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2019

  • Margit Walso

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    "It is so inspiring to meet people passionate about books from all over the world".

    As director of NORLA (Norwegian Literature Abroad), Margit Walsø initiated Norway's Guest of Honour appearance at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2019 and is now one of the main organizers. Here, she talks about her personal relationship to Frankfurter Buchmesse, the highlights one should not miss of Norway as Guest of Honour and the hunger to make a difference of young female Norwegian authors.

  • Lars Birken Bertsch Interview Frankfurt Authors

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    “It’s all no longer linear, but ‘cross’.”

    Our colleague Lars Birken-Bertsch presents the new Frankfurt Authors area and explains how writing and publishing are changing in the 21st century in passing.

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    Interview with Matthäus Cygan

    Frankfurt Audio is the new topic at the Frankfurter Buchmesse 2019. In an interview with Deborah Klein, Matthäus Cygan, Director of Business Development Trade International at the Frankfurter Buchmesse, analyzes why audio is the fastest-growing segment in the media industry and gives an outlook on exhibitors and specialist programs and weekend highlights from Frankfurt Audio.

  • Michael Jay

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    „Business happens between people and not companies“

    Do you work in the education industry and would you like to benefit from a tailor-made matchmaking programme at Frankfurter Buchmesse (16–20 Oct 2019)? Then make sure to expand your network with One-to-One Business Connections. We have partnered up with Educational Systemics, Inc. to offer this service to you. But how does it work? Time for an interview with the founder, Michael Jay.

  • Michele Cobb, Executive Director, Audio Publishers Association auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse

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    Interview with Michele Cobb

    Michele Cobb, Executive Director of the Audio Publishers Association, will be one of the speakers at the 2019 Frankfurt Audio Summit. We talked with her about developments in the audio sector and her favourite listening.

  • Jenny Kühne

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    Frankfurt Rights Meeting Interview with Jenny Kühne

    Our colleague Jenny Kuehne talked with BookBrunch about changes in the rights & licensing industry and the 33rd Frankfurt Rights Meeting.

  • Monica Hoh

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    “Libraries are facing a lot of changes”

    Each spring, our partner in Frankfurt Academic, the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) awards 12 students and early-career professionals with a highly competitive Fellowship. One of the student fellows is Monica Hoh, a current Library and Information Science student at the University of Illinois. As SSP Ambassador, she has also received a Business & Conferences Ticket for her first visit to the Frankfurter Buchmesse.

  • Martina Wolff de Carrasco

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    “The future of education is post-digital.”

    Our colleague Martina Wolff de Carrasco talks about the education community at Frankfurter Buchmesse (16–20 October 2019) and reveals how, thanks to digitalisation, education is putting the focus back on human beings.

  • Lars Birken Bertsch Interview Frankfurt Authors

    News

    “It’s all no longer linear, but ‘cross’.”

    Our colleague Lars Birken-Bertsch presents the new Frankfurt Authors area and explains how writing and publishing are changing in the 21st century in passing.

  • Der Frankfurt Buchmesse Film Award

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    Film Award: Seeking the best illustrated books on film

    This year, Frankfurter Buchmesse and the MGIP Motovun Group of International Publishers are once again awarding a prize for the “Best Illustrated Book on Film”. 

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