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Frankfurter Buchmesse 20 - 24 October 2021

ARD Book Fair Stage

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ARD Book Fair Stage is celebrating its première in the Festhalle Frankfurt in 2020. From 14-18 October 2020, the programme will be managed by ARD and its affiliates. Additional partners include 3sat, ARTE, Deutschlandfunk, DER SPIEGEL, FAZ, and others.

The entire programme will be simultaneously recorded and livestreamed online.

One highlight will be the ARD Book Fair Night on Friday, 16 October 2020, that will be broadcast on all of Germany’s regional cultural channels. And on Saturday evening, 17 October 2020, Irvine Welsh and John Niven will come together in a summit meeting for contemporary Scottish literature.

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LITPROM LiBerature Award 2020

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Speaker: Lina Atfah
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For freedom and free speech – #FreeHongKong

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Scottish Summit: Irvine Welsh & John Niven live

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Speaker: Irvine Welsh
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