More than 100 writers have quit the historic French publishing house Grasset in protest at its conservative billionaire owner, Vincent Bolloré, whose media empire has been accused of promoting reactionary and far-right... Read more »
Thousands of authors including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman have published an “empty” book to protest against AI firms using their work without permission. About 10,000 writers have contributed to... Read more »
On 5 April, millions of people rallied against the Trump administration and its campaigns of destruction. In small towns and big cities from Alaska to Florida, red counties and blue (and a... Read more »
Authors and other publishing industry professionals will stage a demonstration outside Meta’s London office today in protest of the organisation’s use of copyrighted books to train artificial intelligence. Source link Read more »
Book News: Cultural organizations protest Trump efforts to confine speech for federal grantees
... Read more »
Hachette employees protest new conservative imprint Nov 11 2024 A group of employees at Hachette Book Group have penned a letter to management condemning the announced launch of a new conservative imprint,... Read more »
In “Elise and the New Partisans,” a graphic novel set to be published in English for the first time this month, Jacques Tardi’s cartoonlike characters—depicted in realistic, harshly lit, black-and-white Parisian street... Read more »
International Update: EIBF, IPA protest new Hong Kong security law; Sweden’s World Book Week Apr 22 2024 Following the adoption of the new Hong Kong Security Law on March 19, the European... Read more »