DAILY EDITION
April 12, 2019
This month, the popularity of live theater among young adults in China has pushed a handful of titles onto the bestseller list.
 
The newly renamed Sunday Times/University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award opens today (April 12) for submissions as it announces its new sponsorship regime.

Weekly Book Picks from IPR License
Are you looking to buy translation rights? Each week, we are highlighting a fresh selection of books from IPR members - all with rights available to buy via the platform.

This week, we are shining a light on some top non-fiction titles: the story of a single tree, the work of Bruce Springsteen, an exposé about the world's most popular weedkiller, and an insight into the phenomenon of knowledge resistance.

You can see more titles, with rights to buy online, by downloading the latest issue of IPR Rights Magazine.
Tree by David Suzuki, Wayne Grady, and Peter Wohlleben, illustrated by Robert Bateman

The story of a single tree, from the moment the seed is released until, more than 500 years later, it lies on the forest floor as a nurse log. Updated and revised to reflect the effects of climate change on forests.

Knowledge Resistance
by Mikael Klintman

Why do people and groups ignore, deny and resist knowledge about society's many problems? In a world of 'alternative facts' and 'fake news', the question has never been more pressing.

Whitewash by Carey Gillam

Gillam introduces readers to farm families devastated by cancers which they believe are caused by the chemical, and to scientists whose reputations have been smeared for publishing research that contradicted business interests.

Bruce Springsteen’s America
by Alessandro Portelli

Weaving from jargon-free critical analysis to a fan’s passionate participatory research, this book places work and class at the center of the work of Bruce Springsteen.

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