News from JMS
Welcome to our blog, where we plan to feature news, views and translation clues. Things like: did you know that English cats say ‘meow’, German moggies ‘miau’, French felines ‘miaou’, and Spanish Siamese ‘miau’. Pause for thought…
Frankfurt book fair
There was a buzz in the air at the Frankfurt fair despite the difficulties faced by the industry. The German hall was as full as ever, with author interviews, wonderful stationery stands selling advent calendars and Christmas cards (way too early to buy), a cookery demonstration and a wine tasting to add to the mix of buying and selling rights and books. The French hall is always a haven of busy calm and the UK and American stands were doing brisk trade. The Chinese stands were particularly active and we met a number of publishers interested in having their books translated. And the sun shone for the first few days which made walking from hall to hall and having a bite to eat on the benches much more pleasant.