{"id":5154,"date":"2026-04-28T09:43:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T06:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/fellows\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:45:18","slug":"fellows","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/en\/fellows\/","title":{"rendered":"Fellows"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5154\" class=\"elementor elementor-5154 elementor-5141\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3354747 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3354747\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c10bcc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c10bcc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52bbed8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"52bbed8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10ec969 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"10ec969\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fellows<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a6eb37 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9a6eb37\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-942c407 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"942c407\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Meet the publishing professionals participating in the TBF 2026 Fellowship Programme, coming from across the globe: publishers, editors, rights managers, licensing officers, literary agents, and scouts.<\/p><p>The Fellows take part in a four-day programme featuring B2B meetings, networking events, presentations on international book markets, panel discussions with Greek and international professionals, and opportunities related to the GreekLit translation grant programme, among others.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d589fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d589fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        <section class=\"tbf-fellows\" data-tbf-fellows>\n                        <header class=\"tbf-fellows-head\">\n                                                                <div 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                        <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Ad\u00e8le Rolland-Le Dem<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">Foreign rights manager<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        \u00c9ditions Gallimard                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">France<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"1\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5075-image10.jpeg\" alt=\"Adrian Kasnitz\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Adrian Kasnitz<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">Editor<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        Parasitenpresse publishing house                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">Germany<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"2\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5123-image26.png\" alt=\"Bistra Petrova Velichkova\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Bistra Petrova Velichkova<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">Editor<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        Janet 45 Publishing House                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">Bulgaria<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"3\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5093-image16.png\" alt=\"Claire Rivkin\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Claire Rivkin<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">Senior Manager, Subsidiary Rights<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        Random House Children\u2019s Books                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">USA<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"4\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5066-image7-e1777376087571.jpeg\" alt=\"Cristina Hidalgo\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Cristina Hidalgo<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">Foreign Rights Agent<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        Grupo Planeta                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">Spain<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"5\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5069-image8.jpeg\" alt=\"Davide Ioppi\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Davide Ioppi<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">Rights Manager<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        Terre di mezzo Editore                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">Italy<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"6\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5099-image18.jpeg\" alt=\"Deniz Topakta\u015f\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Deniz Topakta\u015f<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">Rights Executive<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        Isbank Cultural Publications                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">T\u00fcrkiye<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"7\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5138-image31.jpeg\" alt=\"Desislava Zhivkova Zheleva\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Desislava Zhivkova Zheleva<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">Director of Marketing and Publishing Strategies \/ Editor<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        Colibri                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">Bulgaria<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"8\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5114-image23.jpeg\" alt=\"Dessislava Grozdanova\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Dessislava Grozdanova<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">Publisher<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        Fox Books Publishing                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">Bulgaria<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"9\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5084-image13.jpeg\" alt=\"Dr. Costel Postolache\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Dr. Costel Postolache<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">CEO<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        Integral Publishers                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">Romania<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"10\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5072-image9.jpeg\" alt=\"Eleni Karametaxas\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Eleni Karametaxas<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">Co-CEO<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        Helvetiq Publishnig house                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">Switzerland<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"11\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5108-image21.jpeg\" alt=\"Evita