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An important date is just around the corner for our exhibitors: 31 January is the official deadline for booking a stand space at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2025!
With regards to registration: You can now find us over on Bluesky. Follow us there for regular news updates about Frankfurter Buchmesse and our international activities.
And: don't miss the upcoming edition of The Hof. Learn more in this newsletter.
Enjoy reading!
Your Newsletter Team
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| Colin Hauer © Hörbuch Hamburg
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"Our listeners are a source of inspiration for us"
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| The global audiobook market has experienced an astonishing growth over the past 15 years. At Frankfurt, the book fair’s audio area almost doubled in size in 2024 compared to 2023. German audiobook publisher Hörbuch Hamburg has just been nominated for the German Audiobook Awards 2025 with several titles. We talked to CEO Colin Hauer about what makes a good audiobook, upcoming audio trends and the use of AI.
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| Digital talk and networking with The Hof
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Selling rights in 2025: How to navigate AI, streaming and censorship
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| Get ready for the new year with The Hof, our 1h-digital-talk-and-networking-format! On 20 February (4-5 pm CET) we will discuss how AI, political changes and new publishing models affect the rights business. Our guests are Margaret Szymczyk (John Murray Press, UK), Amy Spangler (AnatoliaLit Agency, Turkey), and Jenny Kühne (Frankfurter Buchmesse, Germany). Hosted by award-winning journalist Felix Zeltner (USA).
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Philippines and Czech Republic
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| Translation fundings by the bookfair's Guests of Honour
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A translation funding programme will once again be announced for this year as part of the Philippines' Guest of Honour appearance at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2025. Applications can be submitted from 1 April to 30 May. The deadline for funding for the publication of Czech literature in translation (Guest of Honour 2026) is 15 May.
Philippines 2025
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| The Ukrainian Book Institute awards grants for translations of Ukrainian literary works into other languages. The call is open to submissions from abroad as well as from Ukraine. Application deadline is 10 February.
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| Almaty in Kasachstan © Farabi Media
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| AI and rights business in Kazakhstan
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| After more than two decades, Frankfurter Buchmesse once again organised a publishing workshop in Kazakhstan with the support of the Federal Foreign Office. German publishing professionals shared their expertise and exchanged ideas with local colleagues. Both the mountain backdrop of Almaty and the professional implementation by the partners and the supporting programme were overwhelming.
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Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2025
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| Who will receive the Peace Prize this year? Citizens have until 1 March to submit their nominations. Organizers are looking for a "personality who has made an outstanding contribution to the realisation of the idea of peace, primarily through his or her work in the fields of literature, science or art".
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