John Maher

3 days ago | publishersweekly.com | John Maher |Ed Nawotka |Sophia Stewart

At the fifth annual U.S. Book Show on June 3, hosted by Publishers Weekly at the Academy of Medicine in Harlem for the fifth annual U.S. Book Show, experts from nearly every section of the business drilled down on the many ways the book business is changing in an era increasingly characterized by chasing big books with bigger audiences and the encroachment of artificial intelligence technologies.

4 days ago | publishersweekly.com | John Maher

Belarusian publishers Nadia Kandrusevich, of Koska, and Dmitri Strotsev, of Hochroth Minsk, were jointly awarded the International Publishers Association’s 2025 Prix Voltaire at a ceremony at the World Expression Forum in Lillehammer, Norway, on June 2. The two publishers, currently living in exile in Poland and Germany, respectively, were honored for “their commitment to publishing despite threats, harassment, and ultimately having to flee Belarus,” per the IPA.

1 week ago | publishersweekly.com | Byrd Leavell |John Maher

Meg Leder at Penguin Life acquired North American rights to Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm by Charlie Mackesy from Matthew Freud at Freuds Group, with Laura Higginson at Ebury taking U.K., Commonwealth, and translation rights. The book, per the publisher, finds “four unlikely friends wandering through the wilds again. They’re not sure what they are looking for. They do know that life can be difficult, but that they love each other, and cake is often the answer.

2 weeks ago | publishersweekly.com | John Maher

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2 weeks ago | publishersweekly.com | John Maher

What makes Europa stand out from the translated publishing pack? From the start, we’ve aimed at a more general audience, not so much niche translation aficionados. This idea of publishing with a broader audience in mind—the same that Riverhead, Knopf, Doubleday, and Atria are after—has been interesting. Our big books, and there have been a lot over the years, constitute our quiet achievement. That’s evident, at least in hindsight, from your first book: Elena Ferrante’s The Days of Abandonment.