TiBE 台北國際書展 2025.2.4-9

【Time】 
1000-1230

【Venue】 
Conference Room No.3, Taipei World Trade Center (TIBE fairground)

【Language】 
English/Chinese (Simultaneous Interpreting)

Editor-in-Chief｜Publishing Perspectives (USA)

Porter Anderson

Porter Anderson has been named International Trade Press Journalist of the Year in London Book Fair's International Excellence Awards. He is Editor-in-Chief of Publishing Perspectives. He formerly was Associate Editor for The FutureBook at London's The Bookseller. Anderson was for more than a decade a senior producer and anchor with CNN.com, CNN International, and CNN USA. As an arts critic (Fellow, National Critics Institute), he was with The Village Voice, the Dallas Times Herald, and the Tampa Tribune, now the Tampa Bay Times. He co-founded The Hot Sheet, a newsletter for authors, which now is owned and operated by Jane Friedman.

Michaël Roumen

As a manager in the Roumen Literary Management, he helps his authors visualize and realize their literary ambitions. In other words: developing a long-term strategy and then representing their interests to the outside world, creating as much time and ‘headspace’ for them to focus on the creative process.

Besides literature, he has worked in film, painting, photography, heritage, theatre and ArtScience. There is a lot to learn from other disciplines and there are a lot of opportunities in cross-overs. Roumen has managed many international projects and will take any opportunity to further broaden his scope across borders.

Ventures & Positions

2016 – now Roumen Literary Management

2017 – now Co-founder / owner Marktsteeg 10

2013 – 2016 Director, Leiden Fund for Arts & Culture (Cultuurfonds Leiden)

2006 – 2012 Co-founder / managing director, Leiden International Film Festival

Thomas Olde Heuvelt 

Thomas Olde Heuvelt (1983) is a Dutch horror novelist whose genre-spanning work encompasses magical realism, fantasy, modern horror, and suspense, often infused with humour and emotion. Olde Heuvelt achieved worldwide recognition in 2016 with his breakout horror novel, "HEX" which has been published in over twenty-five countries and is currently in development for television. Notably, Olde Heuvelt made history as the first translated author to win the prestigious Hugo Award for his short story "The Day the World Turned Upside Down." With two additional Hugo Award nominations and a World Fantasy Award nomination, his impact on the genre is unmistakable.