All important dates of Frankfurter Buchmesse

Preview press conference about Frankfurter Buchmesse 2021 in Frankfurt

Tuesday, 28 September 2021
Time: 11 am
Place: tba
Language: German

Speakers

• Juergen Boos, Director of Frankfurter Buchmesse

Further speakers will be announced in September.
Please direct your interview requests at press@buchmesse

 

Opening press conference of Frankfurter Buchmesse 2021

Tuesday, 19 October 2021
Time: 11 am- 12 pm 
Place: ARD Book Fair Stage, Festhalle, exhibition site
Language: German / English
 

Speakers

• Juergen Boos, Director of Frankfurter Buchmesse
• Karin Schmidt-Friderichs, Chairwoman of the German Publishers & Booksellers Association

Further speakers will be announced in September.

Find more information and the link for registration in our upcoming press release.
Please direct your interview requests at press@buchmesse

 

Guest of Honour Canada: press tour of the Guest of Honour pavilion

Following the opening press conference of Frankfurter Buchmesse 2021, there will be a press tour of the pavilion of the Guest of Honour Canada.

Tuesday, 19 October 2021
Time: ca. 12.30 pm 
Meeting spot: tba

More information will be announced on this page in September.

Please find the registration link in our upcoming press release.

Press contact for further information, press material and interview requests regarding the Guest of Honour Canada: FleishmanHillard Frankfurt, Anke Baur, anke.baur@fleishman.com T +49-69-405702-464, M +49-172-1400323

 

Opening ceremony of Frankfurter Buchmesse 2021

Tuesday, 19 October 2021
Time: 5-6.30 pm
Ort: ARD-Buchmessenbühne, Festhalle, exhibition site
Sprache: German / English / French

Speakers:

• Juergen Boos, Director of Frankfurter Buchmesse 

• Karin Schmidt-Friderichs, Chairwoman of the German Publishers & Booksellers Association

Further speakers will be announced in September.
Participation in the opening ceremony is only possible with prior registration and confirmation.

International trade programme Frankfurt Studio: Inside Publishing

The impact of COVID-19 on the global publishing industry
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
Time: 11 am - 12 pm 
Place: livestream on the Agora and on buchmesse.de
Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the global economy. At this digital panel, co-organised by WIPO and Frankfurter Buchmesse, the chief economist of WIPO, Carsten Fink, will launch the WIPO Publishing Industry Report and, together with three industry experts, will take a closer look at the impact of Covid-19 on the publishing industries. With Carsten Fink, Chief Economist, WIPO; Bodour Al Qasimi, President, International Publishers Association (IPA); Andre Breedt, Managing Director, Nielsen Book; John Degan, Chair, International Authors Forum. The moderator for the event will be Benedicte Page, Deputy Editor, The Bookseller.

Global CEO Talk 2021
Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
Time: 2-3 pm
Place: livestream on the Agora and on buchmesse.de
Fabrice Bakhouche, Deputy CEO at Hachette Livre, will be the guest at the traditional Global CEO Talk, presented by Bookdao (China), buchreport (Germany), Livres Hebdo (France) and Publishers Weekly (USA). Moderated by Rüdiger Wischenbart, the event is being organised in partnership with Frankfurter Buchmesse and the ReBoot Books series of professional debates. Discussion will focus on the current edition of the annual Global 50 Ranking of the International Publishing Industry, which has been researched by Rüdiger Wischenbart since 2007. During the 60-minute session, Fabrice Bakhouche will be interviewed by editors from the four international publications on key topics affecting the global publishing industry. He will discuss the strategies used by Hachette’s new leadership team to navigate the Covid-19 pandemic.

Accessibility Now: Will you be ready for the European Accessibility Act in 2025?
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
Time: 3-4 pm
Place: livestream on the Agora and on buchmesse.de
In less than four years, the European Accessibility Act will require any publisher doing business in Europe to make their e-books available in accessible formats. This practical session, co-organised by the Federation of European Publishers, Frankfurter Buchmesse, the International Publishers Association and the World Intellectual Property Organization, will focus on two simple questions: what do publishers need to do and how can they do it? The session will include the award ceremony for WIPO’s ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing – celebrating inspirational publishers and initiatives helping make books accessible for all. Moderator: James Taylor, Director of Communications and Freedom to Publish, International Publishers Association. Speakers: Laura Brady, House of Anansi; Rachel Comerford, Macmillan Learning; Cristina Mussinelli, LIA Foundation.

 

Guest of Honour Spain 2022: Press conference about the Guest of Honour appearance

Thursday, 21 October 2021
Time: 10-11 am 
Place: ARD-Buchmessenbühne, Festhalle, exhibition site
Language: German / English / Spanish

Speakers

• Juergen Boos, Director of Frankfurter Buchmesse

More information will be announced on this page in September.
Find the registration link in our upcoming press release.

„ARD-Buchmessennacht“  

Friday, 22 October 2021 
Time: 8 pm (CEST) 
Place:  ARD Book Fair Stage, Festhalle, Messegelände  
Participants: Helen Macdonald, Bülent Ceylan, Colm Tobín, Elke Heidenreich, Prof. Dietrich Grönemeyer, Daniela Krien, Janina Kugel, Eva Menasse, Emine Sevgi Özdamar, Sven Regener, Edgar Selge, Aminata Touré, more tba
Language: German / English 

Registration for accredited press only via press@buchmesse.de