Books Across Borders, a nonprofit that provides booksellers with travel fellowships to international book fairs, has announced its 2024 Fall Fellows.
They are Spencer Ruchti, author events manager at Third Place Books in Seattle, Wash.; Veronica Santiago Liu, founder and general coordinator of Word Up Community Bookshop/Librería Comunitaria in New York, N.Y.; and Thais Perkins, founder of Reverie Books, in Austin, Tex.
Ruchti will attend the Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany, in October, while Liu and Perkins will attend the Guadalajara International Book Fair in Guadalajara, Mexico, in November.
Books Across Borders noted that it is trying a new approach this year, where it takes applications for a 2024-2025 season and announces fellows on a rolling basis based on the season. The 2025 Spring Fellows will be announced in the fall and winter.