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Books are displayed at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany on Wednesday. Photo: EPA-EFE
By Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter
A Taiwan Pavilion has been set up at the Frankfurt Book Fair to bring Taiwan’s publications to the world while celebrating the 10th anniversary of an initiative dedicated to the copyright trading of Taiwanese publications, the Taiwan Creative Content Agency said yesterday.
The agency cooperated with the Taipei Book Fair Foundation to organize a series of activities to promote Taiwanese publications and creators under the theme: “Stories Ahead: Taiwan Lit Now” at the book fair, which opened on Wednesday and runs until Sunday, it said in a statement.
In addition to setting up the pavilion, the agency has organized more than 100 meetings on copyright trading, lectures by Taiwanese writers and creators, and two exchange events for Taiwanese and international publishers, it said.
Authors Hu Shu-wen （胡淑雯）, Liglav A-wu （利格拉樂阿女烏） and Lai Hsiang-yin （賴香吟） were invited to share Taiwanese creators’ unique perspectives on history, indigenous culture and female writers, it said.
Lung Ying-tai （龍應台） is to share her creative process following the publication of the German translation of her novel Dawu Mountain （大武山下）, while the translator Monika Li is to recite some of the story tomorrow.
Illustrator and comic book artist Pam Pam Liu is to hold live portrait drawing events today and tomorrow at the pavilion in the hope of overcoming language barriers with European readers, it said.
Independent Publishers Association of Taiwan chairman Chen Hsia-min （陳夏民） was invited by the book fair organizer to share his experience as an independent publisher with other representatives from the publishing industries in Germany and Kenya, it said.
One exchange event is being held for publishers from the Netherlands, which is to be the guest of honor at the Taipei International Book Exhibition next year. Another is being held for Portuguese publishers that are interested in Taiwanese children’s books, it said.
Taiwan’s diversity and freedom give rise to stories on a variety of themes, which the nation is bringing to the world through the book fair, Representative to Germany Shieh Jhy-wey （謝志偉） said at the opening ceremony of the Taiwan Pavilion on Wednesday.
The pavilion features 366 publications by 73 publishers, displayed in a setting designed by Wu Jui-che （吳睿哲）, who took inspiration from Taiwan’s spirit, and used a sprout to symbolize the creative energy and vigorous cultural strength of the nation, the agency said.
A banquet was held to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Books From Taiwan initiative, which selects Taiwanese publications with copyright trading potential and promotes them at international exhibitions.
Among the 482 books selected by the program in the past 10 years, the international copyrights of 348 books have been sold to 37 nations and translated into 29 languages.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES
