Gesa Stedman takes a look at the main trends of the key pandemic years when shops were closed, readers turned to fiction again, festivals went online and bookfairs were cancelled. Read more
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Mixed Book News: Summer, Autumn, Winter
Gesa Stedman looks at recent and not quite so recent prize winners, Frankfurt book fair debates, special issues on disability and LGTBQI+ respectively, published by The Bookseller, and wonders where climate change has disappeared to – again. Read more
International Book Market Data, curtesy of Frankfurt Book Fair 2020
Frankfurt Book Fair created an online edition this year. Actually, they went back and forth in the run-up and gradually reduced the face-to-face or on-location parts before deciding to go completely online in these special times. While many people expressed their disappointment at this, I can’t actually imagine something as […] Read more
Frankfurt Book Fair 2017 – No Time to Sit Back and Relax
Last week, the literary world seemed to revolve once more around the Frankfurt Book Fair. France was Guest of Honour, visitor numbers rose compared to 2016, over 4,000 events informed and entertained the visitors. Sandra van Lente discovered great authors, publishers and mediators at the fair, but some events left […] Read more
Frankfurt Bookfair 2016
Just like every year in October, thousands of people travelled to Frankfurt to buy, sell, network during the book fair. The börsenblatt (similar to The Bookseller) announced 7,100 exhibitors from more than 100 countries. The organisers seemed to have worried about declining figures in terms of exhibitors and visitors, but […] Read more
Literature & Licenses in London 2016
This April, the London Book Fair (LBF) opened its doors for the second year in a row in Olympia-Kensington after experiments in the Docklands and other places in London. According to the fair’s website, the grounds saw 1,500 exhibitors and 25,000 fairgoers which made it quite an event to attend. […] Read more
Warsaw Book Fair & statistics about the Polish book market
Today, Warsaw Book Fair opened its doors to “all book lovers” as well as 800 exhibitors from 24 countries. The book fair takes place in a rather unconventional location: the National Stadium (where Germany lost against Italy in 2012). More about Warsaw Book Fair can be found on the official […] Read more
