New funding for NZ Frankfurt COH project
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) and the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage have announced funding of NZ$1 million (approximately A$756,000) for New Zealand's country of honour project...
‘Happy campers’ at Frankfurt dispel global gloom
Andrew Wilkins reports:As the stands were being dismantled in Hall 8 last Sunday afternoon and German shoppers starting to swarm in search of last-minute bargains, Australians at the Frankfurt Book...
Frankfurt: International exhibitor numbers up
Andrew Wilkins reports for Bookseller+Publisher:While the world's largest book fair opens officially for business today (Wednesday) in Frankfurt, thousands of trade visitors have already been in town for a couple...
In Brief
NZ country of honour website launchedA website for New Zealand's Frankfurt country of honour project has been launched. The NZ At Frankfurt site includes information about the Frankfurt Book Fair,...
Ropata appointed Frankfurt COH project manager
The Publisher's Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has announced that Sarah Ropata, senior international advisor at Creative New Zealand, has been appointed as project manager for the books and literature...
NZ named Country of Honour for 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair
The organisers of the Frankfurt Book Fair announced on Thursday 2 June that New Zealand will be the guest of honour at the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair, to be held from...
NZ named Country of Honour for 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair
The organisers of the Frankfurt Book Fair have announced today that New Zealand will be the guest of honour at the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair, which will be held from...
NZ named Guest of Honour for 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair
The organisers of the Frankfurt Book Fair have announced today that New Zealand will be the guest of honour at the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair, which will be held from...
ANZ forum at Frankfurt
Erin L. Cox from Publishing Perspectives reports: Tim Coronel, the publisher of Bookseller + Publisher, hosted a panel on Thursday at the Frankfurt Book Fair on the Australian and New Zealand markets,...
Frankfurt 2010 wrap-up: the buzz is back
The 2010 Frankfurt Book Fair ended on Sunday, with a consensus from all quarters that this year's fair was a particularly ‘buzzy' and successful one. Following a slightly glum mood...
ANZ forum at Frankfurt
Erin L. Cox from Publishing Perspectives reports: Tim Coronel, the publisher of Bookseller + Publisher, hosted a panel on Thursday at the Frankfurt Book Fair on the Australian and New Zealand markets,...
Frankfurt Book Fair 2010
Bookseller+Publisher's Tim Coronel reports from Frankfurt: It's Thursday night now in Frankfurt, the mid-point of the Frankfurt Book Fair. Australian and NZ visitors to Frankfurt have spent the past two days...
Frankfurt 2010 kicks off; TOC conference
The 2010 Frankfurt Book Fair gets underway today and runs through until Sunday 10 October. With close to 300,000 visitors expected and over 7500 exhibitors from 111 countries, Frankfurt remains...
Quote of the week
'Publishing is no longer a growth business: what we are contending with is the fact that not as many of us are needed as used to be. Publishing can get...
Frankfurt 2010 kicks off; TOC conference
The 2010 Frankfurt Book Fair gets underway today and runs through until Sunday 10 October. With close to 300,000 visitors expected and over 7500 exhibitors from 111 countries, Frankfurt remains...
Think Australian partners with Publishing Perspectives, APA
Think Australian, the rights/export magazine produced each year by Bookseller+Publisher to showcase Australian attendees at the Frankfurt Book Fair, will this year partner with international publishing industry news service Publishing...
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...