2024
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“There’s no one who can’t become a reader”
Mkuki Bgoya, participant of the book fair's invitation programme, runs one of the few publishing houses in Tanzania. His goal is to establish a culture of reading in his native country.
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"Comfy runners, layers of clothes and a powerbank..."
Jennifer Kim, CEO and founder of Nooroongji Books (Canada), is a passionate FBM visitor and bookseller. From her last visit at Frankfurter Buchmesse in 2022, she shares valuable tips for booksellers and visitors who are planning their trip to #fbm24.
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‘I believe in the cinema as a hub. It's a space for coming together, a place for exchange.’
Gesine Mannheimer (Jetzt & Morgen) and Jutta Feit (jip film & verleih) are responsible for ensuring that films receive the greatest possible visibility. The two filmmakers are particularly active in the field of literary film adaptations. In this interview, they give an insight into their work on film projects and describe what cinema means to them and which literary adaptations they particularly admire.
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‘Literary film adaptations are and always have been a trend.’
For 18 years, the Bavarian regional association of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association has been organising the Book meets Film event as part of the Munich Film Festival. Barbara Voit, responsible for press and public relations at the regional association, has been organising this event since the beginning and tells us in an interview how ‘Book meets Film’ has changed over the years, which titles have entered the race this year and which books she would personally like to see made into films.
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"Literary fiction is having a hard time because of this..."
In advance of the Frankfurt Rights Meeting at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2024, Lisanne Mathijssen talks about the challenges facing Dutch publishers, and possible ways to tackle them in an interview with BookBrunch.
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Translating literature: “The variety of texts you hold in your hands is fascinating”
On the road in France, Switzerland and Germany: Justine Coquel is one of the ten participants in the ‘Goldschmidt+’ programme for young literary translators. We spoke to her after her return from the Journée Littéraire de Soleure/Solothurner Literaturtage, where she met the other participants for the first time.
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"I am looking forward to what is sure to be a captivating Guest of Honour appearance in 2025"
As part of the preparations for the Philippine Guest of Honour appearance at the Frankfurt Buchmesse 2025, five German publishers accepted an invitation to take part in a publishers’ trip to Manila at the end of April. After the trip, we asked the participating publishers how their view of Philippine literature has changed.
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Interview: Suzanne Hégelé and Frank Kroll
The Shoot the Book! event in Cannes, which has been taking place for over ten years as part of the Marché du Film at the Cannes International Film Festival, is all about networking international publishing experts and agents with film producers from all over the world – organised by SCELF (Société civile des éditeurs de langue française), in cooperation with Frankfurter Buchmesse.
Suzanne Hégelé and Frank Kroll both took part in the programme and talk about their experiences in Cannes and about their work in literary adaptations in general. -
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"We will be bringing what makes our fair unique right up to date and transferring it as well into the digital space."
A place for international encounters, a trading centre, a literary showcase - Frankfurter Buchmesse has been offering all of this for 75 years. Now the time has come to extend these strengths beyond October into a 365-day digital fair. To this end, Frankfurter Buchmesse is investing in the new Frankfurt Connect platform. Time for an interview in the engine room of the project: with Ann-Kristin Oestreicher, Senior Marketing Manager and spokesperson for Frankfurt Connect.
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"I was tired of always transferring other people's realities of life to my own."
Marlon Brand recommends queer literature from Italy, Guest of Honour at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2024, for Pride Month June. In an interview, he reveals why he decided to focus on queer topics on his channel, how he and his colleague Tobi Schiller agree on the selection of their queer canon and whether the choice of titles for Pride Month was an easy one.
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