the world. Of interest in this installment, a piece on a publisher giving books away in exchange for a charitable donation and how German chidlren’s books are finding new fans around the world
- Over in the UK, what the Telegraph newspaper is saying are their recent Best Books of the Week.
- The Guardian does a little news piece on the Pontiff’s first children book: The Friend of Jesus.
- NPR finds a publisher close to home, Concord Free Press, giving away books for free in exchange for a donation to someone in need or charity.
- The LA Times has a review of Fur, Fortune and Empire, the history and impact of pelt trading in the United States.
- Sex at Oxford? Apparently plenty of it! The Telegraph asks how many lovers are too many after the release of a journalist’s tell-all book about her sexual conquests while at Oxford.
- With Young Adult and Children’s books exploding on many levels, the German market is finding their homegrown stories are having a broader appeal, according to Deutsche Welle.
