Mid-career commissioning editors, rights people and agents in this area of publishing: take notice, Frankfurt Fellowships this year are aimed at those working in the children’s and young adult field. Fellowship criteria has also expanded this year to include people involved in the digital preparation and distribution of content for children’s books.
Julia Marshall, a previous Frankfurt fellow, strongly recommends people working in this field give serious consideration of applying for one of the places available.
Other Kiwis who have had fellowships in past years include Renee Stead of Stead & Daughters and Auckland University Press editor Anna Hodge. Anna was a fellow in 2012, our Guest of Honour year at Frankfurt Book Fair. She rates the experience as “Absolutely fantastic – anyone who has the opportunity should push for it! For me the opportunity to meet colleagues from comparable markets to ours was incredible, as was gaining better knowledge of publishing in Germany.”
Applicants need three letters of recommendation from the industry, Julia says, and further information is available here. The application deadline is 30 April.
Maciej Byliniak, editor and rights manager with the Polish children’s book publisher Dwie Sostry, a Fellow in 2013, was enthusiastic about the new development: “The new special focus on children’s and young adult books will open up a whole new level of networking for participants in this area. I can’t begin to imagine how incredibly beneficial this will be for them – but yes, I can: it will be heaven for children’s book publishers!”
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