The 78th Frankfurter Buchmesse is set for October 7 to 11, with Czechia as guest of honor.
Frankfurt’s News Conference: ‘What Literature Can Do’
On the eve of the 77th trade show’s opening, Frankfurter Buchmesse stages its annual opening press conference.
Publisher Sebastian Guggolz Named Chair of the Börsenverein
The publisher Sebastian Guggolz takes on his new role with the Börsenverein on October 25, the Saturday following Frankfurter Buchmesse.
Germany’s Kulturpass Reportedly Is To Be Abolished
Publishers are concerned that the German edition of a culture voucher for 18-year-olds appears to have foundered.
Karl Schlögel Wins the 2025 German Trade Peace Prize
The essayist and historian Karl Schlögel is to be formally made the German Trade Peace Prize laureate on October 19 in Frankfurt.
Germany Saw Sales Grow by 1.8 Percent in 2024
The 2024 German market, while seeing a stabilization in ebook and audiobook markets, saw entrenched shortcomings in literacy continue.
International Calls for Boualem Sansal: Now Sentenced to Five Years
Boualem Sansal is said to have told Algiers’ court: ‘My comments or writings were simply a personal opinion, and I have the right to make them like any Algerian citizen.’
Germany’s 2025 Alfred Kerr Prize in Criticism Goes to Beate Tröger
Beate Tröger, whose criticism is carried by Deutschlandfunk, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and more, wins the Alfred Kerr Prize.
The German Book Market in 2024: ‘Slightly Higher’ Revenue
The German book market ‘remains extremely tense,’ according to officials in their initial 2024 Börsenverein report.
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.