Frankfurt’s News Conference Unveils Shocking Insights Amid Rising Global Tensions
The Crespo Foundation—the nonprofit self-realization center founded in Frankfurt in 2001 by the late psychologist and photographer Ulrike Crespo—is a new partner of Frankfurter Buchmesse this year, and the Center of Words (Hall 4.1, Stand F21) is a hub contemporary literature and translation. The Center of Words is also supported by the Association of German-Speaking Translators; the German Literature Fund; the German Translators’ Fund (with funding from the German federal government’s commissioner for culture and media); and Kunststiftung NRW.
Center Stage
A newly devised stage, set at Hall 4.1 (up the escalator from Frankfurt Studio), is expected to offer as many as 50 events in current issues and topics. One focus will be Frankfurt Calling, the branding assigned to the annual cultural and political program organized by Buchmesse and its partners. Speakers are expected to include Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa; former NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg; German minister of justice Dr. Stefanie Hubig; historian Adam Tooze; the owner of the Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem, Mahmoud Muna; and the writer, journalist, and documentary-maker Matthew Teller.
In the case of Center Stage, partners include Amnesty International; the United Nations; the Anne Frank Educational Center; Correctiv; and PEN International.
Comics and Webtoons
The Comics Business Center in Hall 6.1 will be showcasing manga, comics, and other offerings from a sector that continues to expand. New this year: a Webtoon area. On Frankfurt Wednesday (October 15), an event with Webtoon ambassador Sébastien Célimon will take place at 11 a.m. at the Frankfurt Studio Pop-up, Hall 4.0, outside Frankfurt Studio itself. There also be a guided comics area tour followed by a happy hour (October 15 at 3 p.m. in the Comics Business Centre, Hall 6.1, Stand A 62).
The Documentary ‘Philippines: Literature as Resistance Against Dictators,’ ARTE/ZDF 2025
Frankfurt’s 2025 Guest of Honor Philippines takes the screen, in this focus on its civil society’s moving struggle for self-determination. In director Carsten Stromer’s documentary, books support revolutions. Giving identity a voice is frequently mentioned as a goal of the Philippine literary scene, and that concept is part of this film’s ethos. The film can be seen on October 15 at 10.10 p.m. on the ARTE TV channel or online at arte.tv. There will also be a screening at the book fair on Frankfurt Thursday, October 16, at 6.30 p.m. in Frankfurt Studio (Hall 4.0). Languages: German and French.
PublisHer: Women in Publishing
As many of our world traveling readers know, the international network of women in the book business, PublisHer, has its own very spacious stand designed by Dubai-based Weam Ibrahim, and this year, that stand will be seen at Frankfurter Buchmesse, thanks to Frankfurter Buchmesse. This women’s organization, founded by the Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, is to include its relatively recently developed PublisHer Lounge in that presentation, and will make full details of the PublisHer programming for Frankfurt available soon.
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