Second day in a row that the Small Publishers’ Catalogue: Africa, 2013 has been written about in Publishing Perspectives. Today they have reprinted the article I wrote up about my experiences on the Frankfurt Book Fair Invitation Programme in 2011 and 2012. Very cool to have the exposure for the Catalogue and for the Invitation Programme.
If going to a large chain bookstore is a depressing experience for a small publisher – all those shelves and piles of shiny new books – how on earth could taking part in the Frankfurt Book Fair be such a wonderfully encouraging experience? It may seem unlikely but for me, as the publisher at Modjaji Books, visiting the biggest book fair in the world is pure bliss.
‘Frankfurt’ is all about people and meeting or reconnecting with publishing friends from other countries and from home. Being at Frankfurt means five days of total immersion in the international book world and discussing and thinking about the questions of the day with others who are equally interested. It’s wonderful to be in a space where everybody is passionate about and engaged in books, writers, writing. All around you hear people talking about publishing, book design, and all the hot questions about where the book is going. Does the printed book have a future? Will e-books and digital publishing mean the end of books as we know them?
I wish I could go on the Invitation Programme every year. Read the article to see why. Sigh. I am working out various angles to try and get me and Modjaji Books to Frankfurt this year too. Let’s see if it works out.
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- Small Publishers’ Catalogue: Africa, 2013 edited by Colleen Higgs
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