Villa\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Evita Villa<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">Rights Executive in the Adult Rights Team<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        Penguin Random House                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">UK<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"12\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5051-image2.jpeg\" alt=\"Flora Esterly\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Flora Esterly<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">Senior Manager, Subsidiary Rights<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        Farrar, Straus and Giroux                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">USA<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"13\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5129-image28.jpeg\" alt=\"Galina Valerieva Popova\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Galina Valerieva Popova<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">Editor-in-Chief<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        Ecrier LTD                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">Bulgaria<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"14\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5081-image12.jpeg\" alt=\"Hripsime Madoyan\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Hripsime Madoyan<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">Head of publishing department<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        Antares Publishing House                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">Armenia<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"15\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5078-image11.jpeg\" alt=\"Joanna Maciuk\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Joanna Maciuk<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">Acquirig Editor\/Rights Sales Manager<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        Wydawnictwo Mi\u0119ta publishing house                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">Poland<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"16\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5063-image6.jpeg\" alt=\"Kim Laura Franzke\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Kim Laura Franzke<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">Senior Editor Picture Books<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        Ueberreuter Verlag GmbH                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">Germany<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"17\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5120-image25.jpeg\" alt=\"Liliya Lyubomirova Rusanova\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Liliya Lyubomirova Rusanova<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">Publisher<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        Pan Publishing House                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">Bulgaria<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"18\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5057-image4.jpeg\" alt=\"Marie Desmeures\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Marie Desmeures<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">Editorial director of the Notabilia collection<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        Noir sur Blanc Publishing                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">France<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"19\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5111-image22.jpeg\" alt=\"Mariyana Borisova Shabarkova-Petrova\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Mariyana Borisova Shabarkova-Petrova<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">owner manager<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        Inle Publishing House                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">Bulgaria<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"20\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5132-image29.jpeg\" alt=\"Martin Vasilev Hristov\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Martin Vasilev Hristov<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">Manager<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        Ergo Publishing House                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">Bulgaria<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"21\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5135-image30.png\" alt=\"Maya Vasileva Bochev\u0430\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Maya Vasileva Bochev\u0430<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">Managing Director<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        Tat Creative                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">Bulgaria<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"22\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5126-image27.jpeg\" alt=\"Milena Radeva\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Milena Radeva<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">Editor-in-Chief<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        Bulgarian Illustration Publishing House                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">Bulgaria<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"23\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5102-image19.jpeg\" alt=\"Mireia Trius\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Mireia Trius<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">Publisher &amp; Co-founder\nmireia@zahorideideas.com<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        Zahor\u00ed Books                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">Spain<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"24\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5087-image14.jpeg\" alt=\"Mohamed Radi\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Mohamed Radi<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">CEO<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        Egyptian Office for Publishing&amp; Distribution                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">Egypt<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"25\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5105-image20.jpeg\" alt=\"Noor van Pelt\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                        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       Linden Editions                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">UK<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"28\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5117-image24.jpeg\" alt=\"Venka Ivanova Ragina\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n                            <div class=\"tbf-fellow-body\">\n                                <h3 class=\"tbf-fellow-name\">Venka Ivanova Ragina<\/h3>\n                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-role\">Manager<\/p>\n                                                                                                    <p class=\"tbf-fellow-company\">\n                                        IK Uniscorp                                                                                    <span class=\"tbf-fellow-country\">Bulgaria<\/span>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <li>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"tbf-fellow-card\" data-index=\"29\">\n                            <figure class=\"tbf-fellow-photo\">\n                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" 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                 <\/button>\n                    <\/li>\n                            <\/ul>\n            <p class=\"tbf-fellows-empty\" style=\"display:none;\">No fellows match the current filters.