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Every book fair is different. To ensure you can keep track of everything that’s happening we’ve assembled the most important information here.

Application deadline: 30 April 2018 / Celebrating 20 years of the Frankfurt Fellowship Programme

For the fourth time, the Focus: Film Networking Day “A Book is a Film is a Game” will take place at Frankfurter Buchmesse. On Friday, 18 October 2019, the spotlight at THE ARTS+ Salon in Hall 4.1. will be on adapting literary material for the screen as well as on current trends in the field of moving images. Experts from the publishing and film world, gaming and new media sectors will come together at exciting workshops and talks.

Exchanging experiences, professionalisation, internationalisation – with the Frankfurt Fellowship Programme, the Frankfurter Buchmesse...

The restructuring announced by Frankfurter Buchmesse in November has been completed: corporate structures have been streamlined and the announced reduction in headcount has largely been concluded.

Be bold! Live testing of innovative technologies, new digital business areas and exciting contacts at THE ARTS+.

Participation in a two-day programme (18–19 May 2020) at the Cannes Film Festival / Application deadline 14 February 2020

Frankfurter Buchmesse has been promoting networking and further education for international industry representatives for many decades by organising various fellowship and grant programmes. Applications are now open for the following international programmes: Frankfurt International Booksellers, Frankfurt Invitation Programme, Frankfurt Fellowship and Paris-Frankfurt Fellowship. Booksellers, publishers and editors, as well as rights and licensing managers from around the world can submit applications now; the application deadline is 30 April 2022. The deadline for the Paris-Frankfurt Fellowship is 15 March 2022.

Publishers can now register for the 73rd Frankfurter Buchmesse (20–24 October 2021).  Dedicated to the topic “re:connect”, this year’s book fair is planned as an in-person event with additional digital formats, and can be flexibly adapted to pandemic-related developments. The focus will be on the international rights business and public events. This year’s Guest of Honour is Canada.

Open up the Chinese market with our network. Contact the office of Frankfurter Buchmesse in Beijing, the Book Information Centre (BIC)..

New prize honours best illustrated book on a film-related subject

In 2022, more than 110 publishers, booksellers, literary agents, translators and rights and licensing managers from over 50 countries will be taking part in Frankfurter Buchmesse’s international fellowship and grant programmes.

The shortlist for the Frankfurter Buchmesse Film Awards 2019 is announced. The awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, 19 October, at the Frankfurt Pavilion.

Together with the Berlinale Co-Production Market, Frankfurter Buchmesse is organising Books at Berlinale for the 19th time. This year, the event takes place on Sunday, 18 February 2024, at 2.30 pm in the Berlin House of Representatives.

The winners are Isabel Coixet (“The Bookshop”) and Arthur de Pins & Alexis Ducord (“Zombillenium”)

Invitation to the award ceremony on the Thursday of the Book Fair // A Book Is a Film Is a Game networking day

Germany will return as Guest of Honour at this year's Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (23–29th May 2022) with a broad trade and cultural programme.

97 applicants from 42 countries / New: One participant will travel to the Book Fair as the first Fred Kobrak Frankfurt Fellow

BOOKFEST digital with 1.5 million views on Facebook alone / Frankfurter Buchmesse 2020 – Special Edition reaches 200,000 people worldwide with various formats on buchmesse.de