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Frankfurt Kids brings you an exciting lineup with current topics in Children's and YA literature

Children's and young adult literature is one of the focal points of Frankfurter Buchmesse. In addition to German-language publishers with the latest new releases and international publishers, the Young Adult and New Adult sections are also represented in various areas of the exhibition grounds.

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Your stand at Frankfurt Kids

Are you active in the children's book segment and would like to raise the profile of your company or products among an (international) professional audience? Then become part of Frankfurt Kids and present yourself in the exhibition area with your own stand. Choose between prefabricated stand modules in the system stand or an individual, custom-built stand.

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Frankfurt Kids Conference: Rewriting the Future. Wednesday, 7 October 2026, Time: 3.30 to 5.00 pm, Location: Imagination Stage, hall 4.0

Frankfurt Kids Conference is an annual gathering where the international children’s publishing community comes together to exchange insights, address shared challenges, and explore the evolving role of children’s literature in a rapidly changing world. This year’s theme, “Rewriting the Future,” sets the stage for two forward looking discussions.

The panel, “Saving the World Without a Budget,” will spotlight practical, creative strategies for producing high quality books amid cost pressures and shifting reading habits. Another panel, “The Future Is Bright,” will explore what fuels optimism across publishing houses and share ideas that participants can adapt and apply in their own markets.

Frankfurt Kids Conference will yet again serve as a crucible for inspiration and meaningful networking among all those committed to ensuring that children everywhere have access to books that entertain, empower, and help them make sense of the world they live in.

Speakers include Perminder Mann, CEO, Simon & Schuster UK; Stephanie Barrouillet, Owner, S.B.Rights Agency, Israel; Anja Kemmerzell, Team Lead, Content/Metadata Optimization, Text & Analytics, Carlsen; Karine Leclerc, Co founder & Editor at Éditions La Doux, France.

The speakers at the Frankfurt Kids Conference 2025

Axel Scheffler, children's and young adult book illustrator
Andrea Bartino, Account Manager at Fondazione LIA
Constanza Mekis, President of Fundación Palabra
Jon Yaged, CEO of Macmillan Publishers
Kateryna Mikhalitsyna, Ukrainian children's book author, translator and literary editor
Katie Sassienie, Editorial Director at Ladybird (Penguin Random House UK)

Lawrence Schimel, presenter, award-winning author and translator
Petra Barzauner, CEO of Silbermund Verlags GmbH
Petra Nováková, Editor and Manager for Foreign Rights at LABYRINT Publishing House
Sheeko Ismail, Co-director of Die Schwarze Kinderbibliothek Deutschland (The Black Children's Library Germany)
Sherif Bakr, General Manager of Al Arabi Publishing and Distributing
Soonyoung Lee, Co-founder of BookGoodCome

Tereza Horváthová, publisher, editor, translator, writer and founder von Baobab publishing house

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