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There is always something new to discover about the world’s largest content fair. Here is where you can find out more about current fair events and contests, as well as read relevant interviews with interesting people.
2024
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"You create, we connect". Interview with Annick Maes, General Director of CARTOON
Frankfurter Buchmesse and Cartoon Movie are launching a cooperation in 2024 to support networking between the publishing industry and the film/TV/animation industry. Annick Maes, General Director of CARTOON, explains what exactly Cartoon Movie is and how publishers can benefit from the cooperation.
2023
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Not a fairy tale: How the book fair red carpets once ended up at the Christmas market
Stand construction, hall design, signage: as organisers of Frankfurter Buchmesse, we cannot (yet) do without materials that must be disposed of once the fair is over. At the same time, it is possible to reuse materials sensibly. That is one of the findings from the pilot project that Frankfurter Buchmesse carried out this year with the Leipzig-based company TRASH GALORE. An interview with Anne-Sophie Müller (Management, Network & Reporting at TRASH GALORE) and Tanja Väth (architect in the Fair Operations team at Frankfurter Buchmesse).
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"We want to make Jewish and Israeli voices especially visible at the book fair"
The terror war against Israel contradicts all the values that Frankfurter Buchmesse stands for. Frankfurter Buchmesse has always been about humanity, its focus has always been on peaceful and democratic discourse. Terror, however, can never be allowed to win, which is why we want to make Jewish and Israeli voices especially visible at the book fair and create additional time for these voices on our stages.
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75 Times: "captivating stories, inspiring ideas and meaningful moments"
Frankfurter Buchmesse is celebrating its 75th edition this year. And MVB has been part of it for 75 years. To mark its 75th Buchmesse in Frankfurt, the company's team reminisced and looked to the future.
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75 Times true classics: "The volumes of our Universal library can be seen as part of our stand at the Fair - a very special symbiosis."
Frankfurter Buchmesse is celebrating its 75th edition this year. Since the first edition of the fair, which took place in 1949 in Frankfurt's Paulskirche, Reclam Verlag has presented itself at the book fair in Frankfurt. The Reclam Verlag team celebrates this occasion with unique impressions and personal stories about Frankfurter Buchmesse.
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75 Times: "Our emergency box", the publishing house Schnell & Steiner reveals in a multi-generational interview what no Frankfurter Buchmesse should be without.
Frankfurter Buchmesse is celebrating its 75th edition this year. The publishing house Schnell & Steiner, together with twelve other publishers, is participating for the 75th time without missing a Frankfurter Buchmesse as an exhibitor. For this reason, we spoke to no less than two generations of the family-run publishing house: Publishers Albrecht Weiland (senior) and Felix Weiland (junior).
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75 Times: "Carry on - and, as The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel would say, 'Tits up'!'"
Frankfurter Buchmesse is celebrating its 75th edition this year. Together with twelve other publishers, Piper Verlag is participating for the 75th time without missing a Frankfurt Book Fair as an exhibitor. Piper publisher Felicitas von Lovenberg on personal memories and thoughts on the future tasks of Frankfurter Buchmesse.
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75 Times: Author Salman Rushdie on Frankfurter Buchmesse as a place of democratic exchange
Frankfurter Buchmesse is celebrating its 75th edition this year. Together with twelve other publishers, C. Bertelsmann is participating for the 75th time without missing a Frankfurt Book Fair as an exhibitor. For this reason, we talked to Salman Rushdie in an interview about his personal relationship with the Fair, Frankfurter Buchmesse as a place of democratic exchange and the personal significance of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for him.
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"We mediate not only between two languages, but also between two cultures"
As a sign language interpreter, Katharina Nickel and her colleague Beate Neumann will once again be working for us at this year's Frankfurter Buchmesse and will be translating numerous events into sign language during the weekend of the fair. We wanted to find out more about the interpreting profession and her work at events.
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Every book counts
Slovenia is the Guest of Honour of the 75th Frankfurter Buchmesse (18-22 October 2023), showcasing its literature and culture under the motto “Honeycomb of Words”. The accompanying cultural programme in museums and other cultural institutions all over Germany has already started. At the moment the Slovenian Guest of Honour team is preparing Slovenia’s presentation at the book fair in October. We have been in touch with Katja Stergar, Director of the Slovenian Book Agency and head of the Guest of Honour project, and asked her to give us some insight into the current situation in Slovenia.
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