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Frankfurt Book Fair
Experience the Frankfurt Book Fair online
Book Fair digital: exciting events, stimulating discussions and a wide variety of readings. A tour of the programme.
Learning with literature
People who learn German know Goethe and Kafka, but contemporary literature is better suited for language acquisition. We present the best methods.
The world is a book
The German Book Prize, the Frankfurt Book Fair and the German book trade: here you can find out all you need to know about books.
What the Germans read
What is the situation on the German book market? What books are people buying and what role is the coronavirus playing? We have the answers for you.
Reading and watching
Prize for stories from the Mekong Delta
Vietnamese author Nguyen Ngoc Tu wins the 2018 LiBeraturpreis.
The bestsellers of tomorrow
Three novel debuts you should know about if you want to join in the discussions at the Book Fair.
Sentences become bits and bytes
Digitization is changing the German book market. Five trends you should know about.
Debating Europe’s values
Why Europeans need to engage in a self-critical examination of their own values and the future of Europe.
What Germany is reading
Goethe, Schiller, Brecht and Hesse are known all over the world. But what do Germans themselves most like to read? We have some reading tips.
Literary criticism on the net
Book blogs are well-established in the world of literature, but they are almost as diverse as the programmes of the German publishers. A selection of fascinating German literature blogs.
Writing in exile
Return to a life as a poet: how German authors help refugee writers.
“The international situation co-authors literary texts”
Mely Kiyak and other European writers brought the European Writers’ Conference into being in 2014. A conversation about literature in the European process.
The new role of the reader
The Internet is changing the way literature is produced, with more and more people choosing to read and write together.
One language,countless voices
Germany is an immigration country, Which is also a blessing for German literature.
Strong voices
The Frankfurt Book Fair presents thousands of authors. You should definitely get to know these three young German writers.
Meeting place: library
Libraries can be many things: treasure troves of literature, social centres and resources for a digital society.