Press releases

The time is here again: For the third year in a row, the Frankfurter Buchmesse is awarding its Wildcard.

The Literary Agents & Scouts Centre at the Frankfurter Buchmesse is already sold out. Registration for the Publishers Rights Corner is still open.

This year’s Soirée française du cinéma takes place with regard to "Francfort en français / Frankfurt in French".

Changes in New York: new name and new address of the Book Fair's NYC office

On 1 February 2017, Kathrin Grün took up the position of Head of PR and Communications at the Frankfurter Buchmesse.

Opening event on occasion of the visit of Germany’s President Joachim Gauck in Paris from 25 to 27 January

130 submissions from 30 countries

Universal Pictures accepts award for the best international literary adaptation

From 12 to 15 November 2016 Germany participated as Guest of Honour at the 36th International Book Fair in Istanbul. Over four days, 35 events took place at the German stand.

Germany is Guest of Honour at the International Book Fair in Istanbul

The first trade fair for digital cultural content, THE ARTS+, took place for the first time at the Frankfurter Buchmesse, closing today after having achieved great success. The premiere comprised five days of a “fair within a fair” as well as an international conference featuring many prominent personalities.

Exclusive international insights at the kick-off conference of the Frankfurter Buchmesse

At the Frankfurter Buchmesse 2016, it wasn’t only the presentation of the Guest of Honour, Flanders and the Netherlands, that demonstrated what determines our cultural identity, or how a sense of belonging can develop across borders. The idea that acceptance derives from the superimposing of different positions emerged as a common theme in numerous political discussions. Meanwhile, the book and media industry in Frankfurt was also occupied by the question of what a forward-looking approach to intellectual property looks like.

During a festive ceremony, Flanders and the Netherlands, Guest of Honour of the Frankfurter Buchmesse 2016, handed over the ‘GuestScroll’ to the 2017 Guest of Honour, France.

Launched at Frankfurter Buchmesse

The weekend of Frankfurter Buchmesse is packed with numerous exciting highlights and events: On Saturday the THE ARTS+ Salon turns into a Virtual Reality Campus with talks and lots of art installations to experience the new technologies.

The Global Illustration Awards were presented for the very first time yesterday, Thursday 20 October, at the Frankfurter Buchmesse. With the awards, the Frankfurter Buchmesse and the International Information Content Industry Association (ICIA) have recognised illustrators in five categories: Cover Illustration, Children’s Book Illustration, Editorial Illustration, Scientific Illustration and Theme Illustration.

Day three of the Frankfurt Book Fair is approaching and brings along numerous exciting highlights and events.

Successful networking day for representatives of the book, film and games industries / 180 participants from 17 countries

France Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2017

The Frankfurt Book Fair is once again recognising outstanding film adaptations of literary works. This year, for the first time, an award is also being given in the category “Films for Children and Young Adults”.

More than 4,000 events featuring renowned writers and publishing professionals will take place at the Frankfurter Buchmesse over the course of the next five days. Each day, we will highlight a few key events not to miss.

Superimposing cultural and political viewpoints, revealing their differences and the things they have in common and, above all, organising the creative reinterpretation at the points of crossover – these are the most important tasks of the Frankfurter Buchmesse.

A look at the programme: Literary prizes, CEO Talks, the French book market

Book lovers never go to bed alone. Or they don’t go to bed at all. Lesungen, Performances und neu interpretierte niederländische Küche zur Booknight.

Diverse programme/Regional focus on Lazio and Piedmont

Frankfurt Book Fair 2016 - a truly European Fair

7 October 2016 – Yesterday, Juergen Boos, Director of the Frankfurt Book Fair, and The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage, signed the contract for Canada’s participation as Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2020 (14-18 October 2020).

Call for book donations for the artwork “The Parthenon of Books” and introductory press talk