RIGHTS PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR SPONSORED BY: FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR
WINNER: KATE HIBBERT LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP
Five years on the shortlist is a long time to wait for this award, but the time has finally come for Little, Brown Book Group joint rights director Kate Hibbert. This is not a lifetime achievement award though— simply reward for a magnificent 2016 in which she steered Little, Brown to a best ever rights year, notching up an average of nearly three deals a day in more than 40 different languages. Hibbert herself was responsible for many of the biggest of them, especially in the key US market and most notably with one of her personal favourites, Francesca Hornak’s Seven Days of Us. Spain and Korea were among other standout territories. Her success is down to a combination of passion for her authors and a tenacity in negotiations, and to a knack for pairing the right book with the right editor. She is close to the ground too, intimately involved in the publishing process well beyond her rights remit— and a friendly face amid the hurly-burly of rights trading at book fairs.
It all makes her hugely liked and respected by her colleagues and counterparts around the world. “Her professionalism, intelligence, wit, grace and whole persona impress me more each time we speak, write or meet,” says one overseas publisher. The judges concurred. “These figures are astonishing in the current market,” they said. “Kate is a consistently good rights pro, but even by her own high standards she excelled in 2016.”
KEY STRENGTHS
◆ BUDGET-SMASHING RECORD OF HUNDREDS OF DEALS IN DOZENS OF TERRITORIES IN 2016 ◆ INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP’S RIGHTS TEAM ◆ UNIVERSAL ADMIRATION FROM AUTHORS, COLLEAGUES AND PUBLISHERS WORLDWIDE ◆ WINNER OF THIS AWARD AFTER FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS ON THE SHORTLIST
21. BRITISH BOOK AWARDS - WINNERS 2017
The Frankfurt Book Fair is the international publishing industry’s biggest trade fair – with 7,100 exhibitors from more than 100 countries, around 270,000 visitors, over 4,000 events and around 9,000 accredited journalists in attendance.
THE SHORTLIST
MONIQUE CORLESS, VINTAGE Grew Vintage’s rights sales in 2016, with notable success across Cape’s graphic novels list.
OLA GOTKOWSKA, NOSY CROW A rising star of children’s rights, she chalked up several hundred deals in 2016 and has a nose for new markets.
AMY HUNTER, SUMMERSDALE One-woman force behind Summersdale’s rights, growing income by a third in 2016.
KARINE MARKO, THE QUARTO GROUP Rights all-rounder with an eye for potential in Quarto’s rich backlist as well as new coeditions.
SARAH SCARLETT, PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE A safe pair of hands for PRH’s blockbuster author brands who leads her rights team by example.
ANDREWSHARP, HACHETTE CHILDREN’S Pulls together the rights dealing of Hachette’s many children’s operations into a cohesive strategy.
MICHELE YOUNG, PAN MACMILLAN The 2016 winner of this award, shortlisted again for another fine year in children’s rights.
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