Book Fair
"The best fair for a long time": verdict on the Frankfurt Book Fair 2009
Guest of Honour China, stars like Frank Schätzing and Margaret Atwood and around 3,000 events brought 290,469 visitors to the exhibition site - which meant the Fair enjoyed the second-best result in its history when it came to visitor numbers. You can read here how the director of the Book Fair sums it up…
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Rights and licence business does well: trade visitor comments on the 2009 Guest of Honour China
The appearance of China as Guest of Honour inspired lively debate in the German media. What did trade visitors and publishers from all over the world think of China's presence at the Book Fair? We listened in… read ...
Multimedia Frankfurt Book Fair: vodcast, podcast, blogs and much more besides
The five longest days and five shortest nights of the year are over - but you can already look forward to the next Fair. So that it doesn't seem too long a wait, you can relive the highlights of the Fair in pictures and sound under News and Media on our website … read ...
Picture gallery: the best moments at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2009
Crowds of visitors, authors under siege, lively discussions, traditional Chinese dragon fighters: the Frankfurt Book Fair 2009 had so much to offer. We have brought together the best of the pictures for you to enjoy. read ...
International Activities
Indepth exchanges at Publishers Training in Abu Dhabi
During the workshops, in the breaks and after dinner together in the evening: lively discussion actually continued around the clock at the post-entry career training course for Arab publishers in Abu Dhabi - one of the reasons why both participants and speakers rated the training programme a complete success. read ...
One year after the Guest of Honour appearance: a changing Turkish book market
Last year, Turkey was presented as Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair. This appearance in Frankfurt boosted Turkish rights and licence business quite considerably - and in other ways too, a great deal has happened on the Turkish book market since then. We introduce five major projects. read ...
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"A kind of fateful prize"
She was one of the stars of this year's Frankfurt Book Fair: writer and the winner of the 2009 German Book Prize, Kathrin Schmidt talks in her interview about losing the power of speech, contemporary German literature and quince jelly. read ...
A unique voice in world literature
Even if right at the end, Herta Müller was being treated by British bookies as one of the favourites, the award of the Nobel Prize for Literature to the Romanian-German author was a surprise. A review of the press comments. read ...
Trade Information
Series: Future of the industry - new business models
The book industry is undergoing radical change, the search for new business models is driving everyone. In cooperation with "buchreport", our new series introduces some of the most exciting international business ideas. Today, we introduce companies from the UK and the USA. read ...
Premiere: the "European Literary Conference 09" at Schloss Hainfeld
The European Literary Conference 09 was held for the first time year. At the Schloss Hainfeld venue in Styria, the occasion also included introduction of the European Union Prize for Literature. A report by Gesine Boesken. read ...
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