Yoel Makov News Today

Jerusalem International Book Forum opens applications for its Birger Fellowship and names new roles for Yoel Makov and Sharon Katz.

Madrid's book fair director Eva Orúe is the first woman in the role in 80 years. And she has a UNESCO World Heritage venue to protect.

Several hundred international book publishing professionals and authors gathered in mid-May for the newest edition of the biennial Jerusalem International Book Forum.

Several hundred international book publishing professionals and authors gathered in mid-May for the newest edition of the biennial Jerusalem International Book Forum.

Having been staged only once in its evolved form, Jerusalem's International Book Forum is back in full production.

The 31 Zev Birger Editorial Fellowship participants at the Jerusalem International Book Forum will begin their week on May 13.

In Taipei, the Grayhawk Agency was making submissions and getting silence back from the world. In Tel Aviv, Yaniv Iczkovits was launching his new book—a month before the second lockdown. Waiting for a train in Jerusalem during the pandemic year, September 14, 2020. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Alex Eidelman An Agent and an Author The ongoing Jerusalem International Book Forum’s series of digital sessions featured a particularly strong panel on Tuesday (May 4), with high-level observations a...

Jerusalem International Book Forum: Perspectives on the Pandemic Taking an upbeat cue from Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle, JIBF’s digital discussions examine the impact of the coronavirus on international book publishing. Purple distancing guides are on the floor of the women’s side of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, seen here in a vIew from the stairs leading to the Maghreb Gate of the Temple Mount on March 23. Image – iStockphoto: Svarshik Raising Spirits While acknowledging that ...

In music and commentary, the Jerusalem International Book Forum has opened its online program, Julian Barnes’ to speak in 2022. Julian Barnes. Image: Urszula Soltys for Penguin Random House Julian Barnes: ‘Here I Am in My Study’ In its first of four programs this morning (May 3), the Jerusalem International Book Forum and the City of Jerusalem announced that the English author Julian Barnes is the new recipient of the US$10,000 Jerusalem Prize. Publishing Perspectives readers know, the f...

A Digital Jerusalem International Book Forum Opens for 2021 Registration The Jerusalem International Book Forum has announced digital programming for May, with an eye to a physical event and editorial fellowship in 2022. A break between sessions in the 2019 Jerusalem International Book Forum program. Image: Porter Anderson ‘This Challenging Moment in History’ A kind of once-and-future program, the Jerusalem International Book Forum in its reconstituted form that evolved it from the Jerusale...