Press releases

Invitation to the award ceremony on the Thursday of the Book Fair // A Book Is a Film Is a Game networking day

White paper to be published at the end of the year

There will be 80 events from 9 to 14 October as part of Bookfest, the festival of the Frankfurter Buchmesse

Festive opening of the Frankfurt Pavilion with Croatian writer Ivana Sajko and Belgian author Stefan Hertmans

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

New education platform at the Frankfurter Buchmesse with start-up area and interactive events

Literary Agents & Scouts Centre (LitAg) moves to Festhalle in 2019, Hall 5 to be reconstructed

Charlie Redmayne, CEO of HarperCollins UK, will be the keynote speaker at the Business Club Conference THE MARKETS. At the 32nd Frankfurt Rights Meeting the focus will be on the book markets of Poland, Romania and Russia, as well as on subscription models. The new Frankfurt Audiobook Conference will shine a light on one of the fastest-growing segments in publishing.

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

Reshaping the future of the cultural and creative industries

A look at the themes of the 70th Frankfurter Buchmesse.

The 70th Frankfurter Buchmesse will feature the internationally renowned writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie as the keynote speaker during the prestigious Opening Press Conference on Tuesday, 9 October.

John Sargent, CEO of Macmillan, will be the speaker at this year’s Frankfurt CEO Talk on 10 October 2018 at Frankfurter Buchmesse.

Inspiring keynote talks by national and international speakers such as Galit Ariel, JiaJia Fei and Frank Thelen, and exceptional performances by the “cyborg” Moon Ribas, holographic popstar Maya Kodes and 3D Drum Girl LIZZY – THE ARTS+ 2018 is all this and more.

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

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 70 in 2018. Frankfurter Buchmesse and Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (German Publishers & Booksellers Association) launch an international campaign on human rights.

On 1 August, Matthäus Cygan, currently Senior Manager Digital Development at Verlagsgruppe Random House in Munich, will take on new responsibilities at Frankfurter Buchmesse as Director Business Development Trade International.

Exhibitors and trade visitors can register now for the 5K fun race

“The Future of Stories” will be the conference's theme

New prize honours best illustrated book on a film-related subject

Architectonic jewel – the Frankfurt Pavilion on the Agora

Producers of creative content can apply for a German or international Wild Card by submitting clever stand concepts.

Submission deadline: 15 June 2018 / Awards with a prize money of 26,000 euros in total

Application deadline: 30 April 2018 / Celebrating 20 years of the Frankfurt Fellowship Programme

It is still possible to register for the Publishers Rights Corner.

Guest of Honour at the Frankfurter Buchmesse will present new books and authors from Georgia

Background information on the Slovenian book market

The country to be Guest of Honour illuminates the identity-shaping role of literature in politics and society.

Contract signed in Rome