<\/p>\n            <script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"id\":5096,\"name\":\"Ad\u00e8le Rolland-Le Dem\",\"country\":\"France\",\"company\":\"\u00c9ditions Gallimard\",\"role\":\"Foreign rights manager\",\"email\":\"adele.rolland-ledem@gallimard.fr\",\"website\":\"https:\/\/www.gallimard.fr\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"<p>As graduate in translation studies from the Sorbonne Nouvelle University, I have been working as a rights professional since 2018, both in the UK and France. I have been working with Greek publishers for \u00c9ditions Gallimard since 2020. I have also translated 15 novels, from English to French.<\/p>\",\"company_description\":\"<p>\u00c9ditions Gallimard is a century-old landmark publishing house in France, which publishes a wide range of titles in the fields of literature and humanities, from contemporary and classic authors, such as Michel Foucault, Simone de Beauvoir, Marguerite Duras, Jean-Paul Sartre, Raymond Queneau, Marguerite Yourcenar, Jean-Patrick Manchette, Jean Genet, Herv\u00e9 Le Tellier, Johann Chapoutot, Kamel Daoud, Nathacha Appanah, Caryl F\u00e9rey, and the last three French Nobel prize winners : J.M.G. Le Cl\u00e9zio, Patrick Modiano, Annie Ernaux.<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5096-image17.jpeg\"},{\"id\":5075,\"name\":\"Adrian Kasnitz\",\"country\":\"Germany\",\"company\":\"Parasitenpresse publishing house\",\"role\":\"Editor\",\"email\":\"parasitenpresse@hotmail.com\",\"website\":\"https:\/\/www.parasitenpresse.de\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"<p>Adrian Kasnitz is working as editior, writer and translator. He founded parasitenpresse as a small independent publisher of poetry in the year 2000.<\/p>\",\"company_description\":\"<p>Nowadays parasitenpresse publishes poetry and prose with a focus on new voices from German speaking countries and on new writing from different languages. Books from South-Eastern Europe, including Greece, are part of the programme. In 2024 parasitenpresse was awarded the &quot;Deutscher Verlagspreis&quot; (independent publisher of the year).<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5075-image10.jpeg\"},{\"id\":5123,\"name\":\"Bistra Petrova Velichkova\",\"country\":\"Bulgaria\",\"company\":\"Janet 45 Publishing House\",\"role\":\"Editor\",\"email\":\"bistra.janet45@gmail.com\",\"website\":\"\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"\",\"company_description\":\"<p>Janet 45 (\u0416\u0430\u043d\u0435\u0442 45) is one of Bulgaria\u2019s leading independent publishing houses, founded in 1989 in Plovdiv by Bozhana Apostolova. Over the past years, it has published more than 1,600 titles and built a strong reputation for high editorial standards, innovative design, and cultural impact. The publisher focuses on contemporary Bulgarian fiction, poetry, and children\u2019s literature, while also maintaining a well-developed catalogue of translated works. Janet 45 is known for its distinctive editorial series, which promotes both established and emerging authors. Its publications frequently receive national literary awards and international recognition. The company operates as part of an integrated publishing and printing complex with its own<\/p><p>press and design facilities, ensuring exceptional production quality. Janet 45 actively participates in book fairs, literary festivals, and translation projects, strengthening Bulgaria\u2019s cultural presence in Europe. As a respected and forwardthinking publisher, Janet 45 represents a valuable partner for international collaborations, particularly in projects aimed at promoting literature in translation and fostering cross-cultural dialogue.<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5123-image26.png\"},{\"id\":5093,\"name\":\"Claire Rivkin\",\"country\":\"USA\",\"company\":\"Random House Children\u2019s Books\",\"role\":\"Senior Manager, Subsidiary Rights\",\"email\":\"crivkin@penguinrandomhouse.com\",\"website\":\"https:\/\/www.rhcbooks.com\/\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"<p>Claire Rivkin is a senior rights manager at Random House Children\u2019s Books, where she licenses children\u2019s and young adult titles in parts of Europe and Asia, including the Greek market via JLM Literary Agency for the past five years. She has had the pleasure of selling translation rights to works by many brilliant authors and illustrators, including Holly Jackson, Elizabeth Lim, and Max and Suzanne Lang. Claire was a 2025 Busan Book Fair Fellow and has been an instructor at the Columbia Publishing Course for the past three years. She previously worked in the Scholastic rights department and started her career as an intern at the Wylie Agency.<\/p>\",\"company_description\":\"<p>Random House Children&apos;s Books is a division of Penguin Random House and the world&apos;s largest English-language children&apos;s trade book publisher. Its imprints publish across all formats for readers from toddlers through young adults, featuring award-winning authors and illustrators, iconic franchise characters, and multimillion-copy series. Based in United States of America (New York, NY).<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5093-image16.png\"},{\"id\":5066,\"name\":\"Cristina Hidalgo\",\"country\":\"Spain\",\"company\":\"Grupo Planeta\",\"role\":\"Foreign Rights Agent\",\"email\":\"cristina.garciah@planeta.es\",\"website\":\"https:\/\/www.planetadelibros.com\/\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"I have been working at Grupo Planeta for the past three years in the Foreign Rights department, handling both fiction and children\u2019s titles. Prior to this, I worked at The Foreign Office Agency and four years at ACER Literary Agency, where I worked as a primary agent. In these roles,\\r\\n\\r\\nI represented authors and managed international rights, negotiating contracts and building strong relationships with foreign publishers across different markets.\",\"company_description\":\"Grupo Planeta is one of the leading publishing groups in the Spanish-speaking world and a major international player in the book industry. Its publishing division comprises more than 50 imprints covering fiction, non-fiction, children\u2019s and young adult literature, comics, and essays, across multiple formats including print, digital, and audiobooks, and in various languages.