By Hannah Johnson | @HannahSJohnson
Among the meetings and rights discussions, W. W. Norton celebrated its 100th birthday, exhibitors received cake and champagne, and speakers at the Frankfurt Book Fair on Thursday included audio and AI experts, global executives, and many others.Aficionado Award Winner Lola Shoneyin
Celebrating “original and inspiring publishing initiatives and collaborations,” the Aficionado Award held an event at Frankfurt on Thursday with this year’s winner, Lola Shoneyin, founder of the Aké Arts and Book Festival in Lagos, Nigeria. Image: Publishing Perspectives, Johannes Minkus
AI in the Spotlight: Publishing Perspectives Forum
At a Thursday panel, “The State of AI in Publishing Today,” fairgoers packed into this Publishing Perspectives Forum session featuring, from left: Christoph Bläsi, professor for book studies, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz; Anna Soler-Pont, literary agent and founder, Pontas Literary & Film Agency; moderator Thomas Cox, Arq Works and Veristage; and Nadim Sadek, founder and CEO, Shimmr.ai. Image: Publishing Perspectives, Johannes Minkus
Executive Talk with Kim Chongsatitwatana, CEO, Nanmeebooks
The second of the Publishing Perspectives Forum Executive Talks featured Kim Chongsatitwatana, CEO of Thailand-based Nanmeebooks, in conversation with Porter Anderson, editor-in-chief of Publishing Perspectives. Image: Publishing Perspectives, Johannes Minkus
Bookwire Audio Networking Reception
Following Thursday’s audio mini-conference in the Publishing Perspectives Forum, Bookwire invited attendees to mingle at their audio networking reception. Image: FBM, Johannes Minkus
WW Norton Celebrates its 100th Birthday
From left: Judith Pamplin, director of sales; John Donovan, managing director, Norton International; Julia Reidhead, president; Sophie Piquemal, key accounts manager, Norton International. Image: FBM, Hanife Içten
Arcturus Publishing: 25 Years
From left, the Arcturus team is Charles Cooper, rights and sales director; Justyna Pezik, rights and licensing director; Paul Byers, managing director. Image: FBM
Bookazine: 25 Years
From left: Hanife Içten, Frankfurter Buchmesse; Cindy Raiton, president, sales, Bookazine. Image: FBM
Foreword Reviews: 25 Years
From left: Hanife Içten, Frankfurter Buchmesse; Matt Sutherland, executive editor, Foreword Reviews; Victoria Sutherland, founder and publisher, Foreword Reviews; Luisa Wagner, Frankfurter Buchmesse. Image: FBM
Melbourne University Press: 25 Years
Malcolm Neil, head of sales and marketing, Melbourne University Press. Image: FBM, Dorothea Grimberg
YOYO Books: 25 Years
From left: Jo Dupré, managing director; Boris Bakker, artwork; Ester Heylen, publisher; Tamara Viskens, production; Jaspar Janssens, production and purchase; Jan Dupré, co-productions and international sales. Image: FBM, Hanife Içten
Our 75th Frankfurt coverage from our Frankfurt Book Fair Magazine, which has been available throughout the trade show in print, is also available for your free download.
The magazine has more interviews with fellows and grant-program recipients from international publishing markets, as well as previews of programming from our Publishing Perspectives Forum at Frankfurt including our Executive Talks with Penguin Random House worldwide CEO Nihar Malaviya and Nanmeebooks’ Kim Chongsatitwana; highlights of key events at the 75th Frankfurter Buchmesse; and coverage of Frankfurt’s upcoming guest of honor programs (Italy, the Philippines, the Czech Republic) and this year’s Guest of Honor Slovenia.
There’s also news of literary agents and agencies; award-winning books from guest of honor markets; focus articles on artificial intelligence, sustainability; and a forthcoming effort to get more Korean literature into world markets; as well as 75th-anniversary “Frankfurt Moments.”