In Colombia, the seven independent publishers of 49 Libros and their shared distribution company Huracán have had a new day in the sun at the Bogotá International Book Fair’s new small-press pavilion.
Five Bogotá Book Fair Fellows’ Viewpoints on Selling Rights Today
Can publishing advances sustain literary agencies in Latin America? And could stories of violence be what publishers this season are looking for? These and other issues are discussed by rights specialists among the Bogotá Book Fair fellows.
Industry Notes: Bogotá’s Second Pro Program; Kindle UK’s Second Storyteller Award
In its second year at Bogotá, the professional program has a class of agents, editors, and translators arriving this week. And in the UK, Amazon will pay a second Kindle Storyteller winner £20,000.
In Colombia, A Discussion of ‘Women’s Fiction’ Versus Fiction by Women
As part of the launch of Hay Festival’s Latin American anthology, ‘Bogotá39-2017,’ author Samanta Schweblin and editor Sara Malagón talk about labels and gender.
Gabriel García Márquez Archive Digitized at the Harry Ransom Center
From the ‘UT News’ in Austin: the archive of one of the most important literary figures of the 20th century, Gabriel García Márquez, is now online.
The Faces of Frankfurt’s Future: Meet the Frankfurt Fellows
The ones to watch for this week at the Frankfurter Buchmesse: Here are eight of the Frankfurt Fellows, a group of up-and-coming talent in global publishing.
Colombia’s Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias Opens This Week
The coming festival weekend in Colombia features music and visual art alongside literary events and debates in international current and political affairs.
A Rich Crop of Latin American Rights on Offer in Frankfurt
A posthumous novel by Roberto Bolaño and new works by Guatemala’s Rodrigo Rey Rosa and Mexicans Mario Bellatin and Laia Jufresa are among Frankfurt’s Latin American rights harvest. It’s post-“boom” in Latin America’s literary output, as agent Cristóbel Pera puts it: powerful new voices breaking out on the world stage…and awaiting the rights action at Frankfurt Book Fair. — Porter …
Sharing Experience, Expectations: Book Fair Directors Meet in Mexico
13 international book fair directors gathered in Mexico to discuss their progress and evolving viewpoints on the industry and its trade events.
El Líbano: A Colombian Town With Its Own Publishing House
A Colombian coffee-growing town went to the Bogotá Book Fair to showcase its own publishing house, run by the municipality.