\\r\\n\\r\\nThe group is a market leader in Spain and Latin America, publishing thousands of new titles each year and operating in over 25 countries. It also integrates the entire book value chain, from publishing to distribution and retail, and includes well-known imprints such as Planeta, or Seix Barral.\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5066-image7-e1777376087571.jpeg\"},{\"id\":5069,\"name\":\"Davide Ioppi\",\"country\":\"Italy\",\"company\":\"Terre di mezzo Editore\",\"role\":\"Rights Manager\",\"email\":\"davideioppi@terre.it\",\"website\":\"https:\/\/www.terre.it\/\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"<p>Davide Ioppi is Rights Manager at Terre di mezzo Editore. With a solid background in international publishing - including previous roles at HarperCollins Italy and White Star - Davide directly manages the global sale of translation rights while overseeing the acquisition of international titles for the Italian market. His expertise spans contract negotiation, managing international co-editions, and expanding catalogue visibility worldwide. A regular attendee at major international book fairs, Davide is passionate about building long-term, multicultural partnerships, speaking fluently in English, Spanish and German.<\/p>\",\"company_description\":\"<p>Founded in 1994, Terre di mezzo Editore is an independent Italian publisher releasing about 100 titles yearly. We specialize in high-quality picture books and fiction for readers aged 0-16, exploring themes like diversity, inclusion, and environmental awareness. We collaborate with both emerging and established creators - such as Mac Barnett, Timoth\u00e9e de Fombelle, Marc Boutavant, Jason Reynolds, Marco Som\u00e0, and Giulia Pastorino - ensuring a rich and varied selection of titles that resonate with readers worldwide. We are already active in the Greek market, having acquired and sold translation rights with partners like Patakis, Nefeli Publishers, and Editions Kokkini Klosti Demeni. We are currently in touch with other local publishers and aim to connect with many more during the fellowship.<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5069-image8.jpeg\"},{\"id\":5099,\"name\":\"Deniz Topakta\u015f\",\"country\":\"T\u00fcrkiye\",\"company\":\"Isbank Cultural Publications\",\"role\":\"Rights Executive\",\"email\":\"deniz.topaktas@iskultur.com.tr\",\"website\":\"https:\/\/www.iskultur.com.tr\/\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"<p>She holds a BA in English Language and Literature and began her career as an assistant editor during her MA studies in Comparative Literature. Over the years, she has worked across various publishing houses in roles including translation editing, literary editing, and editorial coordination. For the past five years, she has been working at Isbank Cultural Publications as a Rights Executive. She actively follows international book fairs and fellowship programs, with a strong interest in discovering new literatures and deepening her engagement within the publishing industry. In addition to her editorial and rights work, she has been translating literary works from English for over a decade.<\/p>\",\"company_description\":\"<p>Isbank Cultural Publications (fully owned by Isbank, the largest private commercial bank of T\u00fcrkiye) established in 1956 by Hasan \u00c2li Y\u00fccel, the former Minister of Education, has since been one of the indispensable publishing houses for all the readers with its publications that are both rich in content and superior in print quality.<\/p><p>As one of the oldest, most prestigious and well known publishing houses in T\u00fcrkiye, we publish great variety of books from classics, modern and contemporary literature, history, humanities, economy, popular science, memoirs, management, biography, art, children\u2019s and young adult books. We have 27 bookstores and also cooperate with chain bookstores and other sales channels all around T\u00fcrkiye.<\/p><p>We have published numerous classics from Greek literature, alongside a range of titles on the history of Greece and Ancient Greece. More recently, we have added a work by Kostas Taktsis to our Modern Classics list.<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5099-image18.jpeg\"},{\"id\":5138,\"name\":\"Desislava Zhivkova Zheleva\",\"country\":\"Bulgaria\",\"company\":\"Colibri\",\"role\":\"Director of Marketing and Publishing Strategies \/ Editor\",\"email\":\"dzheleva@colibri.bg\",\"website\":\"\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"\",\"company_description\":\"<p>For over 35 years, Colibri<strong> <\/strong>has been at the forefront of the publishing business in Bulgaria. Specializing in the production, distribution, and promotion of cultural products, the company enjoys a flawless reputation beyond Bulgaria\u2019s borders as well. It participates in numerous international projects, maintains fruitful relations with partners from around the world, translates books from all languages and genres, and operates successfully in all segments of the publishing business. A passionate team of professionals stands behind achievements reached through dedication, consistency, and an enduring love for literature.<\/p><p>Among the most popular collections of the publishing house are &quot;World Classics&quot;, &quot;Modern Classics&quot;, &quot;Contemporary European Prose&quot;, which already has a new look, and the series for film art connoisseurs &quot;Amarcord&quot;. The newly established Pearl series presents some of the most notable creators of the last century, masterpieces of modern literature, as well as titles that have enjoyed significant reader success over the years. Partly supported by the European Union and partly by national programs, the &quot;Contemporary European Prose&quot; series, whose successor is the EUROPA series, covers over 400 titles and includes the most significant phenomena in contemporary fiction that shape the face of literary Europe. European literature, including literature created in rare languages, finds more and more admirers in Bulgaria. It is addressed to the alert reading audience in our country, who live with the problems of the global world and are interested in the latest trends and achievements in the colorful panorama of European literature. COLIBRI both sells and buys rights.<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5138-image31.jpeg\"},{\"id\":5114,\"name\":\"Dessislava Grozdanova\",\"country\":\"Bulgaria\",\"company\":\"Fox Books Publishing\",\"role\":\"Publisher\",\"email\":\"foxbookcafe@gmail.com\",\"website\":\"\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"\",\"company_description\":\"<p>We at Lisiche (transl. Little Fox) work on original series and rhyming stories. A strong focus of our books is the theme of friendship and care. With vibrant illustrations by the talented artists we work with and the clever humour of our authors we aim to to give young readers the opportunity to fall in love with reading as a daily activity. We hold a high standard for children&apos;s literature and illustrations for the littlest, based on our social and personal experience. You will find that we have organized a lot of social activities dedicated to reading promotion aimed at helping children and their caregivers.