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PR Manager Katrin Hage talks to Frankfurter Buchmesse stand builder Orsi Fescke and asks her about her job, her views on the topic of sustainability and the change in stand construction.

How is leadership changing in the book industry – and what perspectives do women in decision-making positions bring to the table? This interview focuses on two voices that come from different contexts but share similar questions: Karin Schmidt-Friderichs, German publisher and former head of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association, and Slava Svitova, Ukrainian co-founder of the feminist independent publishing house Creative Women Publishing.

Sustainability, translation and audiobooks on the Spanish-language market: the CONTEC meeting was held in Mexico City at the beginning of the July to share experiences and reflections from the context of Frankfurter Buchmesse with the Latin American region. At the lectures, discussion panels and workshops, 33 experts from different countries discussed. Journalist América Gutiérrez Espinosa summarised her findings for us.