Irene Vallejo and Antonio Muñoz Molina to speak at Frankfurter Buchmesse’s Opening Ceremony

Invitation to the press conference on 22 June: Presentation of the concept of the Guest of Honour Pavilion and the programme by Frankfurt's cultural institutions

Close to 200 authors from Spain are expected in Frankfurt in October. Among them are Irene Vallejo and Antonio Muñoz Molina, who will be speakers at Frankfurter Buchmesse’s Opening Ceremony on 18 October, setting the mood for the 2022 Guest of Honour, Spain. This was announced today in Madrid by the Spanish Minister of Culture, Miquel Iceta, together with Elvira Marco, the curator of the Guest of Honour appearance; the President of the Spanish Publishers Association, Daniel Fernández; and Juergen Boos, Director of Frankfurter Buchmesse. On the last day of the book fair (23 October 2022), Manuel Rivas will hand over the GuestScroll to the 2023 Guest of Honour, Slovenia.

More information (English press kit of the press conference in Madrid)


Invitation to the press conference on 22 June in Frankfurt, Germany:
Presentation of the concept of the 2022 Guest of Honour Pavilion and the programme by Frankfurt's cultural institutions

Dear colleagues,

what will Spain’s Guest of Honour Pavilion at the 2022 Frankfurter Buchmesse (19-23 October) look like? What kind of programme is the Guest of Honour planning, and which programme and events will be taking place at Frankfurt's cultural institutions related to the Guest of Honour appearance? We would like to provide insights and information at a press conference to which we cordially invite you

on Wednesday, 22 June 2022
at 11 a.m.
at the Instituto Cervantes, Staufenstraße 1, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

At this press event we will also inform you about the Spanish Guest of Honour delegation that will be coming to Frankfurter Buchmesse in October.

Speakers:

Juergen Boos, Director of Frankfurter Buchmesse
Elvira Marco, Project Manager for Spain's Guest of Honour appearance at the 2022 book fair
Isabel Izquierdo, Programme Director at Acción Cultural Española AC/E
Rocío Pina, ENORME studio, Madrid
as well as two authors from the literary delegation

Registration:

Please register by 17 June for the press conference via email: presse@projekt2508.de.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Please note that this is an in-person event in Frankfurt. A livestream via the Frankfurter Buchmesse YouTube channel is being planned.

With kind regards,

Mirjam Flender, Kirsten Lehnert
Media agency SPAIN – Spilling Creativity
c/o literatur2508, presse@projekt2508.de
+49 (0)228 184967-24, -44

Kathrin Grün
Head of PR and Communications
Frankfurter Buchmesse GmbH, gruen@buchmesse.de
+49 (0) 69 2102-170
+49 (0) 152 28 86 31 58