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Frankfurter Buchmesse 15 - 19 October 2025

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Anniversary partner events

The world of culture is celebrating Frankfurter Buchmesse for the 75th time – join the celebration and look forward to the range of great offers from our anniversary year partners: from live events to interactive experiences and prizes to win!

Our anniversary partner events

Duden

75 years of Frankfurter Buchmesse – an anniversary party would be unthinkable without Germany’s leading dictionary publisher Duden! So we’re celebrating the book fair with an impressive installation highlighting our renowned dictionary series.

Große Zeichenstunde mit Nina Dulleck Frankfurter Buchmesse 22.10.2023 15:00 Uhr

Have you always wanted to draw your own magic animal? Nina Dulleck, illustrator of “The School of Magic Animals”, will show you how to do it in her drawing lesson – step by step and with a wealth of practical and simply “magical” tricks!

Fakriro-Logo vor Sabrina Schuh und Mary Cronos Rücken an Rücken

Whether fantasy or young adult literature, adventure or romance — we’ll lead you through Frankfurter Buchmesse in pursuit of your favourite genre: at the grand Fakriro Fair Rally from Wednesday to Sunday in Halls 3.0 and 3.1.

Übergroße Pflanzen und Lebensmittel

Welcome to Vegania! On the four islands of Vegania, people have found different ways to adopt completely vegan lifestyles. Futurologist Joël-Luc Cachelin tells us how this works in "Veganomics".

Chinesische Schriftzeichen

In a mini-Chinese course on Sunday, 22.10.23 at 11:00 a.m., we will explain the basics of the Chinese language to children (and interested adults): How does a tonal language work and why is it so important to hit the right note?

Frau vor Plakat

Frankfurter Buchmesse is turning 75. There have already been some highlights and there are to be many more: At the dot on Stand, the goal is to continue writing the history of the Frankfurter Buchmesse. On an action wall, every visitor can use round letter stickers to stick on the words that they associate with Frankfurter Buchmesse or would like to see.

Krimifant

Our Krimifant, the mascot of the SYNDIKATS and the Mörderische Schwestern, has been kidnapped! Who will find him on our crime safari?

Kalender

As part of the “Feels like Hessen” campaign and the calendar competition of the same name, the Hessen Creative Industries Office visually approaches the Hesse feeling year after year. On the occasion of the Frankfurt Book Fair 2023, all visitors will be asked for a word that describes Hesse for them.

Tessloff Buchcover

The Frankfurt Book Fair is celebrating its 75th anniversary - and our little Major Tom is celebrating his 5th birthday. That's why we at Tessloff Verlag have come up with a very special promotion this year!

Arena Verlag Banner

Take part and win a great youth book package every day. And it's that easy: Come by our Arena stand, scan the QR code with your smartphone and start the quiz to find out which of the houses from Jana Hoch's bestselling series "The Ruby Circle" suits you best .

sylt-quiz

The 75th anniversary of Frankfurter Buchmesse is dedicated to Germany's northernmost island: Sylt. Take part in our Sylt Quiz and show us how well you really know the island!

Schreibende Hand

Meet exciting experts with their own non-fiction book and become an author yourself. Meet around 10 female non-fiction authors and develop the first idea for your own book. We will start off by loosening up with the help of voice coach Louise von Bülow, followed by a collaborative talk – about writing, publishing and why more women are needed in the book market.

Europa Rad

What is this interesting long staircase? Where can you stroll through these beautiful colonnades? Is that the Alps behind this church?

Rendering eines Tunnelbuchs - Text: Free Kit A Tunnel Book

Tunnel Books are 3D pop-up books which allow children to discover new worlds through a peephole. From dinosaurs to underwater adventures and pirates, there are eight different topics to choose from. All books are sustainably produced from upcycled cereal packaging.

Frauen auf einem Cover

We celebrate the anniversary with mini-readings, talks, songs and a small competition on the theme of bookmaking. This humorous event under the motto "About Books" offers snapshots from behind the scenes of the people involved with books: authors, readers, editors, reviewers and people from publishing houses, printers, bookshops and book fairs. The book songs by Eleonore Hochmuth will be a real highlight!

3 Bücher

We are giving away 75 beautifully designed Deluxe Editions of our bestsellers. To get your copy, visit the Fingerprint Publishing stand 6.1 B47 and say, “Happy Anniversary, FBM”.

ASTA Double Celebration

Come and join us as we celebrate ASTA’s 12th anniversary. Discover how ASTA achieved its success as a publisher in Indonesia. Learn about curating ELT books. Explore the world of publishing and meet the diverse and talented team behind ASTA.

Supported by the Department of Economics, Law and City Marketing of the City of Frankfurt am Main

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