
Books Across Borders Announces Spring 2025 Fellows, 2025-2026 Apps
Books Across Borders (BAB) has announced their Spring 2025 Fellows to the RISE Bookselling Conference in Riga, Latvia and Salone Internazionale del Libro in Turin, Italy. The RISE fellows include Ramunda Young of Mahogany Books in Washington D.C., and Melissa Taylor of E. Shaver, Bookseller in Savannah, Ga. The Salone Internazionale del Libro Fellow is Shane Mullen of Left Bank Books in St. Louis, Mo.
BAB aims to connect U.S. booksellers to the international book community through sponsored trips to the world’s premier book fairs. Fellowships include fair attendance, travel expenses and stipend, networking events with international book professionals, the opportunity to report on the event in Shelf Awareness, and participation on a panel of professional relevance or interest to the fellow.
BAB is now accepting applications for the Fall 2025-Spring 2026 season through May 1.