Frankfurt remains the capital of the international book trade
Messe Frankfurt and the Frankfurt Book Fair extend their agreement to 2022
The Frankfurt Book Fair will remain on the Main for the future. In the Frankfurt Römer (Frankfurt City Hall), Petra Roth, Mayor of the city of Frankfurt am Main, Michael von Zitzewitz, Chairman of the Board of Management of the Messe Frankfurt (Frankfurt exhibition grounds), Juergen Boos, Director of the Frankfurt Book Fair and Prof. Dr. Gottfried Honnefelder, Director of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (German Publishers & Booksellers Association), made a joint announcement that the agreement with which the Frankfurt Book Fair, as subsidiary of the German Publishers & Booksellers Association, commits itself to the location of Frankfurt, has been extended to 2022.
Upon signing the agreement, Juergen Boos, Director of the Frankfurt Book Fair, said: “For an international event with the magnitude of the Frankfurt Book Fair, it is important to have reliability in the planning and a dependable partner in the organisation. We found such a partner in the Messe Frankfurt in 1951 and we are looking forward to further long-term collaboration.”
The history of the Frankfurt Book Fair dates back to the 15th century. In 1949, the modern tradition of the Book Fair in Frankfurt was revived. In 1951, the Book Fair moved from the Römer and Paulskirche to the exhibition site. Today the Frankfurt Book Fair is the largest book and media fair in the world, with more than 7,000 exhibitors from 100 countries and more than 299,000 international visitors, as well as a hallmark and standard for international cultural events. Some 2,900 events, readings, presentations, etc., take place annually in and around the Book Fair.
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