YA Book Prize 2015

Last week I was able to experience the glamorous side of publishing at the YA Book Prize night at Foyles in London. This amazing evening including delicious cupcakes and tasty wine, offered me the chance to meet the fantastic short-listed authors and many great people from the publishing industry.

The Blind Side of the Heart - Julia Franck

Julia Franck's The Blind Side of the Heart (Die Mittagsfrau) tells the story of a young woman growing up during the turbulent times of the first half of the 20th century. The novel was first published in German in 2007 and won the prestigious German Book Prize. The book narrates a story of growing up without a loving and caring mother, of unfulfilled dreams and of a tragic love against the background of two world wars.

New Year, New Dress, New Goals

A new year usually starts with the famous New Year's resolutions. Even though doing more sports wouldn't have been the worst idea, I wanted to change something on my little blog. I decided to give it a new design, a new dress so to say -  and here it is!

First Steps in Publishing - One Semester in Cambridge

I can't believe that my first semester as a publishing student is already over. It still feels like I only started a couple of weeks ago. But at the same time, the girl who arrived at Heathrow three month ago seems to be someone else. Someone who belonged to another life, a life that is no longer mine.

FutureBook Conference 2014

As it happened, I was lucky enough to visit two publishing conferences in less than a week. Whereas the attendance of the SYP conference last Saturday was purely my own pleasure (read all about it here), my FutureBook experience was part of a two week internship with the Bookseller's marketing team. There was no better way of finishing that amazing internship than with being part of the FutureBook Conference and gaining some insights behind the scenes.

SYP Conference 2014

Last Saturday, I attended my very first conference, the annual conference of the Society of Young Publishers, in London. Basically, there was everything a soon-to-be publisher's heart desires: Inspiring talks, amazing people, food and free books.

Subscription is Entering the World of Books

It's one week after the last day of the fair and it seems that the Frankfurt Book Fair still has not really left my mind. One topic especially captured my attention: The model of subscription entering our world of literature.