2026
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“Ukraine has long been a multicultural hub”: Interview with Andriy Vyshnevsky
Ukrainian Osnovy Publishing was honoured with the 2025 Frankfurter Buchmesse Chytomo Special Award for its outstanding work. We spoke with co-owner Andriy Vyshnevsky about cultural self-assertion in times of war, the international perception of Ukrainian literature and the importance of literary diversity for cultural integration in Europe.
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“Scouts are the newsroom of the publishing industry”
Which trends are currently dominating the rights business? How is AI affecting it? And which role do personal encounters play in a digital world? We talked with rights scout Agnes Ahlander Turner, President of Maria B. Campbell Associates – a literary scouting company based in New York City and London.
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AI and literature: “No longer a matter of the future”
What do authorship, acceptance and reading habits look like in a literary world that is increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence? Following the conference ‘The Curated Future: AI, Creativity, and New Paths to Reading Engagement’ in Taipei, we spoke with Taiwanese author Wang Tsung-Wei about creative collaboration between humans and AI. Wang painted a picture of a future in which AI is not just a tool but a partner, and in which readers help shape stories themselves.
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Interview: 20 years of Books at Berlinale
‘Books at Berlinale’ – the collaboration between the Berlinale and Frankfurter Buchmesse – is celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year. The German film trade magazine BLICKPUNKT:FILM spoke to Karla Kutzner (Head of Books at Berlinale) and Niki Théron (Senior Manager of International Projects and Film at Frankfurter Buchmesse), who discussed the important role of literary adaptations in the film and TV series market.
2025
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Interview: Karin Schmidt-Friderichs and Slava Svitova
Karin Schmidt-Friderichs, deutsche Verlegerin und ehemalige Vorsteherin des Börsenvereins, und Slava Svitova, ukrainische Mitgründerin des feministischen Independent-Verlags Creative Women Publishing, sprechen im Interview über weibliche Führung, über Unabhängigkeit als Stärke und Bürde, über Buchgestaltung als Haltung sowie über internationale Zusammenarbeit als Akt der Solidarität.
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From children's books to young adult: How Southeast Asia is providing new impetus
Southeast Asia's book scene is rapidly gaining prominence – including on the Asia Stage at Frankfurter Buchmesse, where children's books, young adult titles and new voices from the region are attracting increasing attention. In an interview, Claudia Kaiser, Vice President of Business Development at Frankfurter Buchmesse, explains why so many fresh ideas are coming out of Southeast Asia right now.
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Innovation meets publishing: New offers and programme tips for the publishing community in Hall 4.0 at #fbm25
What can industry professionals expect to see on the Innovation Stage this year? In this KnowledgeWorks interview, Luisa Wagner from Frankfurter Buchmesse talks about new developments and programme highlights around academic publishing and publishing innovations on stage in Hall 4.0.
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‘What the Book Fair Is All About’: Frankfurt’s Juergen Boos
With the 77th staging of Frankfurter Buchmesse set for October 15 to 19, the world’s largest trade show for the international book-publishing industry can be expected to reflect the “tenor of the times,” the dynamics of debate in an era of often defensive stances and quick response. Juergen Boos, president and CEO of Frankfurter Buchmesse, and his perspective on this aspect of staging such a complex and influential show.
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Find out what’s new at #fbm25
There are so many highlights and exciting new events to discover this year at Frankfurter Buchmesse.
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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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