<\/p><p>We have a wonderful catalogue of bought rights with a few new titles on the way to be published this year. We would like to share our catalogue and the stories that inspired us to publish our local authors in the hopes they find their way outside the Bulgarian borders.<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5114-image23.jpeg\"},{\"id\":5084,\"name\":\"Dr. Costel Postolache\",\"country\":\"Romania\",\"company\":\"Integral Publishers\",\"role\":\"CEO\",\"email\":\"cpostolache@eintegral.ro\",\"website\":\"https:\/\/e-integral.ro\/\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"<p>Costel Postolache is the founder of the Integral Publishing Group, Fusion Magazine, the online publication comentator.ro, the IntegralMedia channel, and the creator of the smart-book format. He has developed and managed a range of registered brands, including Editura Integral\u2122, Fusion by Integral\u2122, Biblioteca Leonardo\u2122, and Comentator.ro\u2122. Over a distinguished 35-year career in publishing and media, he has held leadership roles at several prestigious publishing houses in Romania\u2014serving as co-founder and director of Nemira, General Manager of Corint, ProGnosis, the Publishing Division of MediaPro Group, Wolters Kluwer Romania, Laurent, and Integral Publishers\u2014as well as in Australia, where he worked with Aspire Learning Resources and Equator. Costel Postolache is also a professional journalist, holding a PhD in Geophysics and an MBA from Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.<\/p>\",\"company_description\":\"<p>Over the past decade, Integral has published more than 1,000 titles across print, e-book, and smart-book formats, spanning 50 collections. The publishing house has been recognized as the Most Dynamic Publishing House in Romania and received the Industry Performance Award in 2015. In 2017, Editura Integral was honored with the Special Prize for Entrepreneurship in the Book Publishing Industry at the Performance Gala. It later received the Special Prize for Innovation in the Publishing Industry at the IT&amp;C Awards Gala 2019 for developing the smart-book concept. Integral Publishers has also been awarded fellowships to major international book fairs, including Sharjah (2021\u20132025), Guadalajara (2023), Istanbul (2024), and Cairo (2025). Its publishing portfolio includes translations from Chinese, Arabic, Armenian, Polish, Turkish, Slovenian, Spanish, German, and English. Integral publishes a wide range of titles, including fiction, non-fiction, and children\u2019s books, and is particularly interested in publishing contemporary Greek authors.<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5084-image13.jpeg\"},{\"id\":5072,\"name\":\"Eleni Karametaxas\",\"country\":\"Switzerland\",\"company\":\"Helvetiq Publishnig house\",\"role\":\"Co-CEO\",\"email\":\"eleni.karametaxas@helvetiq.ch\",\"website\":\"https:\/\/www.helvetiq.com\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"\",\"company_description\":\"<p>Eleni has been with Helvetiq for nearly ten years and now leads the publishing house alongside founder Hadi Barkat. She manages the company&apos;s daily operations and is actively involved in the programming of their diverse catalogue.<\/p><p><strong>The company <\/strong>Founded in 2008 and based in Basel and Lausanne, Helvetiq is an independent Swiss publishing house for books and games. Originally born from a single game about Switzerland, Helvetiq has evolved into a vibrant international player specializing in visually striking non-fiction, innovative children\u2019s literature, graphic novels and unique lifestyle titles. Helvetiq publishes books in German, French and English. The catalogue is defined by high production values, a playful spirit, and a commitment to making complex subjects accessible. From award-winning titles to the globally successful &quot;Beer Hiking&quot; series, the books spark curiosity and encourage exploration. The children\u2019s program focuses on creative non-fiction titles, complemented by a graphic novel program dedicated to immersive storytelling and deep explorations of specific places and perspectives.<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5072-image9.jpeg\"},{\"id\":5108,\"name\":\"Evita Villa\",\"country\":\"UK\",\"company\":\"Penguin Random House\",\"role\":\"Rights Executive in the Adult Rights Team\",\"email\":\"evilla@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk\",\"website\":\"https:\/\/www.penguin.co.uk\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"<p>My name&apos;s Evita and I am a rights executive at Penguin Random House UK, where I sell rights for Cornerstone, Ebury, Penguin General and Penguin Press. I focus on our mono (or black and white) list and exclusively represent adult titles. This is my first time in Greece, as I have only started working with the Greek book market this year.<\/p>\",\"company_description\":\"<p>Penguin Random House are the UK\u2019s largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing over 1,500 books each year. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent. In a constantly evolving industry, we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher. Here, you\u2019ll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success. Together, we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone.<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5108-image21.jpeg\"},{\"id\":5051,\"name\":\"Flora Esterly\",\"country\":\"USA\",\"company\":\"Farrar, Straus and Giroux\",\"role\":\"Senior Manager, Subsidiary Rights\",\"email\":\"flora.esterly@fsgbooks.com\",\"website\":\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/fsg\/\",\"website_secondary\":\"https:\/\/henryholt.com\/\",\"bio\":\"<p>Flora Esterly is a Senior Manager, Subsidiary Rights at Farrar, Straus and Giroux and Henry Holt in New York. After beginning her career at Holt, she spent eleven years with Bettina Schrewe Literary Scouting, working for over twenty international publishers. In 2018 she joined FSG and Holt, where she has had the privilege of licensing international rights to works by Lucia Berlin, Denis Johnson, Adam Zagajewski, Robert Frost, and Nathan Thrall, among others.<\/p>\",\"company_description\":\"<p>Farrar, Straus and Giroux, founded in 1946, is renowned for its international list of literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. FSG authors have won extraordinary acclaim over the years, including twenty-five Nobel Prizes in Literature and numerous National Book Awards and Pulitzer Prizes. For over 150 years, Henry Holt has published an eclectic list of history, fiction, science and nature, journalism, essays, poetry, and more. Holt authors have won the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Award.