With commentary from translator Clémentine Beauvais, the French Youth Literature Conference looks at ‘the role of children’s literature.’
In Paris, BIEF Celebrates Its 150th Year: ‘Open Marketplace’
With its Paris Book Market opening today, BIEF is observing 150 years of its service to French publishing in the international industry.
Nicolas Roche on BIEF’s New ‘Books From France’ and Paris Book Market
Interview: A new event—the in-person Paris Book Market—leads BIEF’s spring calendar in French publishing-rights activities.
Rights Roundup: Sweden, Australia, Korea, Finland, Spain
The works featured in this installment in our Rights Roundup series include the tale of a famous pearl and ‘Magic Candies’ from Korea.
French Week: New Rights and Networking Meetings Set for May
A series of virtual rights meetings and presentations featuring some 75 French publishers, BIEF’s French Week is set for May 17 to 28.
BIEF’s Stance on the Digital Frankfurt: Wait and See
French publishers–whose collective stand is a longtime fixture at trade shows–are in a wait-and-see position on the digital Buchmesse.
Brexit Protests at Calais Delay France’s BIEF London Book Fair Shipments
As BIEF struggles to get its collective stand and books to London in time, the UK’s French Institute plans more shows of solidarité in the British capital.
BIEF’s Nicolas Roche on French Publishing in the World: ‘Meetings All Year Long’
About six months into his new role as managing director of the Bureau international de l’édition française, or BIEF, Nicolas Roche is leading the French publishing industry’s outreach program to open new markets and develop new readership for France’s literature.