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"I usually stand in a bookstore and read 10-15 children's books."
In her first children's book, actress ("Troja", "Inglourious Basterds") and mother Diane Kruger tells an enchanting story about the power of names on children’s identity and how the meaning of her own name gave her confidence as young girl.
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"Perhaps the hardest challenge is related to driving with good racing etiquette"
Gran Turismo Sophy™, a revolutionary racing agent developed by Sony AI, Polyphony Digital and Sony Interactive Entertainment, was one of this year’s S+T+ARTS Prize nominees and featured in the renowned “Nature” magazine. It was designed to improve the gaming experience of top Gran Turismo® Sport drivers and was created with deep reinforcement learning techniques.
We spoke with Kaushik Subramanian, senior research scientist at Sony AI, who is part of the developers’ team that created Gran Turismo Sophy™. -
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Frankfurter Buchmesse to receive 2022 Julius Campe Prize
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. -
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"We don't even have a word for 'non-disabled'"
What makes a good children's book today? How are stories for young readers told in a timely manner? And what role do inclusion and diversity play in this? These questions will be discussed at the Frankfurt Kids Conference "Transform diversity: perspectives and networks" at the Frankfurter Buchmesse (19 - 23 October 2022). Here is an interview with its moderator and children's book expert Lawrence Schimel.
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"The story is unbelievable, but true."
From book to screen - and in the middle of the Cannes Film Festival: the "Shoot the Book" event, organised by the French publishers' association SCELF and the Institut Francais - with Frankfurter Buchmesse as event partner - brings the book industry and the film industry together.
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Support for Ukrainian refugees and members of the Ukrainian publishing industry and book trade
Frankfurter Buchmesse and its partners have initiated several projects to support the Ukrainian authors, publishers, booksellers and further members of the publishing community.
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“Reconciliation dialogue is impossible while our cities are being bombed”: In conversation with Oksana Hmelyovska and Olena Odynoka
Four weeks ago, Russian troops have invaded Ukraine, violating international law and starting a devastating war that has caused a great number of casualties and has forced more than 3 million Ukrainian citizens to flee, among them many publishers and authors. In the midst of war, publishing professionals in Ukraine are fiercely promoting Ukrainian literature, organizing emergency initiatives and crowd funding campaigns, compiling foreign rights lists in order to help the international publishing industry and readers throughout the world to learn more about the history and contemporary life in Ukraine.
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Ukrainian Book Institute admitted to ENLIT
Margit Walsø, Chair of ENLIT (European Network for Literary Translation) is pleased to announce that the members of ENLIT voted unanimously at a meeting on 18 March to admit the Ukrainian Book Institute to its 30-member strong network of literature in translation promotion agencies from 28 countries.
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Juergen Boos in conversation with Marianne Rübelmann, Petra Albers und Franziska Schiebe
Books with resonance: children’s and young adult publisher Beltz & Gelberg celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2021, and paperback imprint Gulliver has reached a proud milestone of 35 years. Both belong to the long-established, family-run Beltz publishing group, one of the most important publishers of educational and psychology books in Germany.
We asked: how do you celebrate an anniversary in the middle of a pandemic? How do you strike a balance between tradition and innovation? And what plans does the 7th generation of publishers have for the future? -
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Statement of the Book Fair Directors
The Conference of International Book Fair Directors strongly condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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