News

Salon du livre de Montréal 2021
bookfair
22 Jul 2021

Salon du livre de Montréal 2021

at the "Palais des congrès", in the city and online!

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2021 list of the Angoulême Comics Awards
literary prize
09 Jul 2021

2021 list of the Angoulême Comics Awards

Two French-speaking Belgian publishers rewarded.

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Christian Poirier, finalist for the Prix Mallarmé 2021
literary prize
17 Jun 2021

Christian Poirier, finalist for the Prix Mallarmé 2021

The Mallarmé Academy has just unveiled its short list for the 2021 prize. Among the seven finalists is Christian Poirier’s latest book, "Nœud de mer et de nuit", published by Le Taillis Pré.

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L'Employé du moi rewarded in Bologna
literary prize
03 Jun 2021

L'Employé du moi rewarded in Bologna

"Memet" comics won the Ragazzi Award for "Middle Grade" comics.

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Events

25.08.21

29.08.21

Beijing International Book Fair

The Beijing International Book Fair is announcing that its 2021 edition will be hybrid and limited to physical attendance by Chinese and China-based publishers, in response to public health limitations.
Beijing International Book Fair
23.09.21

24.09.21

General states of the French-language book

Tunis.

The challenge will be to develop access to books, to reading and to remove identified barriers to the production, dissemination and circulation of French-language works around the world.
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Insights

Grants for the sales of publishing rights and for translation

Grants for the sales of publishing rights and for translation

To promote on the international scene Belgian publishers and authors, the public authorities have provided various financial support.
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2019 publishing numbers

2019 publishing numbers

Key figures of French-speaking Belgian publishers in 2019.
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Publishers

Wallonie-Bruxelles Édition's mission is to ensure the influence of French-speaking Belgian books on a national and international scale. This showcase is aimed at all professionals in the world of books who wish to discover our production: publishers, literary agents, translators, authors, booksellers, librarians... both Belgian and foreign. It is managed by two associations and includes a complete directory of Belgian publishers, whether or not they are members of these associations.

ADEB

The Association of Belgian publishers gathers around seventy publishers, professional distributors and broadcasters and offers works in French on all kinds of formats (printed and digital).

Les éditeurs singuliers

Les éditeurs singuliers (The Singular Publishers) gathers around fifty publishers from a variety of genres (literature, arts, human sciences, graphic novels) and promotes independent and creative publishing.

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