<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5051-image2.jpeg\"},{\"id\":5129,\"name\":\"Galina Valerieva Popova\",\"country\":\"Bulgaria\",\"company\":\"Ecrier LTD\",\"role\":\"Editor-in-Chief\",\"email\":\"galia.popova.ecrier@gmail.com\",\"website\":\"https:\/\/www.ecrier.bg\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"\",\"company_description\":\"<p>Ecrier is an independent publishing house based in Sofia, Bulgaria, born out of a deep love for books and respect for the written word. Its name combines the French words \u00e9crire (to write) and cr\u00e9er (to create), reflecting a philosophy in which writing and creativity go hand in hand. A significant part of our catalogue features debut authors, with whom we develop innovative ideas and projects, while also working with established voices in contemporary literature. In 2019, we opened our own bookshop within St. Sofia Hospital in Sofia\u2014the first of its kind in Bulgaria\u2014creating a space for comfort, knowledge, and inspiration. We are interested both in acquiring rights and in licensing the rights to our titles. We have previously worked with English and French publishers.<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5129-image28.jpeg\"},{\"id\":5081,\"name\":\"Hripsime Madoyan\",\"country\":\"Armenia\",\"company\":\"Antares Publishing House\",\"role\":\"Head of publishing department\",\"email\":\"antares.hripsime@gmail.com\",\"website\":\"https:\/\/www.antares.am\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"<p>My name is Hripsime Madoyan and I am the head of publishing department at Antares, Armenia, for over 20 years. I developed a large-scale translation program that now includes more than 1,000 titles. I play a central role in the publishing process: selecting titles, acquiring rights, and coordinating the work of translators, editors, designers.<\/p><p>To ensure the continued growth and relevance of our catalogue, I participate to fairs and fellowships in search of new authors and to build networks, exchange ideas, and remain closely engaged with global publishing trends. Alongside my editorial responsibilities, I also make translations and have more than 20 published translations to date.<\/p>\",\"company_description\":\"<p>Antares is one of the leading publishing houses in Armenia. Our catalogue includes fiction, non-fiction, children\u2019s literature. Approximately 80 percent are translations from more than thirty languages. We are dedicated to introducing readers to outstanding works from around the world and to enriching our catalogue with new authors, languages, and literary traditions.<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5081-image12.jpeg\"},{\"id\":5078,\"name\":\"Joanna Maciuk\",\"country\":\"Poland\",\"company\":\"Wydawnictwo Mi\u0119ta publishing house\",\"role\":\"Acquirig Editor\/Rights Sales Manager\",\"email\":\"jmaciuk@wydawnictwomieta.pl\",\"website\":\"https:\/\/wydawnictwomieta.pl\/\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"\",\"company_description\":\"<p>I have been active in the publishing industry since 2007. My career began at one of the biggest publishing houses in Poland \u015awiat Ksiazki, as an Editor-in-Chief&apos;s assistant, later I worked in a literary agency, where I was responsible for selling translation rights for authors. I later held positions at several major Polish publishing houses (Pr\u00f3szy\u0144ski Media and Foksal Publishing Group, imprint W.A.B). Currently, I&apos;m working as an Acquiring Editor \/ Rights Sales Manager at Mi\u0119ta, a small independent publishing house. <strong>The company<\/strong><\/p><p>Mi\u0119ta is a Polish publishing house created as a fresh, energetic voice in the market\u2014its name, meaning mint, reflects the founders&apos; shared desire for something new, vibrant, and uncompromisingly highquality. Built on years of collaboration and a friendship that naturally evolved into a creative partnership, Mi\u0119ta was founded to bring readers stories that feel like a breath of fresh air. The company focuses on entertaining fiction for adults and engaging literature for children and young adults, offering books that provide escape, emotion, and adventure. From mysteries and family secrets to humour, fear, and heartfelt moments, Mi\u0119ta delivers toptier storytelling designed to lift readers out of everyday routine and into vivid, memorable worlds.<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5078-image11.jpeg\"},{\"id\":5063,\"name\":\"Kim Laura Franzke\",\"country\":\"Germany\",\"company\":\"Ueberreuter Verlag GmbH\",\"role\":\"Senior Editor Picture Books\",\"email\":\"kim-laura.franzke@ueberreuter.de\",\"website\":\"https:\/\/www.ueberreuter.de\/\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"<p>Kim Laura Franzke joined the picture book imprint of Ueberreuter in 2018. She studied Comparative Literature in Augsburg, Madrid and Berlin and completed a traineeship in the rights and licensing department of Argon Verlag. Kim has worked with many well-known German children&apos;s books authors and illustrators and is always keen on supporting young illustration talents as well as searching for exciting international picture books.<\/p>\",\"company_description\":\"<p>Ueberreuter Verlag<strong> <\/strong>publishes realistic and fantasy literature for children and young adults. The books aim at girls and boys alike and the program\u2019s balanced to treat all kinds of reading preferences. Most famously, our bestselling \u00bbLittle Bad Book\u00ab \u2013 series by Magnus Myst inspires reluctant readers (age 8+) to engage in reading through an interactive approach, witty games and an unconventional structure \u2013 to the great delight of children and parents alike. \u00bbLittle Bad Book\u00ab has been sold to 20 countries, but not yet to Greece. Annette Betz Verlag publishes picture books, combining high literary and artistic quality. The publishing house is known for its true classics as well as inventive and inspiring picture books and board books. Especially popular are the beautifully illustrated musical picture books, that give young children a gentle introduction into the world of classical and modern music.<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5063-image6.jpeg\"},{\"id\":5120,\"name\":\"Liliya Lyubomirova Rusanova\",\"country\":\"Bulgaria\",\"company\":\"Pan Publishing House\",\"role\":\"Publisher\",\"email\":\"pan_ik@abv.bg\",\"website\":\"\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"\",\"company_description\":\"<p>PAN Publishing House, founded in 1990, is specialized in publishing books for children and young adults \u2013 fairy tales, novels, illustrated books, encyclopedias, board books, sticker books, activity books, reference books, educational aids for the preschool age, etc. The annual production of the publishing house includes over 120 new titles, among which are the most popular children\u2019s novels of all times, as well as books by the most significant modern authors. PAN has the ambition to publish the best novels, fairy tales, and poems for children, written by Bulgarian authors, and to present the finest examples of native storytelling and folk wisdom. A special series is dedicated to the world masters of the fairy tale.About 10 years ago PAN started publishing a collection of titles from the recommended reading lists for the National Literature Curriculum. The texts are accompanied by critical studies and are very useful for the students.The publishing house keeps up contacts with many American and European publishers and literary agencies and is the Bulgarian publisher of Astrid Lindgren, A.A.Miln, Erich Kastner, and many other renowned writers. \u00b7 Pan Publishing House mainly buys rights, but also sells them.