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"I think I have humanized the life and voice of Victor. And i think that's why he becomes empathetic to so many people."
Filipino author Blaise Campo Gacoscos ("Der Junge aus Ilocos", published in 2025 by Albino Verlag, translated into German by Andreas Diesel; original title: ‘Kites in the Night’, 2022, Ateneo de Manila University Press) talks about finding your own voice in queer literature and how to depict and edit intimacy in literature the ‘British way’.
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Queer Philippine Literature: LGBTQ+ book recommendations from the FBM25 Guest of Honor
To mark and celebrate this year's Christopher Street Day and the Philippines as Guest of Honour of the Book Fair in 2025, the Guest of Honour team has compiled a list of recommended queer Filipino literature in English. From graphic novels and fantasy novels to essays and non-fiction, literature encompasses all stories and forms relating to human diversity and love in different forms and stories.
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Seoul: Cyberpunk in appearance, cookery book in content
Korean literature is more than just the next hype. Fresh back from the book fair in Seoul, Heyne editor Elisabeth Bösl reports on what other markets can learn from Korea's multimedia mindset - and also reveals which piece of furniture is now at the top of her wish list.
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"Because it’s not enough for us to have one or two books about deaf people and tick that box; we need a whole bookshelf."
Sara Nović - Author of the New York Times-Bestseller novel "True Biz" (2022, Random House, German Translation from Judith Schwaab, "Klartext", 2025, btb) teaches Deaf studies and creative writing and lives in Philadelphia with her family. In our interview, Sara shares her experience of becoming an author and writing "True Biz", she talks about the power and humour of American Sign Language (ASL) and her hopes for the representation of marginalized voices like people with disabilities and the LGTBQ+ scene in literature.
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My first Cannes: "Film is loved and celebrated here"
Film-makers around the world are on the lookout for exceptional book material and the major international film festivals in particular are a magnet for producers, literary agents, publishers and many others to discuss new film ideas based on books. Jenny Kühne, responsible for Rights & Licensing at Frankfurter Buchmesse, was at Cannes Film Festival for the first time and shares her experiences with us.
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“We’re heading toward a more fluid concept of audio storytelling—less about strict categories, more about listening experiences.”
Frankfurt Audio puts the spoken word in the spotlight. After two years as Frankfurter Buchmesse’s Audio Ambassador, Carlo Carrenho, publishing consultant and founding member of the Alpine Global Collective, hands over this role to Ama Dadson, founder and CEO of AkooBooks Audio. In an interview, they shared their personal connection and background to the audio market, the potential of AI, trends from the business and consumer perspective, and the African and Scandinavian audio markets.
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“It is about not excluding anyone, welcoming strangers and being helpful and empathetic.”
Axel Scheffler is among the most well-known children's book illustrators in the world. His books - from ‘The Gruffalo’ to ‘Pip and Posy’ - reach children in over a hundred languages. In October, he will be speaking at the Frankfurt Kids Conference about the responsibility of children's books in a fragile world. In this interview, he explains why kindness is not a naive idea, how subtly stories show attitude - and why his new book ‘Welcome’ aims to champion friendship and togetherness.
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"Creativity irradiates everywhere and new amazing stories come from unexpected countries."
Sébastien Célimon is Webtoon Ambassador at Frankfurter Buchmesse. In this interview, Sébastien talks about his personal connection to webtoons, its opportunities for the European market and he reveals what visitors can expect in October: A new Webtoon Area embedded in the Comics Business Centre.
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“The uniqueness of comics: only in comics are image and text directly interwoven.”
Comic artist Mikael Ross was present at the German-language Guest of Honour presentation at the Brussels Book Fair. In our interview, he talks about changing perspectives in writing, his definition of home and the novel as a literary place of escape.
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“Comics almost have a ridiculous universality”
Elizabeth Pich and Jonathan Kunz, founders of the comic strip War and Peas, talk about their comic characters, the difference between comics and books, travelling and politics in an interview with FBM.
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