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Frankfurt Global Network

The participants 2025
Fellowship Participants  talk together

The application deadline has ended on 16 May 2025.

In 2025 the Frankfurt Fellowship and the Frankfurt Invitation Programmes will merge to one unique programme combining different features of the old programmes.
The Frankfurt Invitation Programme founded in the 1970s, was always supported by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany. It has enabled numerous publishers from developing book nations to participate in the biggest industry meeting, so that they could form networks and act in the book market worldwide.
The Frankfurt Fellowship Programme was launched in 1998 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Frankfurter Buchmesse. The programme focused on the exchange of information, professional dialogue, and the expansion of an international book industry network.

The new programme Frankfurt Global Network will include visits to publishers and bookstores, market presentations, guided tours, matchmaking events, and numerous networking opportunities in Frankfurt and Zürich (Switzerland) as well as at Frankfurter Buchmesse, where the participants will exhibit their books at a joint booth. This year’s programme focusses on literary fiction.

The programme will take place from 5 – 20 October 2025.

About the programme

The application is possible from 22 April to 16 May via the registration form here. After the participants have been selected, all applicants will be contacted in June. Online meetings will start from July onwards. After Arrival in Frankfurt the onsite programme will begin with market presentations and visits to publishers and bookstores. Following the trip to Zürich networking events with German publishers and participants in other grant programmes will take place. The Opening Ceremony of Frankfurter Buchmesse will be attended on Tuesday afternoon followed by the five-day fair. 

Application requirements

  • At least three years of experience in publishing
  • Good knowledge of English
  • Three letters of recommendation from international business partners
  • Letter of recommendation by the candidate’s employer

FAQ

The participants of the Frankfurt Global Network 2025

Vanina Colagiovanni

Publishing Director, Gog & Magog

Gog & Magog is an independent publishing house founded in 2004. It has published over 150 titles across five main collections.

Luiza Lewkowicz

Senior Editor, DBA Literatura

DBA Literatura is the literary imprint of DBA Editora, launched in 2020 to publish fiction, narrative non-fiction, cult classics, and hybrid works. Its catalog brings together singular, powerful voices, focusing on bold literary achievements.

Roxanne Landry

Rights Manager, Groupe d'édition la courte echelle

Founded in 2010, La Mèche is a creative melting pot of bold, contemporary literature. It embraces all that is innovative, fiery and eloquent. It encourages the blending of genres, atypical characters, strong narratives and good storytelling.

Joakim Norregaard

Editor, People's Press

People's Press is a medium-sized Danish publishing house with a modern profile, offering a wide range of publications that include both domestic and translated works.

Ayman Howera

Co-Founder & Executive Director, Kotopia Publishing House

Kotopia is an independent house founded in Egypt in 2016. Known for blending knowledge and entertainment, it has become one of the fastest-growing publishers in the Arab world.

Shera Diva

Foreign Rights Acquisitions Editor, Noura Publishing

Noura Publishing was established in 2012. It publishes Young Adult, literature, popular non-fiction and children's books. The rights to the titles have been sold to the US, UK, Singapore, Malaysia, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

Maryam Hashemian

Rights Manager, Nashre-Cheshmeh Publishing House

Nashre-Cheshmeh Publishing House is a family business with more than 300 employees. It is one of the most active and private Iranian publishing houses with more than 2500 book titles, an annual number of 180 new ones, and 10 bookstores.

Szuwei Fu

Foreign Rights Coordinator, Tokuma Shoten

Tokuma Shoten Publishing, founded in 1954, publishes diverse literary works, business and sports books, comics, children‘s books, magazines, and more.

Amar Shahid

Publishing Director, Book Corner

Founded in 1973 in Jhelum, Book Corner is a prominent Pakistani publishing house renowned for its excellence in Urdu literature and global translations.

Armando Alzamora

Editorial Director, Colmena Editores

Colmena Editores is a Peruvian publishing house that, since 2012, has been dedicated to charting a unique path in the literary world.

Nevena Milojević

Literary agent in the foreign rights department, Laguna

Laguna, founded in 1998, is the leading Serbian and Balkan publisher, releasing around 500 new titles annually across diverse genres.

Ana Rodado

Fiction Editor, Anagrama

Founded in 1969 by Jorge Herralde, Anagrama is a publishing house dedicated to literary fiction and non-fiction.

Merve Diler

Associate Editor, Siren Yayınları

Siren Yayınları is an Istanbul-based independent publishing house focused on world literature. Its list includes internationally recognized authors — including recipients of major literary prizes such as the Nobel (e.g. Herta Müller) and the Pulitzer (e.g. Colson Whitehead).

Mehar Anaokar

Editor, Serpent’s Tail /Profile Books

Serpent's Tail is the literary fiction imprint of Profile Books, an award-winning independent publisher based in London.

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