Participants of the 2013 editors trip Frankfurt
It’s summer time and for our colleagues at our foreign offices this means packing their bags and hopping on a plane to Germany. They’re not coming alone, mind you. Almost every year, the GBO New York, the GBO New Delhi and the Book Information Centre in Moscow organise editor trips to Germany. In June, a delegation of Brazilian STM publishers will also be visiting their German counterparts.
Small Publishers, Big Impact
For the 14th time , the GBO New York is taking a group of American editors to Germany. During the week-long trip, they will get to know the German publishing world and meet a wide range of German editors, rights directors and other publishing professionals. This year, the group will start out in Berlin on 22 June, where they will learn about the capital’s history from political publisher Ch. Links, visit bookstores and some Berlin-based publishing houses like Suhrkamp and Aufbau Verlag. They will also have the chance to attend an all-day conference on the topics of new German literature and digital publishing at the Börsenverein.
Moving on to Frankfurt, the American publishers will be guests at S. Fischer Verlag and Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt and spend their last day at the Haus des Buches, with panel discussions and a Book Bazaar.
Riky Stock, the GBO’s director, says: “I’m very excited about the group this year. I’ll have Sebastian Budgen (Verso Books), Will Evans (Deep Vellum), Sarah Fan (The New Press), Erika Goldman (Bellevue Literary Press), Sarah MacLachlan (House of Anansi Press, Canada), Edward Nawotka (Publishing Perspectives) and Aaron Petrovich (Akashic Books) coming to Germany with me.”
Erika Goldman, too, is looking forward to the trip: “I hope to gain a better understanding of the German publishing scene to create lasting connections with editors and publishers who have compatible literary values and interests. If possible, it would be great to have these things lead to shared publishing projects!”
From Russia, with love
Last year’s delegation from Moscow enjoying their visit in Berlin
Twelve Russian editors and reporters will be visiting Germany from 29 June to 6 July. The trip is organised by Anastasia Milekhina, the director of the Book Information Centre in Moskow and is funded by the German Foreign Office. The delegates will visit Frankfurt, Berlin, Munich and Baden Baden. Participants are Irina Archarowa, AST; Anastasia Burjak, Ad Marginem; Jekaterina Wladimirskaja, Corpus; Anna Grischina, Ripol classic; Jekaterina Dubjanskaja, Askuba; Alexander Kabissow, TEXT publishing house; Irina Krawzowa, Iwan Limbach; Alexander Liwergant, editor in chief of the magazine Inostrajanna Literatura and Konstantin Miltschin who writes for Russkij Reporter.
Editors from India – All BOOKed
The annual Editor’s Trip organised by the GBO New Delhi will focus on “Graphic novels and Young adult literature”. The delegates will visit publishing houses that work in this area and get to know key German players. The trip is all set to take place from 23 to 27 June 2014. Participants this year are Aditi Maheshwari, Director of Copyrights & Translation, Vani Prakashan; Ameya Nagarajan, Assistant Commissioning Editor, Penguin-Inked; Kanchan Wanchoo Sharma, Editorial Assistant (Popular Science), National Book Trust of India; Neelam Narula, Managing Editor, Roli Books; Pratheek Thomas, Co-founder, Manta Ray Books & Co-founder, Kokaachi; Sudeshna Shome Ghosh, Executive Editor, Rupa & Editorial Director, Red Turtle.
Brazilian STM Publishers are visiting their German counterparts
From 22 to 27 June, Marifé Boix-Garcia, Vice President Business Development Southern Europe & Latin America, and Ricardo Costa, associate partner of the Frankfurt Book Fair, will take a group of five Brazilian publishers to visit German publishing houses: “As a result of the Brazilian Guest of Honour presence in Frankfurt last year, we are offering this trip in order to further enhance the contacts between German and Brazilian publishers. We believe that there are a few similarities between the two markets, so we are “exploring” ways to tie the two countries closer together. Two years ago, a group of children’s publishers visited Germany, this year we are focusing on STM publishers,” Marifé Boix Garcia said. Participants this year are Eduardo Blucher, CEO at Editora Blucher, Ana Paula Matos, Publisher at Editora Saraiva, Amarylis Manole, President, and Eliane Usui, Editor at Editora Manole and Paula Cajaty, Publisher at Editora Jaguatirica Digital.
