Frankfurter Buchmesse 2025: Exhibitor Anniversaries

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Last week at Frankfurter Buchmesse, several exhibitors celebrated 50th- and 25th-year attendance anniversaries. Here are highlights.

By Erin L. Cox, Publisher | @erinlcox

50 Years at Frankfurt

Celebrating a 50th anniversary at Frankfurt Book Fair here is Paul Neilan, head of sales with Gill Books. Image: FBM, Dorothea Grimberg

 

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Publications celebrated 50 years at the Frankfurt Book Fair with a cake provide by Hanife Icten of Frankfurter Buchmesse. Photo featuring their team, including Business and Marketing Director Hannah Kim (second from left) and Associate Publisher Curtis Scott (center). Image Hanife Icten/Frankfurter Buchmesse

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Publications, based in New York City, celebrated 50 years at Frankfurt Book Fair with a cake provide by Hanife Icten of Frankfurter Buchmesse. This shot of their team includes business and marketing director Hannah Kim, second from left; and associate publisher Curtis Scott, center. Image: FBM,  Hanife Icten

 

Shambala Publications celebrated 50 years at Frankfurt, featuring (from left) Matthias Heidel, longtime associate of Shambhala; Hanife Icten, Frankfurter Buchmesse; Stephan Downes, Shambala contracts manager; Nikko Odiseos, president; and Oliver Glosband, rights manager. Image: Nikko Odiseos, Shambala

 

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK) celebrates 50 years in Frankfurt. Photo featuring (left to right) Rio Summers, Head of Marketing & PR; Wendy Grisham, Deputy CEO; Sam Richardson, CEO; Lauren Windle, Senior Commissioning Editor; Bettina Heynes, Joint Head of Co-Editions. Image Dorothea Grimberg/Frankfurter Buchmesse

The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK) celebrates 50 years in Frankfurt, our photo featuring (from left) Rio Summers, head of marketing and PR; Wendy Grisham, deputy CEO; Sam Richardson, CEO; Lauren Windle, senior commissioning editor; and Bettina Heynes, joint tead of co-editions. Image: FBM, Dorothea Grimberg

25 Years at Frankfurt

Cico Books, an Imprint of Ryland Peters & Small, celebrates 25 years at Frankfurt. From left are Sarah See, foreign rights manager; Denise Lie, rights director; and Emma McArthur, head of export sales. Image: FBM, Dorothea Grimberg

 

Granta celebrates 25 years in Frankfurt with Noel Murphy. Commercial Director, Granta Publications. Image Dorothea Grimberg/Frankfurter Buchmesse

 

Frankfurter Buchmesse’s Hanife Icten, right, brings a cake to Guilford Press to celebrate the company’s 25 years at Frankfurt. At left is subrights and copyright specialist Angela Whalen and in the center is subrights associate Milena Urroz. Image: FBM, Hanife Icten

 

Celebrating 25 years at Frankfurt, Llewellyn Worldwide publisher Bill Krause, center, receives a cake from Hanife Icten of Frankfurter Buchmesse, left, and was joined in the celebration by IBPA’s COO Terry Nathan. Image: IBPA, Terry Nathan

 

Frankfurter Buchmesse’s Hanife Icten presents David Borgenicht, deputy publisher and Nicole de Jackmo, EVP of Quirk Books, a cake for their 25 years at Frankfurt. Image: FBM, Hanife Icten

 

Anette Fuhrmeister, rights manager at the History Press, celebrated the company’s 25 years iatFrankfurt. Image: FBM,  Dorothea Grimberg

 

The University of Wales Press Global Sales Manager Maria Vassilopoulos celebrates their 25 years in Frankfurt. Image Dorothea Grimberg/Frankfurter Buchmesse

The University of Wales Press’ global sales manager Maria Vassilopoulos recognizes the company’s 25 years at Frankfurt. Image: FBM, Dorothea Grimberg

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Erin L. Cox

Erin L. Cox is the Publisher of Publishing Perspectives. She has spent more than 25 years on the business development and promotional side of the publishing industry, working in book publicity at Scribner and HarperCollins, advertising sales and marketing at The New Yorker, and consulting with publishers, literary organizations, book fairs, writers, and technology companies serving the publishing industry. Cox is also the Publisher of Words & Money, a new media site focused on centering libraries in the publishing conversation.

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