Stories

Every year in October, the world comes to Frankfurt. People from across the globe gather together here because they have one thing in common: their love of culture and of words, whether in written, printed or (increasingly) electronic form.

The German comics scene doesn’t have a particularly big share of the domestic book market, but it’s evolving and making its mark – with some interesting thematic trends.

Challenges: First half of 2022, the German market has a sales shortfall of 11.1 percent in the local book trade compared to 2019.

Two awards are making an important contribution to the future of the book industry: Frankfurt Young Stories and the Digital Publishing Award.

A greeting from Minister of State Prof. Monika Grütters

Canada is the first guest country to present its literature and culture as the Frankfurter Buchmesse’s Guest of Honour for a second year running.

Some people see poetry as somehow inferior to ‘larger-scale’ literary formats like the novel or the short story. But this belief is unfounded. On the contrary, the German poetry scene is diverse, vibrant and popular.

Once the dust has settled, what will the future look like? On the German book market, a lively literary debate is underway about what we can learn from the pandemic to help us create a better politics, a different kind of society and a more modern economy.

How young entrepreneurs and start-ups drive progress in book publishing and support the industry.