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75 times Frankfurter Buchmesse. That means seven and a half decades of great stories, socio-political events and valuable encounters – be it with those involved in making and distributing books or other players in media and culture. In our Book Fair Chronicle, we have collected all the interesting facts for you, from 1949 to today.
And the story goes on: This newsletter is 100 per cent dedicated to the activities and projects with which we will celebrate our 75th edition this year, together with our customers, partners and fans worldwide. Join in, there's something for everyone: on Frankfurt's streets now, on the fairgrounds from 18-22 October and on social media every day.
Enjoy reading and taking part!
Your Newsletter Team
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Worth a detour: the anniversary area at #fbm23
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| Are you coming to the 75th Frankfurter Buchmesse (18-22 October) and will you be experiencing the anniversary fair first hand? Then be sure to visit our anniversary area in the foyer of Hall 4.1! Immortalise yourself on our nine-metre-long congratulatory wall, capture your memories of your visit at the Selfie Point and look forward to exciting book tips from our #BookTok and #bookstagram community as well as many great goodies: From anniversary bookmarks and bookplates to limited edition FBM anniversary infographics as posters and postcards, exclusively created by KATAPULT and anniversary bags made from recycled Book Fair flags in the Fair Shop (all while stocks last).
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| Immer schon auf der FBM: C. Bertelsmann, Pieper, Reclam, Schnell & Steiner
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| Part of the fair from the start and never missed a thing
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| We have done some research and are absolutely thrilled: C. Bertelsmann, Büchergilde, Herder, Butzon&Bercker, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Hanser Verlag, Piper Verlag, Reclam, Schnell&Steiner, MVB, Suhrkamp, Thienemann-Esslinger, Rowohlt, Insel Verlag and Kosmos Verlag have never missed a Frankfurter Buchmesse since 1949! And all these publishers are presenting themselves here for the 75th time this year. To mark this occasion, personal interviews with publishers and authors, such as Salman Rushdie and Ian Kershaw, were conducted, which we are publishing one by one.
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Our colleagues having some fun with the FBM
social media filters
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Social media filters for book fair fans
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The anticipation for the anniversary fair is rising. To shorten the waiting time, our anniversary filters on Instagram and TikTok answer the most important questions of book enthusiasts: "Which author will accompany me to #fbm23?", "How much do I know about the book fair?" and "What would I have looked like as a visitor to Frankfurter Buchmesse between 1950 and 1980?" Take part, go directly to the filters on your smartphone here:
Instagram Retro Filter
Instagram Quiz
Instagram Randomiser
TikTok Quiz
TikTok Randomiser
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| A "LitAg Moment": From left are the Spanish author Dolores Redondo; Anke Roelan, who is the head of marketing at Xander, Redondo’s Dutch publisher; Barcelona-based literary agent Anna Soler-Pont of Pontas Literary and Film Agency; Anne Assous, Redondo’s French publisher from Folio/Gallimard; and Sander Knol, the founder of Xander in the Netherlands. © Pontas Literary & Film Agency
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Frankfurt’s 75th edition: "LitAg moments"
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Looking ahead to Frankfurter Buchmesse's 75th edition, the international trade magazine Publishing Perspectives asked literary agents to tell them about their "LitAg Moments" – some memories and experiences in and around the fair's Literary Agents and Scouts Centre, which was established in 1978. Read what Anna Soler-Pont (Pontas Literary & Film Agency, Spain) and Magalie Delobelle (So Far So Good Agency, France) had to say about successes and other nice surprises.
Do you also have a "LitAg or Frankfurt Moment" you would like to share? Send your text and a photo of yourself – and a pertinent Frankfurt image, if you like – to Publishing Perspectives!
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| General knowledge and book fair fun facts
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Where was the first Frankfurter Buchmesse held? Which means of transport commuted between the airport and the exhibition grounds in the seventies? And which is the best-selling book in the world? You need a little general knowledge to be able to solve our anniversary crossword puzzle. And everything else can be researched in our chronicle. Test your book fair knowledge!
Download the puzzle as a PDF
(Find the answers here.)
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Special offers from our anniversary year partners
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| Every year, Frankfurter Buchmesse's exhibitors organise many great activities for visitors to the Fair. In our anniversary year, they have been particularly creative and let young and old book fans at #fbm23 travel into space, go on a crime safari or take part in a calendar competition.
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| 75 years of FBM and media history in two pictures
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| This is what emerges when Katapult magazine visualises book fair history on the occasion of its 75th anniversary: The content industry is constantly changing, the book remains and is happy about changing life companions. And the story goes on! One of the central themes of the upcoming fair is how the industry deals with artificial intelligence. Also interesting: since 1949, around 13.7 million people have visited Frankfurter Buchmesse. That's a human chain that stretches almost once around the world at the height of Frankfurt am Main. Celebrate the 75th Frankfurter Buchmesse with us and let's close the gap together!
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| Buchmesse Director Juergen Boos in the ARTE documentary © ARTE
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Spirit, business and party – 75th Frankfurter Buchmesse
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| ARTE has taken FBM's 75th anniversary as an opportunity to make a documentary about the history of the most exciting, exhausting and important week of the book year. The documentary "Spirit, Business and Party – 75th Frankfurter Buchmesse" is about war and new beginnings, literature that breaks down walls, protests and bestsellers, readings and parties and why Frankfurt is so important. First broadcast: 18 October 2023 at 10.50 pm; available afterwards in the ARTE media library in German and in French.
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| The campaign on Paulsplatz is supported by the Department of Economics, Law and City Marketing of the City of Frankfurt am Main. The bookcases and advertising space are sponsored by the Department of Culture and Science of the City of Frankfurt am Main. © FBM
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Treasure hunt at 75 locations, book fair stories and the world's biggest book pile
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| For a few days now, 75 public bookcases in the city of Frankfurt have been bearing Frankfurter Buchmesse's anniversary design and have surprises and prizes in store. Information about this campaign will be shared via the social media channels of Frankfurter Buchmesse and the City of Frankfurt. Buses and many other advertising spaces will also be adorned with our eye-catching anniversary design for a few weeks. Then, on 16 October, Paulsplatz will be transformed into a place of stories: 75 chairs will be distributed around the square, each with QR codes. These will lead to personal book fair stories from 75 very different people. The "75 Chairs – 75 Stories" campaign will then move to the Agora on the exhibition grounds from 17 to 22 October, while the iconic Messeturm (fair tower) will be transformed into the world's largest book pile with the help of AR tracking technology from the Berlin software developer ZAUBAR.
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