Christine Randle selected Frankfurt Book Fair Fellow
The managing director of the Caribbean Law Publishing Company (CLP), Christine Randle, has been selected as one of the Frankfurt Book Fair Fellows for 2001.
The Frankfurt Book Fair Fellowship Programme which runs from September 29, to October 14 involves an intensive series of seminars with visits to the most important centres of German publishing and discussions with publishing professionals and other book trade experts.
Randle will join 15 other Fellows from Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia and the USA as guests of honour at all events held for the 53rd Book Fair from October 10-15.
She will also be an active participant at the Fair as one of the representatives of the Caribbean Publishers Network (CAPNET) which will be showcasing the books of Caribbean publishers in a combined exhibit for the first time.
First launched in 1988 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the world’s largest and most prestigious book fair, the focus of the programme is on providing information, facilitating professional dialogue and creating networks. Miss Randle is the first publisher from the Caribbean region to be selected for this programme.
The Caribbean Law publishing Company is the only specialist legal publisher in the Caribbean and specialises in the publication of law reports, journals, monographs and textbooks for students and practitioners. Its publications include the Law Reports of Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago and its most recent publications include the new Rules of Court for the OECS and the compendium of basic documents relating to the Law of the Sea published on behalf of the International Seabed Authority. The Caribbean Law Publishing Company is an affiliate of Ian Randle Publishers Limited.
Randle, who is an active member of the Jamdammers Running Club will participate in the Medien marathon in Munich set to take place on Sunday, October 14. She will also use the opportunity to promote Jamaica’s Reggae Marathon which will be staged in Negril, Jamaica on December 8.