Princeton University Press is proud to partner with independent and academic presses on Bookselling without Borders, a fellowship designed to connect American readers to books from around the world.
NEW YORK, New York (September 24, 2018) –– Twelve of America’s best independent publishers and university presses have come together to promote the 2019 edition of Bookselling Without Borders, a scholarship program that allows American booksellers and bookstore owners to attend the leading international book fairs.
From its foundation in 2016, when it provided one fellowship to one fair, Bookselling Without Borders has grown to become a unique opportunity both for professional booksellers at all stages of their careers and for veteran buyers, managers, and store owners. In 2019, it will not only offer 16 fellowships to four international book fairs but also two international bookstore residencies (in Italy and India). In 2018, fellowship awardees have attended the Turin Book Fair and will soon be departing for both the Frankfurt and Guadalajara Book Fairs. Enjoying a curated itinerary of meetings, panels, tours, and networking opportunities, booksellers return from the fellowship better informed, better connected, and better equipped to bring international and diverse books to American readers.
The program is supported directly by independent publishers, by industry partners that share the fellowship’s goals, and by an annual crowdfunding campaign, which launches this year on September 24 on Kickstarter. Funding from the campaign will be used to expand BWB’s activities to include more fairs, more fellowships, and to launch the international bookstore residency program.
The publishers and industry partners supporting Bookselling Without Borders are:
Catapult – Europa Editions – Graywolf Press – Grove Atlantic – Melville House Books– Milkweed Editions – Other Press – Princeton University Press – Rutgers University Press – Seagull Books – Shambhala Publications – The University of Chicago Press
Ingram Content Group – Shelf Awareness – Frankfurter Buchmesse
For more information visit www.booksellingwithoutborders.com
Or contact:
Steve Kroeter: 718-636-1345; swk@design101.com
Rachael Small: 212-868-6844; rachaelsmall@europaeditions.com