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How will content industries develop in the future? An interview with Simone Lippold, Head of Innovation Development, Börsenverein Group, and strategic lead of creativeSHIFT.

In this interview the Director of the Frankfurter Buchmesse, Juergen Boos, and its Vice President Marketing & Communications, Katja Böhne, answer some questions about the book fair’s “Future Frankfurt” concept and what it holds in store for exhibitors and visitors.

Stefanie Perk is the project lead of CONTENTshift, an initiative by the Börsenverein Group which aims at promoting innovations, networking and cooperations between start-ups and established players in the publishing industry. We interviewed her about the programme and the next accelerator application phase in 2021.

Our colleague Martina Wolff de Carrasco talks about the education community at Frankfurter Buchmesse (16–20 October 2019) and reveals how, thanks to digitalisation, education is putting the focus back on human beings.

To mark and celebrate this year's Christopher Street Day and the Philippines as Guest of Honour of the Book Fair in 2025, the Guest of Honour team has compiled a list of recommended queer Filipino literature in English. From graphic novels and fantasy novels to essays and non-fiction, literature encompasses all stories and forms relating to human diversity and love in different forms and stories.

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.

Books with resonance: children’s and young adult publisher Beltz & Gelberg celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2021, and paperback imprint Gulliver has reached a proud milestone of 35 years. Both belong to the long-established, family-run Beltz publishing group, one of the most important publishers of educational and psychology books in Germany.
We asked: how do you celebrate an anniversary in the middle of a pandemic? How do you strike a balance between tradition and innovation? And what plans does the 7th generation of publishers have for the future?

The Corona pandemic has catalysed the digitalisation of music institutions. All those who have been able to adjust to the new situation, will certainly be in a stronger position for the future. In this interview, Matthias Röder, Managing Director of the Karajan Institute, talks about the opportunities and challenges of music in relation to technology and why every cultural institution needs a digital strategy.

Angela Cochran, Managing Director and Publisher at the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) on the future of scholarly publishing.

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.

At the beginning of July, the pitching event "Shoot the Book!", which brings publishers and international producers seeking future projects together, took place as part of the Marché du Film at the Cannes Film Festival. Friederike Fuxen, Rights Director at Loewe Verlag, participated in the event - organised by SCELF and the Institut français and in cooperation with Frankfurter Buchmesse – for the first time. Of the 12 titles selected, she presented "Ruby Fairygale", the only children's book, and talks in this interview about her many wonderful experiences and encounters at the Croisette.

The distribution, creation and production of content is more hybrid than ever before. What role will consumers play in the future and how will technologies such as Virtual Reality or Augmented Reality influence experiences and business models? In an interview with Kay Meseberg, Head of Mission Innovation at ARTE, we talked about cross-sector links and the particularities of the cultural audiovisual sector.

Limiting their children's screen time is a wish of many parents. Markus Langer, Chief Product Officer at tonies®, about the future prospects of screen-free entertainment, technological innovations and Boxine's product Toniebox which revolutionises the audio experience for children in various regions worldwide.

An interview with our colleague Joachim Kindler on the future of educational media, our Frankfurt EDU brand and learning via YouTube.

Crispy Rob is a YouTube creator and since 2015 he's been posting weekly cooking videos with his own food creations on his video channel. In an interview he talks about his favorite dish and the future of food.

Frankfurt Audio puts the spoken word in the spotlight. After two years as Frankfurter Buchmesse’s Audio Ambassador, Carlo Carrenho, publishing consultant and founding member of the Alpine Global Collective, hands over this role to Ama Dadson, founder and CEO of AkooBooks Audio. In an interview, they shared their personal connection and background to the audio market, the potential of AI, trends from the business and consumer perspective, and the African and Scandinavian audio markets.

Sara Nović - Author of the New York Times-Bestseller novel "True Biz" (2022, Random House, German Translation from Judith Schwaab, "Klartext", 2025, btb) teaches Deaf studies and creative writing and lives in Philadelphia with her family. In our interview, Sara shares her experience of becoming an author and writing "True Biz", she talks about the power and humour of American Sign Language (ASL) and her hopes for the representation of marginalized voices like people with disabilities and the LGTBQ+ scene in literature.