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Frankfurter Buchmesse is the recipient of this year’s Julius Campe Prize, awarded by publisher HOFFMANN UND CAMPE. 
The prize is given to individuals and institutions that have rendered outstanding services in the fields of literary criticism and literary communication. The winner receives 99 bottles of fine wine and a facsimile of Heinrich Heine’s »Französische Zustände« (French Affairs), published by HOFFMANN UND CAMPE. 

The Governor General of Canada, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary May Simon, will travel to Frankfurt from 19 to 21 October 2021, where she will represent Canada, the Guest of Honour at this year’s Frankfurter Buchmesse (20-24 October 2021).The Governor General will speak at the opening ceremony and the opening of the Canadian pavilion. This will be Her Excellency’s first visit abroad since being installed as the 30th Governor General of Canada on July 26, 2021.

Guest of Honour Spain will showcase its multilingualism and cultural diversity / Cultural convergence: stage programme reflects current discourse / Cultural exchange: programme focus on Ukraine / Spotlight on Africa / Invitation Programme with participants from Azerbaijan, Haiti, Lebanon, Ruanda and Togo, among others / Translate. Transfer. Transform. honours translators 

BOOKFEST - Frankfurter Buchmesse's international festival for literature, stories and ideas takes place from 10 to 14 October 2018.

Sebastian Fitzek, writer

Die 73. Frankfurter Buchmesse (20.-24. Oktober 2021) setzte für die Kulturbranche ein wichtiges Zeichen in der Pandemie. Dank eines umfangreichen Hygienekonzeptes konnte sich das Fach- und das Privatpublikum unter dem Motto “Re:connect” wieder sicher begegnen. 36.000 Fachbesucher*innen aus 105 Ländern und 37.500 Leser*innen aus 85 Ländern hat die Frankfurter Buchmesse 2021 als die erste große Präsenzveranstaltungen der internationalen Buchbranche erreicht. Insgesamt 2013 Unternehmen aus 80 Ländern präsentierten sich in den Hallen, im LitAg, an den neuen Workstations oder als digitale Aussteller*innen im Netz. Insgesamt 2.500 Medienvertreter*innen aus 39 Ländern waren für die diesjährige Frankfurter Buchmesse akkreditiert.

The 2018 Fellows have been selected / New record: 105 applicants from 42 countries

Simon & Schuster’s Carolyn Reidy and Albin Michel’s Guillaume Dervieux will be the speakers at the Frankfurt CEO Talk 2017.

Freedom to publish, diversity in the book industry, European Accessibility Act and Global Publishing Industry Report 2020 / With: Prix Voltaire laureate 2020 and speakers from IPA, WIPO, FEP, European Commission and Amnesty International

The Philippines will be Guest of Honour at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2025. Today, the official Guest of Honour contract was signed in Davao.

The ticket shop is open. If you want to attend Frankfurter Buchmesse 2025, book now – digitally, efficiently and with no obligation. For five days, the world of literature will come together here: authors, publishers, booksellers, agencies, literature fans, and their communities.

Thanks to an alliance of numerous institutions, Ukraine will once again have a sizeable presence at Frankfurter Buchmesse. From 18 to 22 October 2023, the Ukrainian Book Institute, Goethe-Institut, Mystetskyi Arsenal (Art Arsenal) and the Ukrainian Institute will showcase Ukraine’s publishing and cultural landscape at the book fair in Frankfurt.

Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, United Nations

Italy is the Guest of Honour at this year's Frankfurter Buchmesse (16-20 October 2024). The literary and cultural programme and the design of the Guest of Honour pavilion were presented at a press conference in Frankfurt am Main today.

Three-day networking programme for international marketing in the publishing industry

Erin L. Cox, Publicist

Every book fair is different. To ensure you can keep track of it all, we’ve assembled the most important information here. 

The research project “Frankfurter Buchmesse for All” enters round two // Invitation to the press talk

At an exclusive "live" event Dan Brown will present his new thriller Origin on Saturday, 14 October 2017 at 7:00 p.m. at the Frankfurter Buchmesse.

Today, Friday, marks the end of the official trade visitor days at the 75th Frankfurter Buchmesse (18-22 October 2023) and now the fair opens to the general public.