The essayist and historian Karl Schlögel is to be formally made the German Trade Peace Prize laureate on October 19 in Frankfurt.
The $75,000 Cundill History Prize Names Its 2025 Longlist
The 18th cycle of the Montreal-based Cundill History Award opens with the release of a 15-title longlist in nonfiction.
Germany’s Börsenverein Calls on Algeria To Release Boualem Sansal
Boualem Sansal, the French-Algerian winner (2011) of the German book trade’s Peace Prize reportedly is being detained by Algiers.
Anne Applebaum: The German Book Trade’s Peace Prize Laureate
The winner of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, Anne Applebaum, tells her audience, ‘Don’t let skepticism decline into nihilism.’
The 2024 Frankfurter Buchmesse: 230,000 Visitors Overall
Some 115,000 trade visitors from 153 countries were at Frankfurter Buchmesse last week, covered by 7,500 news-media representatives.
Frankfurt at Midpoint: Trade Visitors Are Up 9 Percent
The 76th edition of the world’s largest international book publishing trade show sees 114,000 trade visitors from 131 countries.
German Peace Prize: Scherbakova To Honor Applebaum
A co-founder of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Memorial International, Irina Scherbakova delivers Anne Applebaum’s laudation at Frankfurt.
Anne Applebaum Wins the German Book Trade Peace Prize
The journalist, essayist, and author Anne Applebaum wins the German Book Trade’s Peace Prize for her work’s focus on democracy and peace.’
Frankfurt: Public Turnout Drives Totals to 215,000 Visitors
With a press corps of more than 7,000 journalists, the 75th Frankfurter Buchmesse adds a 30-percent boost in public attendance.
Frankfurt: 105,000 Trade Visitors from 130 Countries
The 2023 Frankfurt Book Fair, at its midway point, has announced a 20-percent jump in trade-visitor attendance.