As the 74th Frankfurter Buchmesse opens Wednesday, discussions and presentations will get right into industry numbers and data. A business conversation at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2012. Image: FBM, Alexander Heimann By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Event: “The Book Market in Europe 2021/2022”Venue: Frankfurt Studio, Hall 4.0When: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, October 19 When the Federation of European Publishers on Wednesday lays out results from its annual statistical survey of the European book market, it will be the first time the organization has done this at Frankfurter Buchmesse. The session opens with introductory remarks from the federation’s president, Peter Kraus vom Cleff,…
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Parents are being warned to monitor their children’s online activities, with concerns that extremist groups are using popular online games to recruit young Australians.Extremist groups have been targeting young people by using the gaming platforms to expose them to dangerous content such as violent recreations of real-life terrorist events, according to the Australian Federal Police.In one instance, a young person engaged with extremist content that depicted the 2019 Christchurch terrorist attack, they said.For more Parenting related news and videos check out Parenting >>The teen then allegedly posted the content to their social media, exposing it to others.Counter-terrorism expert Professor Greg…
SINGAPORE – A book on the long-lost Qixi Festival in Singapore was launched on Saturday in Chinatown, where it used to be celebrated until the 1970s. Reviving Qixi: Singapore’s Forgotten Seven Sisters Festival documents the rise and fall of the festival and provides important signposts on how to revive it. The authors, heritage researchers Lynn Wong and Lee Kok Leong, said at the launch in Smith Street that they hope to bring back the festival with their book, which is written in both English and Chinese. The Qixi or Seven Sisters Festival is the only Chinese festival here that has…
With Halloween on the horizon, a new novel from Alan Nolan, The Sackville Street Caper (O’Brien Press, €6.99, 8+) evokes Victorian Dublin for young readers with gothic glee. Starring a young Bram Stoker as he seeks adventure on the city streets, Nolan takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to influence that will delight the informed reader. More importantly, he has crafted a rollicking story that any young adventure-loving reader will warm to.On the run from his boring boarding school, Bram finds himself embroiled with a gang of cutpurses, led by the curly-topped Molly Malone, “the sneakiest sneak thief in the whole of…
Polk County Library is proud to host the launch of the new children’s book, The World’s Biggest Snowman!, by local author Rylee (Kemp) Hayes and illustrator Landon Kemp, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22.The book launch will include a meet and greet with Hayes and Kemp, activities and snacks, an author reading with Hayes and a book signing.Together, Hayes, Kemp, and their parents, Wes and Marla Kemp, established Better Together Books.“It is a dream built upon a love and respect for children’s literature,” they state.Hayes and Kemp recognize that the books they read as children have…
Enjoy the Taste of Chicago Alfresco Week, a weeklong event that celebrates the Chicago Alfresco Program, that runs through October 16th at various community locations. The Chicago Alfresco Program, through which 16 community locations have been awarded grants to expand opportunities for outdoor enjoyment. The grants, which were made possible thanks to a donation from Diageo North America, have been used to create public seating, plantings, kiosks, performance spaces, murals, art installations, and programming in neighborhoods throughout the city. The initiative is one of the many activations to push for more neighborhood tourism as well as the City’s broader effort…
An illustration from Still This Love Goes OnWhere Have You Been, Little Cat? (Simon and Schuster, £12.99) by Richard Jones imagines the day in a life of a furry feline. Full of imagination and adventure, the little cat reveals her secrets to the reader while her owner remains curious about what she gets up to. The pared-back text asks questions while the cheery artwork provides the answers, and it’s a brilliant starting point for asking young children about their day.We Are The Shapes by Kevin Jenner (Happy Yak, £7.99) is a quirky and funny picture book about squares and triangles…
T-R PHOTOS by noah rohlfingA game of Loteria takes place Sunday afternoon as part of Francis Fest, an event hosted by St Francis of Assisi Parish. The event included childrens’ games, live music and entertainment, fresh food and a bake sale. The Basement Band was playing away, cranking out covers of classic rock favorites and ending their set with the Eagles’ seminal hit “Hotel California” as a large crowd watched under the shade of the St. Francis of Assisi Parish’s large tree Sunday afternoon. It was Francis Fest – the 20th edition (under various names) of a festival celebrating St.…
IRC BACKGROUND: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. Founded in 1933, the IRC is at work today in more than 40 countries and in 26 U.S. cities. The IRC’s Resettlement, Asylum and Integration (RAI) department creates opportunities for refugees and other vulnerable migrants to survive and thrive in the US. RAI serves nearly 50,000 individuals each year in the US through a diverse portfolio of programs aimed at achieving outcomes in five impact areas: Health, Safety, Economic Wellbeing, Education, and…
LAWRENCE–Merloyd Ludington. Merloyd Ludington Lawrence, esteemed book publisher and ardent environmental activist, health care advocate and animal rights crusader, died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on June 27, after a year-long battle with congestive heart disease. She was 89. Born in Pasadena, California on August 1, 1932 to Nicholas Saltus and Mary Lloyd (Macy) Ludington, Ms. Lawrence spent childhood years in Ardmore, PA. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Radcliffe College in 1954, and received an MA in comparative literature from Radcliffe in 1957. For several years following, she translated novels and children’s books from French, German and Swedish, including works by…