Frankfurter Buchmesse 15 - 19 October 2025

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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.

2020

  • Jennifer Goodrich

    News

    Peer-Review in a COVID-19 World- By Jennifer Goodrich

    CCC’s Jennifer Goodrich recently took an in-depth look, in a series of articles, at ways that the pandemic has impacted peer review processes and scholarly publishing.

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  • WIPO

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    Frankfurter Buchmesse announces partnership with the World Intellectual Property Organization

    Frankfurter Buchmesse and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the UN agency specializing in promoting innovation and creativity, are partnering to ensure that intellectual property issues are respected and promoted in the creative sector and in the international media and entertainment industries.

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  • &Töchter Team

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    Making literature an experience and something to talk about!

    About sustainable book production, collaboration via messenger and cross-media marketing: an interview with the founders of the Munich publishing house &Töchter, who have won the Wildcard of the Frankfurter Buchmesse (14 - 18 October 2020) as innovative newcomer.

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  • Neustart Kultur

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    German government provides Frankfurter Buchmesse with 4 million euros

    German Minister of State and Culture Commissioner Monika Grütters is supporting the Frankfurter Buchmesse with 4 million euros from the country’s NEUSTART KULTUR stimulus package.

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  • BOOKFEST digital

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    Shining at the heart of Frankfurter Buchmesse: BOOKFEST digital celebrates the “Literaturherbst” 2020 autumn literature festival

    Call for Ideas – Publishers and partners are invited to help shape the Frankfurter Buchmesse virtual programme | Ideas can be submitted via www.bookfest.de/en/digital until 15 July 2020 | Participation is free

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  • C & F Cosplay Factory

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    “You can get dressed up there – it’ll be fun!”

    A bit of horror, lots of handiwork and great times! As the cosplay team “C&F Cosplay Factory”, Cita (25) and Feder (23) have won a number of prizes – including the Deutsche Cosplaymeisterschaft (DCM – German Cosplay Championship) 2019 at Frankfurter Buchmesse as the creepy Little Sisters from the survival horror game “BioShock 2”. What’s in store for 2020? Time for an interview!

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  • TFM_German Stories on Screen

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    German Stories on Screen: A BOOK IS A FILM IS A GAME

    The Frankfurter Buchmesse promotes networking between the book and film industries.

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  • News

    Stay at home – and read a book

    What do you do for leisure in times of reduced contact and social distancing? We have an obvious recommendation – and a selection of our favorite titles.

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  • Juergen Boos

    Interview

    The Human Factor

    It’s now an unavoidable question: What effect is the Covid-19 pandemic having on trade fairs and other major events? An interview with Juergen Boos, president of Frankfurter Buchmesse. This interview was first published in "Die Literarische Welt" on Saturday, 14 March 2020.

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  • Regina Kammerer - Luchterhand Verlag and Juergen Boos

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    Juergen Boos in conversation with Regina Kammerer

    Good literature challenges the reader, but it can also be entertaining, says Regina Kammerer, publisher at Luchterhand Verlag.

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