Two annually funded programs at the October industry trade show are this year concentrated in children’s and young readers’ content.
Frankfurter Buchmesse’s 2020 BookFest: Open for Publishers’ Submissions
With an emphasis on current affairs and diversity, the 2020 BookFest outreach program of Frankfurter Buchmesse is open for submissions.
PublisHer’s ‘Remarkable First Year’: Bodour Al Qasimi Reflects on the Success
At its March 9 PublisHer Summit at the British Library, the initiative will review its first year of progress and look to what’s next for women in publishing.
Frankfurter Buchmesse Opens Its Sixth Annual Free-Stand Competition
Two free stands at Frankfurt are available again this year—one for a winner from Germany and one for an international recipient.
At CONTEC Mexico, Publishers Are Told ‘We’re Multi-Platform Beings’
Saying that the book is no longer a business model in itself, Roger Casas-Alatriste insists on a transmedial approach for publishers.
Publishing Scotland Funds 14 Translations; Frankfurt’s LitAg Sells Out
Publishing Scotland names its latest round of translation grants. And the Frankfurt Book Fair’s Literary Agents and Scouts Center is sold out.
CONTEC Mexico 2020: Focus on Storytelling, AI, and Transmedia
The 2020 CONTEC Mexico conference spends two days examining the potentials of transmedia and artificial intelligence for book publishing.
Andrew Keen Speaks At Germany’s Berlinale: ‘Creativity and Human Agency’
The iconoclastic author, documentary filmmaker, and critic of the digital era’s challenges gives a keynote on cultural integrity at EFM Horizon for Frankfurt’s The Arts+ and DLD.
Books at Berlinale 2020: Twelve Temptations for Tinseltown
With one chosen publisher this year talking of ‘loud and distinct, disproportionate and epic voices,’ Books at Berlinale has a strong cohort of 12 books.
Publishing Scotland’s New Author International Travel Fund Hits the Road
A new program for Scottish Books International helps support authors who represent the market’s literary life in international festivals and other events.