it's a time of books in Germany: Frankfurt Book Fair is on. i've visited the fair in the last 2 years, and will pause this year, and visit virtually: there are lots of features in newspapers and tv on it.
here's the official videoclip of the book fair:
and here's a clip from the comic area, where CosPlayers took over at the weekend:
the guestland this year is Iceland, here's a clip for the book fair from there:
"Small Iceland, Big Stories":
blog - there's an english fair blog. current entries: "A First Timer’s First Day At The Fair", "Collective Storytelling" .. Frankfurt book fair blog
photos! here's the official photo gallery from the fair:
- setup and opening (with Iceland hotspot photos) / - day one (Trade Visitor's day) ..
and here's a daily blog of a book magazine with LOTS of photos: Frankfurt Blog
some impressions from the last 2 years:
- Frankfurt Book Fair 2010: themes, sights, hotspots (guest: Argentina)
- Frankfurt Book Fair 2009: impressions / the power of culture (guest: China)
A note + some advice on visiting the book fair
The book fair is huge, with publishers from all over the world, and with China as guest of honor. Walking in there, i heard japanese, english, languages i don't know. With all the foreign people and books, this fair has the touch of a miniature world trip.
The other amazing thing: there is so much happening: live readings, author interviews, podium discussions. there are listings of events, but i found, the best way to go (very much like with a journey), is to have a rough plan, and then just go with the flow, walk through the halls, and if there are cameras somewhere, walk up, and see what's up. That way i saw the author Leon de Winter in an interview, and then later walked into a reading of chinese poetry: first in original, then in translation. There also is reading tent, and when i walked in there, there was an author from new zealand reading, from a book set in london.
From there, i went to the hall of art and nonfiction books. So amazing. so many beautiful books, art books, architecture, world books, books in all kind of languages. So good
1 comment:
Dorothee, Thanks for sharing this; will look for more in the days to come.
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