<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5120-image25.jpeg\"},{\"id\":5057,\"name\":\"Marie Desmeures\",\"country\":\"France\",\"company\":\"Noir sur Blanc Publishing\",\"role\":\"Editorial director of the Notabilia collection\",\"email\":\"marie.desmeures@notabilia.fr\",\"website\":\"https:\/\/www.leseditionsnoirsurblanc.fr\/\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"<p>I\u2019ve been working for 25 years at \u00c9ditions Actes Sud, and I contributed to the growth of French literature there. As head of Greek literature, I\u2019ve also published writers such as Christos Chryssopoulos, Eleni Yannakaki, Minos Efstathiadis, Konstantinos Tzamiotis\u2026 I am currently the editorial director of the Notabilia collection, at Noir sur Blanc. Founded in 2013, Notabilia is a catalog of upmarket French and translated literature, offering bold and original novels, as well as some literary non-fiction.<\/p>\",\"company_description\":\"<p>Noir sur Blanc Publishing was founded in 1987 in Montricher, Switzerland, by Vera and Jan Michalski, a couple of Swiss, Polish, Russian, and Austrian descent. Their ambition at the time was to build bridges between the cultures and peoples of Europe on both sides of the Iron Curtain by publishing fiction and non-fiction works meant to last. Initially focused on Polish and Russian literature in a still-divided Europe, the publishing house\u2019s output gradually expanded to include the literature of neighboring countries.<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5057-image4.jpeg\"},{\"id\":5111,\"name\":\"Mariyana Borisova Shabarkova-Petrova\",\"country\":\"Bulgaria\",\"company\":\"Inle Publishing House\",\"role\":\"owner manager\",\"email\":\"izdatelstvo_inle@abv.bg\",\"website\":\"\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"\",\"company_description\":\"<p>Inle Publishing House was founded in 2012 and specializes in publishing books on history, history of religions, art history, travelogues and children&apos;s books. The books of Inle Publishing House acquaint readers with the cultural and historical heritage in order to preserve the original Bulgarian values and pass them on to the generations after us.<\/p><p>Among the published books are: &quot;The Mystery of Bulgarian Frescoes&quot; \u2013 a one-of-a-kind two-volume large-scale study of Bulgarian frescoes in comparative terms with samples of Catholic and Orthodox traditions., &quot;The Secret Code of Bulgarian Icon-Painters, Masons and Carvers&quot;, The three original Bulgarian icon-painting manuals: &quot;Erminia by Dicho Zograf&quot;, &quot;Erminia by Zahariy Petrovich&quot; and &quot;Erminia by Varban Kolarov&quot;.<\/p><p>\u0415ssentially we are interested about to sell rights but we are open to new collaborations.<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5111-image22.jpeg\"},{\"id\":5132,\"name\":\"Martin Vasilev Hristov\",\"country\":\"Bulgaria\",\"company\":\"Ergo Publishing House\",\"role\":\"Manager\",\"email\":\"ergo.publishing@gmail.com\",\"website\":\"https:\/\/ergobooks.eu\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"\",\"company_description\":\"<p>ERGO Publishing House, founded 2002, specializes in publishing books for adult readers \u2013 ancient literature, novels, short story and essay collections, poetry, historical fiction, etc. The annual production of the publishing house is up to 20 new titles a year. We are also representing a number of new and established Bulgarian authors working in our modern prose and poetry scene.<\/p><p>If you are looking for the newest and the best from the literatures of East and Central Europe, we are offering you award-winning and timeless literature selected especially for you. Take your pick amongst the titles in series such as Modern European Prose, New Bulgarian Prose, Epistle, Globe, Eastern Collections, Libri Legendi, Modern European Lyre, New Bulgarian Lyre, Conversationalists, Americas, Counterpoints, and much more. After 20 years of publishing history, it\u2019s all in your hands!<\/p><p>We have published the books of Plutarch, Euripides, Marcel Proust, Rainer Maria Rilke, Osip Mandelstam, Stefan Zweig, Arseny Tarkovsky, as well as contemporary European and Bulgarian authors such as Jacek Dukaj, Daniela Fischerov\u00e1, Dulce Maria Cardoso, Palmi Ranchev, Radoslav Petkovi\u0107, Gergana Pozharsky, Emmanuelle Pagano. We are challenging ourselves to meet the most discriminating tastes of our readers through the quintessence of the European literature. Our guiding motto is All for Books, with Love!<\/p><p>ERGO Publishing House partners in its endeavors with the former Hungarian Book foundation, Pet\u0151fi Literary Museum, Polish Book Institute, TRADUKI, TRANSCRIPT, Culture Programme and Creative Europe Programme of the EU, SLOLIA, Translate Ukraine, Book Aid Programme of the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture, and many others.<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5132-image29.jpeg\"},{\"id\":5135,\"name\":\"Maya Vasileva Bochev\u0430\",\"country\":\"Bulgaria\",\"company\":\"Tat Creative\",\"role\":\"Managing Director\",\"email\":\"office@tatcreative.com\",\"website\":\"\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"\",\"company_description\":\"<p>TAT Creative is a Bulgarian publishing and production company specializing in children\u2019s books and multimedia educational content. Our main project, \u201cThis and That\u201d, combines printed books with digital interactive editions, including animated storytelling, educational games, original music, and voice acting. Our publications have received numerous national and international awards, and all of our books have been reprinted, with most titles already going through multiple print runs. We have also produced a pilot short animated film based on the first book from the series, expanding our storytelling into animation.<\/p><p>At this stage, our primary focus is on selling rights for our titles. We are also open to partnerships with publishers working on similar multimedia projects and would consider acquiring rights where there is a strong strategic fit.<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5135-image30.png\"},{\"id\":5126,\"name\":\"Milena Radeva\",\"country\":\"Bulgaria\",\"company\":\"Bulgarian Illustration Publishing House\",\"role\":\"Editor-in-Chief\",\"email\":\"milena@bulgarian-illustration.com\",\"website\":\"https:\/\/www.shop.bulgarian-illustration.com\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"\",\"company_description\":\"<p>Bulgarian Illustration Publishing House is an independent cultural organization dedicated to the development and promotion of Bulgarian artistic illustration. Its main mission is to create high-quality children\u2019s books by Bulgarian authors and artists.