270 publishing people - 48 countries - one network
I was recently picked to be a 2014 Frankfurt Fellow, which I'm really blimmin' excited about. Now in its 16th year, the Frankfurt Fellowship Programme is all about bringing together publishers, forging new business relationships and learning more about the publishing industry, both in Germany and internationally.
The programme was launched in 1998 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Frankfurt Book Fair, and has had a general publishing focus . . . Until now. 2014 will be the very first year the programme is geared specifically towards children's and YA publishing. And, now you see why I'm so excited, don't you?!
The programme enables networking on a big scale, and I don't think there's anything else out there quite like it. I'm looking forward to telling you all about it when I'm back, although it's a fair while before I go (28th September). See below for a peek at this year's Fellows - these are the folks I'll be out there with.
Zoe Walton, Publisher, Children's and Young Adult Books, Random House Australia
Kristien Werck, Editor, Clavis Uitqeverij, Belgium
Camila Werner, Editor, Brinque-Book Escarlate, Brazil
Florence Pariente, Foreign Rights Manager, Seuil Jeunesse, France
Lena Frenzel, Publishing Director, mixtvision, Germany
Ali Boozari, Rights Manager, Peydayesh, Iran
Aterini Giordano, Editor, RCS-Rizzoli/Rizzoli Ragazzi, Italy
Joanna El Mir, Picture Book and Fiction Publisher, Samir Éditeur, Lebanon
Yeana González López de Nava, Editorial Director, Ediciones B Mexico, Mexico
Andrea Pasion-Flores, Literary Agent, Books@Jacaranda, LLP, Philippines
Carla Oliveira, Publisher, Orfeu Negro, Portugal
Ivana Bojovic Grujic, Rights Manager Kreativni Centar, Serbia
Carlota Torrents, Literary Agent Children’s and Young Adult Books, Silvia Bastos Agencia Literaria, Spain
Kim Chongsatitwatana, Deputy Managing Director, Nanmeebooks, Thailand
Erica Finkel, Assistant Editor, Amulet Books/Abrams Books for Young Readers, USA
Fiz Osborne, Senior Editor Illustrated Publishing, Bloomsbury Children's Books, UK
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