By Siobhan O’Leary
Like much of the rest of the world, many German publishers headed to the London Book Fair were stopped in their tracks by the wrath of Eyjafjallajökull. According to the Boersenblatt, representatives of S. Fischer, Tessloff, KiWi and Rowohlt were among those who did not make it to the Fair. Suhrkamp staff were also grounded and at least a half-dozen publishers were not in attendance at the German Collective Stand. There were a few lucky ones who successfully reached their destination, including Libri’s foreign sales team and Ch Links rights manager Maria Oehlschegel, who managed to get a ride from Berlin and reached London after a mere 15 hour drive.
Image via: Ralf Zeigermann.
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Two of my colleagues from Frankfurt have made it to London via train & ferry and a night spent in Rotterdam. They arrived just in time to set up the German collective stand. They are blogging (in German and English) at http://www.buchmesse.de/de/blog/auslandsblog/ . Good luck to the LBF – the show will go on!
Thanks, Nina. Looking forward to hearing even more stories about how people managed to get to London against all odds!