My Frankfurt Book Fair: Robert Caskie

Robert Caskie established Robert Caskie Ltd in April this year. He co-founded Caskie Mushens in 2017, after previous roles as senior agent and chief operating officer at PFD. The literary agent reckons any online equivalent will struggle to live up to the physical book fair—if he can get logged in to check—and says the best table at Frankfurt is always the closest one to hand. He talked to Tom Tivnan. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-14 10:17:05 UTC ]

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