Books Across Borders has announced its Spring 2025 Fellows:
Ramunda Young, co-founder and owner of MahoganyBooks in Washington, D.C., and Melissa Taylor, co-owner of E. Shaver, Bookseller, in Savannah, Ga., will be attending the RISE Bookselling Conference in Riga, Latvia, in March; and Shane Mullen, events coordinator at Left Bank Books in St. Louis, Mo., will attend Salone Internazionale del Libro in Turin, Italy, in May.
At the same time, Books Across Borders has opened applications for the Fall 2025 to Spring 2026 season. Booksellers interested in diverse and international literature and fostering relationships with the international literary community are encouraged to apply.
Fellowships include fair attendance, travel expenses and stipend, networking events, the opportunity to report on the event in Shelf Awareness (as Spencer Ruchti of Third Place Books did for last year's Frankfurt Book Fair and Veronica Liu did for the Guadalajara Book Fair), and participation on a panel.
Fellows are chosen by the Books Across Borders board of directors, with "strong consideration" given to those with a history of reading and promoting international literature and a kinship with the organization's mission and values.
Applications will be accepted until May 1.