Welcome
The International Book Forum is a Turin International Book Fair initiative realized thanks to the economic and organizational support of the Italian Trade Commission (ICE) and to the Regione Piemonte funding. It is realized within the Convention Regione Piemonte - ICE stipulated according to the program agreement with the Ministry of Economic Development. The event organization is realized by biella intraprendere s.p.a. Next edition: 6-8 May 2010 - Centro Congressi Lingotto, Torino
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IBF 2009: a record attendance
Among the publishing houses and literary agencies from Europe taking part were: Gallimard and Flammarion (France), C. Bertelsmann and Suhrkamp Verlag (Germany), Assirío & Alvim (Portugal), Norstedts Förlagsgrupp (Sweden), 451 Editores (Spain), Zed Books and Little Brown Book Group (Great Britain). The world of cinema was also well represented, with scouts and literary consultants from important production companies and talent agencies in America, like Fox, Creative Artists Agency, Marc Platt Productions, New Line Cinema, Smoke House; from France, groups like Grandeur Nature, from Germany Constantin Films among others, from Russia the Bazelevs and Central Partnership, from the UK Rosalind Ramsay Agency, Anne Louise Fischer Associates and The Bureau. |
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The IBF 2009 Conference sessions program
The afternoon of Thursday May 14th will be entirely dedicated to the subject of adaptation, with a panel focused on the French market organized by the Bureau international de l’édition française. |
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European producers at the IBF: two Russian film companies for the first time at the International Book Forum
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From Hollywood to Turin: American film companies at the IBF 2009 Several producers and literary scouts of the most important American and Canadian film companies are going to attend the IBF 2009:
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From random House to Fox International: big names at the International Book Forum IBF 2009 already registers a new record number of attendees: more than 400 publishers and literary agents from all over the world and 120 foreign industry professionals (95 rights managers of publishing houses and literary agents, 25 film producers and scouts), who were able to attend thanks to the collaboration with Regione Piemonte – Assessorato Commercio e Fiere and the Italian Trade Commission (ICE). In particular, from the USA and Canada already confirmed their presence, among the others, Tim Bartlett of Random House, |
The IBF 2009 participants list is now online
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Accommodation
The main feature of the 2009 event was the hectic pace: more than 6000 meetings in the 30 hours of the forum. An absolute marathon for almost 700 partecipants coming from approximately thirty countries (Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Mexico, Holland, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the USA) to take part in the IBF – International Book Forum 2009, the business to business area inside the Torino International Book Fair that is dedicated to publishing and audiovisual rights exchange and to developing new publishing projects.
Like every year, the IBF is hostsing an interesting conference sessions program, with debates and discussions on the adaptation and translation rights exchange market.
Many European producers and agents are usually attending the IBF looking for adaptation projects, but this year for the first time we are honored to announce the participation, among the other guests, of two producers from Russia:
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