This week is the epic Bologna Children’s Book Fair – one of the most important trade shows of the year for international book deals. Right now, our colleagues and co-agents are busy selling translation rights to KT Literary books over gelato and coffee. Please help us congratulate New York Times […]
Bologna Book Fair
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I’m currently in Bologna, meeting with dozens and dozens of foreign publishers, pitching my authors’ manuscripts for foreign translation, but while I’m there, I’m delighted to turn the blog over to my clients Krista Van Dolzer and A.L. Sonnichsen, both of whose Winter 2015 debut novels I’ll be chatting up […]
After two weeks off for the holidays, it always takes a while to get back up to speed. Add on top of that almost five months of being closed to queries, and I’m finding it a fun challenge to remember how to do my job sometimes! Anyway, Renee and I […]
I hope to tweet and tumblr a bit while I’m gone, and while this blog may lie a bit dormant, I hope you’ll follow me @DaphneUn or on the ktlit Tumblr. See you in April!
As part of my continuing mission to be a better blogger, I wanted to make a note of a few upcoming events where you can find me. In addition, if you’d like to invite me to speak at your conference, workshop, or seminar, please send me an email! First up, […]
This is an EXCELLENT overview of what an agent does at the fair. In my case, it was just over 50-some-odd official meetings, plus a few drop-ins, and casual chats in the aisles or at the bar. I’m still going through my notes of my meetings, and sending out the […]
I’m still in the midst of doing my Bologna follow-up, which basically consists of reading through my scribbled notes of my meetings with foreign editors, scouts, and movie people, making note of what we spoke about, titles they asked to see or expressed interest in, other books they might have […]
I got home from Europe late last night — well, around 7pm Mountain, but it felt way later to me! I’m mostly caught up on emails and such — not queries, though, so thanks for your patience on those. I did get through EVERY partial on my Kindle, though, and […]
So, I leave Thursday evening to meet Maureen Johnson in England and then fly on together to Italy for the Bologna Book Fair. Am I ready? Well… I’m getting there. I’ve printed out my schedule of meetings, made extra copies of my rights list, brought a huge bundle of business […]