The country's top bookselling chains are facing financial debts: Saraiva closes 20 stores across Brazil and Cultura files for the equivalent chapter 11.

 

Today's rights roundup draws on properties from Sweden, Cuba, Argentina, Spain, France, Italy, and Brazil, and covers a range of genres and interests.

 

The prize has announced its ‘even shorter list’ of three finalists, with the winner to be named later this month in Montreal.