Guest of Honour 2020: Canada

Canada is the Guest of Honour at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2020. The literature and culture of this huge country is characterised by the coexistence of different cultures and languages: in addition to English and French, there are also a variety of indigenous languages. We’re looking forward to a particularly diverse and surprising Guest of Honour programme.

Canadian authors – including many long-time bestsellers – will naturally be at the fair in Frankfurt, but there will also be new voices, who will give us completely new insights into Canadian literature and culture. We are very excited! Join us on a journey of discovery.

The Canadian government signed a contract for Canada's Guest of Honour appearance at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2020 on 6 October 2016. As a result, the Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP) and the Association nationale des éditeurs de livres (ANEL) jointly founded the company Canada FBM2020, which is responsible for organising and supporting the Canadian publishing industry's participation at the Guest of Honour exhibition in both national languages. Canada FBM2020 is financially supported by the Ministry of Canadian Cultural Heritage and managed by a board of directors consisting of staff from the Ministry of Canadian Cultural Heritage (PCH), Canada Council for the Arts, the Canadian Foreign Ministry and the Canadian Embassy in Berlin, Téléfilm Canada and Canada FBM2020.

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