Publications
News & Views
The latest issue of the FLF-newspaper 'News & Views' focuses on the presence of the Flemish Literature Fund at the Frankfurt Book Fair from October 12 to 16, 2011 (Stand number: Hall 5.0, Stand C 932).
The 'Frankfurter Buchmesse Special' presents in an inviting lay-out short texts on new books from Flanders to foreign publishers and other relations and informs about new publications and realisations supported by the FLF. The newspaper also pays attention to the activities and future plans of the FLF.
Read the 'Frankfurter Buchmesse Special' of 'News & Views'...
More publications
- Nonfiction from Flanders
- 10 Books
- Look at Literature from Flanders - Beijing 2011
- Book - Colouring Outside the Lines
Nonfiction from Flanders
As usual, at the Frankfurt Book Fair the FLF will be presenting foreign relations with the literary harvest of the past year for all genres, in the form of information sheets and sample translations. This year, the Frankfurt Book Fair is also where we will be launching a nonfiction pilot project. That project, which started at the Beijing Book Fair, is aimed primarily at exploring the options for the FLF's non-fiction policy and, after thorough evaluation, how to integrate that policy into the existing foreign rights marketing activities.
> Read the brochure Nonfiction from Flanders...
10 Books
Ten Books from Holland and Flanders is published jointly by the Dutch foundation for Literature and the Flemish Literature Fund. The bulletin is distributed free of charge to foreign publishers and editors. If you would like to subscribe, please contact the VFL-office.
The current issue was published in the autumn of 2011.
It features the following authors from Flanders:
- Stefan Brijs
- Yves Petry
- Dimitri Verhulst
> Read the entire 10 Books from Holland and Flanders...
Look at Literature from Flanders - Beijing 2011
The Flemish Literature Fund (FLF) can look back with satisfaction at its first visit to Beijing. From August 31 to September 4, 2011, for the first time, the FLF presented literature from Flanders to Chinese publishers at the International Book Fair in Beijing. The FLF was following in the wake of the Netherlands, which was guest country at the fair.
The FLF's aim was to gain insight into the Chinese book market and visit the relevant publishing houses willing to consider translations. It also wanted to find out what Chinese readers would be interested in, in terms of both genre and theme. Three members of FLF staff discussed such issues with sixty-five Chinese publishers at the fair and presented them with a bi-lingual English/Chinese brochure featuring thirty-six titles.
Book - Colouring Outside the Lines
'Colouring Outside the Lines' tells the story of 22 illustrators whose skill and creativity have enriched and expanded the world of children's literature.
Their illustrations open up the texts with power and sincerity. Each in their own way, these illustrators also colour outside the lines of the story, using a dash of humour, an anecdote or a surprising picture.
These are Flemish illustrators who are looking for a visual language that appeals to both adults and children.
'Colouring Outside the Lines' investigates the development of each illustrator's work and shows how to read their illustrations. Every shape, every colour and every line has a meaning. The better you are at deciphering that meaning, the richer the story becomes and the more pleasure you find in reading it.
