Successes celebrated at ‘solid’ 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair
Nerrilee Weir, rights manager for Random House Australia, writes:The 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair was held in unseasonably balmy and rainy weather, making the pre-fair meetings at the Frankfurter Hof even...
Finalists selected for Frankfurt digital publishing contest
Five finalists have been selected for the Frankfurt Book Fair’s Digital Publishing Creative Ideas Contest and will present their projects at the content and technology conference CONTEC on 7 October....
France to be Guest of Honour at Frankfurt Book Fair in 2017
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has accepted the invitation for France to be Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) in 2017, the France Ministry of Foreign Affairs has...
SPN at Frankfurt: Dattner to represent Affirm, Transit Lounge, Fremantle and Sleepers at Frankfurt
Four Small Press Network (SPN) publishers will be represented by former SPN general manager Zoe Dattner at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. Affirm Press, Transit Lounge, Fremantle Press and Sleepers...
Walton selected for Frankfurt Fellowship Program
Zoe Walton, publisher of children’s and young adult books at Random House Australia, has been selected for the 2014 Frankfurt Fellowship Program, which this year focuses exclusively on those working...
Frankfurt Book Fair relaunches magazine
The Frankfurt Book Fair has relaunched its magazine with ‘a shortened name and a fresh layout’. The Frankfurt Quarterly, previously known as the Frankfurt Academy Quarterly, examines a ‘single focal topic’...
Frankfurt Book Fair announces changes to hall layout
The Frankfurt Book Fair has announced a number of changes to its hall layout, which are designed to put English-language publishers ‘at the heart of the action’, reports the Bookseller....
Frankfurt Book Fair launches business club ticket
The Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) has launched a business club ticket with extra services at the fair. The ticket, which is available for either single-day or week-long entry, offers ‘business breakfasts’ for...
Netherlands and Flanders announced as joint Guests of Honour at 2016 Frankfurt Book Fair
The Netherlands will join with Flanders, the Dutch-speaking region of Northern Belgium, as joint Guests of Honour at the 2016 Frankfurt Book Fair, reports the Bookseller. The Guest of Honour program will...
Frankfurt Fellowship Programme to focus exclusively on children’s, YA publishing
The Frankfurt Book Fair has announced that this year’s Fellowship Programme will focus exclusively on children’s and young adult publishing. The program, which will be held on 6-12 October in...
Dispatches from the Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Book Fair first-timer, Giramondo’s Alice Grundy, and long-time attendee, Allen & Unwin’s Clare Drysdale, take us behind-the-scenes at this year’s fair. Alice Grundy, managing editor, Giramondo, writes: Imagine the busiest place you’ve...
‘Business as usual’ at Frankfurt Book Fair 2013
Books+Publishing editor-in-chief Andrea Hanke reports from Frankfurt: Australian publishers have reported a productive Frankfurt Book Fair, which has been characterised by healthy interest in a broad range of titles rather...
Brazil’s Coelho calls off Frankfurt Book Fair appearance in protest
Brazil’s Guest of Honour program at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair will be without one of the country’s most famous authors, with Paulo Coelho cancelling his appearance at the fair...
Indonesia guest of honour at Frankfurt 2015
Indonesia has been selected as the Guest of Honour country for the 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair, following Brazil in 2013 and Finland in 2014. In a statement, the Frankfurt Book...
NZ’s Frankfurt Pavilion wins design award
New Zealand’s Guest of Honour Pavilion at the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair has won the Supreme Award and the Installation category at the 2013 Interior Awards in New Zealand. The pavilion’s co-designers, Pattersons Associates and...
NZ writers’ walk launched in Germany
A New Zealand writers’ walk has been launched in Germany to celebrate the country’s Guest of Honour status at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. The walk is situated on the...
Hodge among successful Frankfurt Fellowship applicants
Anna Hodge, senior editor at Auckland University Press in New Zealand, is among the successful applicants for this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair Fellowship Program. Also chosen from the more than...
New Zealand Frankfurt Guest of Honour program announced
The Frankfurt Book Fair Guest of Honour program has been announced. As the 2012 Guest of Honour, New Zealand will send more than 60 authors and 100 performers to Germany...
OzCo releases travel fund stats
The Australian Council for the Arts has released the results of its Booked travel fund in 2011/2012 based on publishers’ reports. Overall, the fund supported 20 publishers to attend book fairs...
Guest of Honour status results in unprecedented NZ rights sales
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has announced that its position as Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair has increased rights sales of New Zealand writers and...