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(01) Serpent’s Tail founder Pete Ayrton and editorial director Rebecca Gray, pictured at the indie list’s 30th anniversary party; Ayrton said that in the publisher’s 30 years, it has been “London’s most fearless publisher”. (02) Self-published trio Mark Dawson left, Mel Sherratt and Keith Houghton gave a unique book signing at yesterday’s fair, autographing fans’ e-readers using an engraving pen inset. (03) Designer Jay Jay Burridge with a life-size sculpture of a creature from
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his Supersaurs series, which The Bookseller Daily exclusively revealed was snapped up by Bonnier at Bologna last week. (04) Culture secretary John Whittingdale left, with actor, novelist and film director Julian Fellowes, prior to the minister’s LBF talk. (05) Author Meg Rosoff left appeared with Rowan Pelling at the English PEN Literary Salon, while (06) actors got into costume before delivering a multilingual Shakespeare reading.
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thebookseller.com 16 FRIDAY 10.2015 NEWS i i l l i M e New-look FBF proves a hit BY THE BOOKSELLER NEWS TEAM
Though there was no dominant book or theme at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, attendees have reported a busy, business- like week, with strong translation rights trading in key categories. Meanwhile, publishers and agents have broadly welcomed the fair’s new layout. Pan Macmillan publisher Jeremy
Trevathan said: “This year, [FBF] is upbeat, it’s buzzy. I certainly don’t miss Hall 8. There hasn’t been a huge book that has dominated things but there is still a lot of business being done, and we have seen a lot of optimism in many foreign rights territories: Germany has been great, and Italy has been very good, somewhat surprisingly. Spanish publishers are not looking too optimistic, however.” Faber rights manager Lizzie Bishop also said she had seen more translation rights trading: “It feels like people are actually coming to the fair to make deals again, whereas recently it hasn’t been like that. The Scandinavian market seems to be picking up a bit more.” “There’s a buoyant mood,”
agreed Sharon Parker, group chief operating officer at Bonnier. “There are a few regions, such as Brazil, where currency is an issue but the feeling at the fair is very positive. It’s been very ‘let’s do business’ from day one.”
The new layout was a major
focus for publishers. Before the fair, Independent Publishers Guild c.e.o. Bridget Shine said FBF would “be challenging” this year as the IPG collective stand was split between Hall 6.2 and 4.2. The experience has been mostly positive, she said, adding: “Our stand on 4.2 is rocking, we are really pleased. Yet while our members on 6.2 are doing a lot of business, splitting publishers
between three floors [in Hall 6] has meant a real decline in footfall. I think we’ll look to expand our presence in 4.2 next year.” HarperCollins UK c.e.o. Charlie
Redmayne said the publisher was “really happy” with the move. “Sometimes it is good to shake things up. Overall, Hall 6 feels like a more modern environment and it is great that we are nearer to the rights centre.”
HC snaps up comedian Schumer STOP PRESS!
Award-winning comedian Amy Schumer’s memoir has been signed by Harper Non-Fiction after a multi-publisher auction. UK and Commonwealth rights were negotiated by publishing director Jack Fogg with Caspian Dennis and Sandy Violette at Abner Stein, on behalf of David Kuhn and Chelsey Heller at Kuhn Projects. In September, Simon & Schuster bought North American rights for a reported $8m. The tentatively titled The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, a collection of personal stories and anecdotes “combining Amy’s fresh take on feminism with socially aware satire”, will be published in the UK in autumn 2016.
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