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The 30th Frankfurt Rights Meeting, formerly known as International Rights Directors Meeting, is all about “surprising successes in challenging times”.

BOOKFEST digital with 1.5 million views on Facebook alone / Frankfurter Buchmesse 2020 – Special Edition reaches 200,000 people worldwide with various formats on buchmesse.de

Olga Tokarczuk, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature only announced last week, will talk about the political responsibility of authors at the Opening Press Conference of Frankfurter Buchmesse on 15 October 2019. The Polish writer is one of the most important contemporary European authors. Her work has been translated into 37 languages and has received numerous awards.

The CONTEC conference is a trade mark of the Frankfurter Buchmesse that pursues to create a space for reflection on the challenges and opportunities in the content industry.

The new Frankfurt Audio white paper “Audiobooks: Taking the World by Storm” by audio expert Linda Lee provides facts and figures on current developments in the audiobook market around the globe.

Each year, Frankfurter Buchmesse organises the invitation programme with the financial support of the Federal Foreign Office. It enables a group of publishers to present themselves at the world's largest industry event.

Three-day networking programme for international marketing in the publishing industry

Guest of Honour Spain will showcase its multilingualism and cultural diversity / Cultural convergence: stage programme reflects current discourse / Cultural exchange: programme focus on Ukraine / Spotlight on Africa / Invitation Programme with participants from Azerbaijan, Haiti, Lebanon, Ruanda and Togo, among others / Translate. Transfer. Transform. honours translators 

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.

Juergen Boos has been appointed Knight 1st Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit by His Majesty King Harald V of Norway for his commitment to Norwegian literature and culture and the German-Norwegian relations.

New African stage at Frankfurter Buchmesse

With CREATE YOUR REVOLUTION-Talks (Wednesday, 16 October 2019) Frankfurter Buchmesse is giving the stage to a kaleidoscope of global change makers whose powerful ideas are shaping a bright and hopeful future. Tickets are available now.

230,000 visitors, more than 4,300 exhibitors, over 3,300 events and a sold-out book fair weekend – Director Juergen Boos: “Our internationality creates relevance”.

In its anniversary year, the 75th Frankfurter Buchmesse (18–22 October 2023) will offer a high-profile programme of cultural and political events – as a forum for literature and for social debate.

Information, events and networking for the next generation

Today the Handover Ceremony where Spain, Guest of Honour 2022, handed over the GuestScroll to Slovenia, Guest of Honour 2023 of Frankfurter Buchmesse took place at the book fair in Frankfurt.

At a press conference in Leipzig, Norway, Guest of Honour at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2019, celebrated the start of its literature programme. 18 Norwegian authors and their works will be in the spotlight over the next few days.

The Governor General of Canada, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary May Simon, will travel to Frankfurt from 19 to 21 October 2021, where she will represent Canada, the Guest of Honour at this year’s Frankfurter Buchmesse (20-24 October 2021).The Governor General will speak at the opening ceremony and the opening of the Canadian pavilion. This will be Her Excellency’s first visit abroad since being installed as the 30th Governor General of Canada on July 26, 2021.

“It is our duty to fight for our freedom”, appealed Gina Belafonte at the opening panel of the CREATE YOUR REVOLUTION Talks. Along with many other outstanding speakers – such as Memory Banda, Jennifer Clement, Lena Chen, Phyllis Omido, Tea Uglow, Jochen Sandig and Adrian Wooton – she set an impressive tone for the CREATE YOUR REVOLUTION campaign.