<\/p><p>The publishing house releases carefully selected fiction, research, and children\u2019s books in which illustration is the leading element. Among its highlights are original children\u2019s books, catalogs, thematic almanacs, and publications dedicated to the history and development of the Bulgarian illustration community. In recent years, its primary focus has been children\u2019s literature, with some titles already reaching international audiences and having their rights sold across Europe.<\/p><p>\u201cBulgarian Illustration\u201d is also the organizer of the Illustration Biennial - a national platform that brings together artists, designers, and the general public around the importance of visual storytelling. Through exhibitions, catalogs, and educational initiatives, the publishing house encourages dialogue between tradition and contemporary visual language.<\/p><p>With a clear vision and high artistic standards, \u201cBulgarian Illustration\u201d Publishing works toward creating a cultural environment in which Bulgarian illustration takes its rightful place\u2014as a value, a history, and a living, evolving practice.<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5126-image27.jpeg\"},{\"id\":5102,\"name\":\"Mireia Trius\",\"country\":\"Spain\",\"company\":\"Zahor\u00ed Books\",\"role\":\"Publisher & Co-founder\\nmireia@zahorideideas.com\",\"email\":\"\",\"website\":\"https:\/\/zahoribooks.com\/\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"<p>Mireia Trius is co-founder and publisher at Zahor\u00ed Books, an independent publishing house based in Barcelona, Spain, specialising in high-quality illustrated non-fiction for children and young readers. For more than seventeen years she has worked in children\u2019s publishing, developing books that combine rigorous research, strong visual storytelling and innovative formats.<\/p><p>At Zahor\u00ed Books she directs the publishing house and acts as editor-in-chief, working closely with authors and illustrators to create books that explore science, nature, history and culture in creative and engaging ways.<\/p>\",\"company_description\":\"<p>Zahor\u00ed titles are published in multiple languages. The publisher is particularly known for visually distinctive projects and for bringing complex subjects to young readers through narrative and design. Zahor\u00ed has not yet worked extensively with the Greek book market and is very interested in building new relationships with Greek publishers.<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5102-image19.jpeg\"},{\"id\":5087,\"name\":\"Mohamed Radi\",\"country\":\"Egypt\",\"company\":\"Egyptian Office for Publishing& Distribution\",\"role\":\"CEO\",\"email\":\"almaktab_almasry@yahoo.com\",\"website\":\"\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"<p>Mohamed Hamed Ibrahim Rady is the General Manager of the Egyptian Office for Publishing &amp; Distribution, a Cairo-based publishing house founded in 1992. With decades of experience in the publishing industry, he has led the company to become a respected name in delivering high-quality educational, cultural, and scientific content across the Arab world. Under his leadership, the organization has collaborated with leading authors and contributed to numerous translation and cultural exchange initiatives, promoting knowledge, creativity, and intellectual development.<\/p>\",\"company_description\":\"<p>Egyptian Office for Publishing &amp; Distribution is a Cairo-based publishing house founded in 1992 and led by Mohamed Hamed Ibrahim Rady. The company specializes in publishing and distributing high-quality educational, scientific, and cultural content for readers of all ages. Through collaboration with leading authors across Egypt and the Arab world, it offers a diverse range of books in literature, history, politics, religion, and more. 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On the digital imprint, which she leads, she acquires everything from captivating women\u2019s fiction to spicy romance and fast-paced thrillers.<\/p>\",\"company_description\":\"<p>HarperCollins Publishers is the second-largest consumer book publisher worldwide, with operations in 15 countries. Over the past decade, HarperCollins Holland has become a key player in the Dutch market, publishing around 160 titles a year. The fiction list ranges from commercial fiction to accessible upmarket and literary novels, with a clear focus on stories that have to be told and have the power to resonate with a wide readership.<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5105-image20.jpeg\"},{\"id\":5090,\"name\":\"Pedro Reisinho\",\"country\":\"Portugal\",\"company\":\"Zero a Oito\",\"role\":\"Publisher\",\"email\":\"pedro.reisinho@zeroaoito.pt\",\"website\":\"https:\/\/www.zeroaoito.pt\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"<p>I started working in books more than 30 years ago. In 2005, I went back to the university where I took a course in book publishing and, in 2008 started as publisher at Gailivro, an imprint of Group Leya. Specialized in children and YA fiction. In 2014 joined Booksmile, an imprint of the 2020 Publishing Group, to develop the YA line.<\/p><p>I joined Zero a Oito in 2015 and started to develop two imprints 0a8, for children, and IN, YA and adults. We\u2019ve grown our list, with many international and national authors and are now well known and recognized in the Portuguese market. We\u2019ve recently joined forces with an agent, BooksEverywere, to start selling the rights for our books internationally.<\/p>\",\"company_description\":\"<p>Zero a Oito was founded in 1999 with the mission of developing projects that contribute to the growth and learning of its readers and, since then, it has made its mark on the publishing scene in Portugal. As a publishing house, Zero a Oito began its activity focused on children&apos;s books. At the end of 2015, expanded its activity to adult books, with the creation of the IN imprint, which publishes fiction and non-fiction for young adults and adults. Zero a Oito works every day to publish a wide range of books, from children to adults, from fiction to non-fiction, national and translated. We try to have the most diverse catalogue possible and publish from all around the world, we have already published a Greek author, from Icarus Publishing and hope to grow on that.<\/p>\",\"photo_url\":\"https:\/\/thessalonikibookfair.gr\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fellow-5090-image15.jpeg\"},{\"id\":5060,\"name\":\"Tasja Dorkofikis\",\"country\":\"UK\",\"company\":\"Linden Editions\",\"role\":\"Publisher\",\"email\":\"tasja.dorkofikis@gmail.com\",\"website\":\"https:\/\/www.lindeneditions.com\",\"website_secondary\":\"\",\"bio\":\"<p>Tasja Dorkofikis has worked at several publishing houses, from Random House, where she was the Divisional Publicity Director for Cape, Chatto, and Vintage, to Portobello Books, where she worked as Associate Publisher. She is a co-founder and co-publisher of Linden Editions. 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