Linda Boström Knausgård completed a four-city US book tour during October to promote the publication of her English-language debut in the US. Welcome to America was published by World Editions in the US on September 3, 2019. Boström Knausgård was invited to attend the Twin Cities...
At the World Editions offices we are very excited to read here in The Guardian that Maryse Condé may be in the running for a Nobel Prize in Literature this year. According to the article: "The Russian novelist Lyudmila Ulitskaya, the Guadeloupean novelist Maryse Condé, and The...
Exciting news! We will be present at the 2019 Brooklyn Book Festival Day & Literary Marketplace coming up soon on Sunday, September 22. Come visit us in booth 312! The main event takes place at Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, and its...
Christine Otten, author of The Last Poets, the wonderful biopic of the group of the same name, will take to the stage along with group member Umar Bin Hassan here in Amsterdam as part of the Holland Festival on the 22 June. Do come along if...
Joining BookExpo for the first time as an exhibitor, World Editions has planned an exciting program for the fair. Each in-booth event celebrates one of the countries our books originate from. Look for us at the Ingram stand (Consortium Book Sales & Distribution section)! WED 2pm:...
The Last Poets, subjects of Christine Otten's biopic of the same name, have been selected as the opening act for this year's Poetry International Festival, held in Rotterdam on 13-16 June....
The Storyteller by Pierre Jarawan, publishing on April 2, is our much-anticipated lead title for the Spring 2019 season. The Storyteller is to Lebanon what Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner is to Afghanistan. Samir leaves the safety and comfort of his family’s adopted home in Germany for volatile Beirut in an...
In the Netherlands and Belgium, Boekenweek (Book Week) is an annual celebration of literature, happening every Spring since 1932. Events are held across each country during Boekenweek, and include book signings, readings, and panel discussions. Boekenweek is always kicked off with the “book ball,” an...
World Editions starts the new year with a brand new website. Since we have recently started publishing in the US, on top of our publishing activities in the UK, we felt our variety of programs and activities in both territories should be reflected in a two-sided website with separate...
At the 'Books at Berlinale' session at the Berlin International Film Festival, Benoîte Groult's Salt...