Writers publish empty book against the use of their works
A platform titled 'Don't steal this book' shows a book with a white cover, a black mask, and the title written in red letters, with a subtitle: 'An appeal from the authors'.

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A platform titled 'Don't steal this book' shows a book with a white cover, a black mask, and the title written in red letters, with a subtitle: 'An appeal from the authors'.

'Six billion reasons to listen to books' — a headline pointing to a figure (six billion) used to argue for the growing popularity, usage or market value of audiobooks.
The bookshop's move into publishing “was a true leap into the dark: a bet on creating books and on building Portugal's first feminist publisher”, said Lorena Travassos.

Feminism, violence, decoloniality, ecology, race, art and freedom are the themes shaping Orfeu Negro's main editorial releases for 2026, which brings together key authors of contemporary critical thought such as Françoise Vergès, Itziar Ziga and Jacques Rancière.

In the coming months, in the essays category, the forthcoming release of 'Delirium and Dreams' by Sigmund Freud is also worth highlighting.

A new collection devoted to the classics of world literature, which revisits “timeless works that continue to engage in dialogue with the present”, is the publisher Alma dos Livros' project in the year it celebrates its 10th anniversary.

Established international authors making their debut in Portugal, previously unpublished texts by Fernando Pessoa and Roberto Bolaño, and new books by Afonso Cruz, José Gardeazabal and Patrícia Reis are among the Penguin group's highlights for the first half of 2026.

The Portuguese publisher Presença's latest catalogue includes new titles by Claudia Piñeiro, Richard Powers and Toni Morrison.

Porto Editora's latest list of new titles includes works by Rui Zink, Thomas Mann and José Rodrigues Miguéis.
