A quieter but very successful Frankfurt
The 2009 Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's largest book industry event, closed on Sunday 18 October. After five days packed with meetings, seminars and other events (and of course dinners,...
Tan, Zusak winners in German award
Australian authors Shaun Tan and Marcus Zusak have been announced as winners at the Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis, Germany's most prestigious awards for children's and YA books.The awards ceremony, held as part...
Frankfurt: publishers report ‘strong interest’; NZ link to Mandela ‘buzz book’
As the 2009 Frankfurt Book Fair comes to its mid-point, Australian publishers are reporting 'strong interest' from multiple territories for a range of titles.Madonna Duffy of UQP told WBN that...
Quote of the week
‘I'm tired of going to conferences and talking about "the future": we're in it already ... what are you doing?'--Sara Lloyd of Pan Macmillan UK addressing the inaugural O'Reilly Tools...
Frankfurt 2009 kicks off: numbers steady; China guest of honour; Australian forum on opening day
The 2009 Frankfurt Book Fair, the 61th fair of Frankfurt's modern era, gets underway officially from today, but already the German city is a hive of international publishing activity. The...
Reporting on Aussies (and Kiwis!) at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Bookseller+Publisher publisher Tim Coronel will again be attending the Frankfurt Book Fair this year, to support and distribute Think Australian, the annual guide to Australia's presence at the fair, and to...