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Every October, culture fans celebrate together at BOOKFEST. This year, the popular festival will take place physically as BOOKFEST city and, for the first time, virtually as BOOKFEST digital – allowing an even bigger and more colourful celebration of stars from the international cultural and literary scene. BOOKFEST city (14–18 October) will offer almost 80 events over all five days of the fair at many locations throughout Frankfurt. BOOKFEST digital will light up screens on 17 October from 10.00 am to 10.00 pm, with approximately 28 hours of highly diverse programming on two channels. Admission or access to both formats is free of charge.

Everyone is talking about influencers and the “Greta generation”. Time for an interview with our colleague Hendrik Hellige. Together with his team, he is developing a new area for young target groups at Frankfurter Buchmesse.

At the trade programme at the 76th Frankfurter Buchmesse (16-20 October 2024) decision-makers and experts from the international publishing industry will be discussing the topics that are currently defining the industry.

Karin Schmidt-Friderichs, deutsche Verlegerin und ehemalige Vorsteherin des Börsenvereins, und Slava Svitova, ukrainische Mitgründerin des feministischen Independent-Verlags Creative Women Publishing, sprechen im Interview über weibliche Führung, über Unabhängigkeit als Stärke und Bürde, über Buchgestaltung als Haltung sowie über internationale Zusammenarbeit als Akt der Solidarität.

What do authorship, acceptance and reading habits look like in a literary world that is increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence? Following the conference ‘The Curated Future: AI, Creativity, and New Paths to Reading Engagement’ in Taipei, we spoke with Taiwanese author Wang Tsung-Wei about creative collaboration between humans and AI. Wang painted a picture of a future in which AI is not just a tool but a partner, and in which readers help shape stories themselves.

Katrin Deike, Visitor

The Handover Ceremony at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2024 took place on the last day of the Fair: The Guest of Honour Italy bids farewell and hands over to the Philippines. The Philippines will step into a central role at the 2025 Frankfurter Buchmesse as Guest of Honour.

Entdecken Sie die Aktionen unserer Jubiläumspartner zur 75. Frankfurter Buchmesse – mit Live-Events, Workshops, Give-Aways und Gewinnspielen.

75 years of Frankfurter Buchmesse. 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.

Sabrina Krengel, Visitor

Michaela Dudley, Cabaret artist, film actress, book author, lawyer (J.D.)

Otto Waalkes, Comedian, comic artist, painter, musician, actor, director, dubbing artist, screenwriter

The 76th Frankfurter Buchmesse (16–20 October 2024) will put a spotlight on current topics in the world of international publishing and on today’s socio-political issues. At the same time, it is expanding the venues that allow readers and authors to interact – with an emphasis this year on the growing desire younger readers have to engage with literature.

Bärbel Schäfer, Journalist and author

The timeline of Frankfurter Buchmesse lets you experience transformation: from the first fair in the Paulskirche in 1949 to the most important international meeting place for the industry and a leading cultural event. And the story goes on...

Moni Port, Illustrator, graphic designer and author

Journalists and blogger will find here all the relevant press releases of the Frankfurter Buchmesse.