Leipzig Book Fair: This brings the day on the Book Show – tagesspiegel

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Optimistic overlooks the book industry in the future. The Leipzig Book Fair heralds the spring books. These are the highlights of the first day.

The Leipzig Book Fair opens its doors today. In the spring meeting of the book industry to present more than 2200 exhibitors. Unlike the Frankfurt Book Fair, the Leipzig Book Fair is open daily to the public. Highlights of the first day:

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The prestigious Leipzig Book Fair Prize is awarded (16.00). It is available in three categories, which are endowed with 15 000 Euro each: Fiction, Non-Fiction / Essays and Translation

At the most attention is the division Fiction.. Five authors have been nominated: Ursula Ackrill with her debut novel “inside square brackets in January,” Teresa Präauer (“Johnny and Jean”), Norbert Scheuer (“The Language of the Birds”), Michael Wild grove (“The Smile of alligators”) and the first time a poet Jan Wagner with “rain barrels Variations”

Authors and Readers

In readings and conversations visitors can meet their favorite authors in person and listen to them.. Well-known names are to be found, but also debutants. A small selection: Hans Joachim Harmful (“fool’s life”), Jan Weiler (“Kühn has to do”), Katja Kraus (“Friendship”), Marica BoDro ZIC (‘frontier “), Julia Wolf (” Everything is now “), Pavel Kohout (” Tango mortal “), Martin Suter (” Monte Cristo “). Ex-SPD chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrück presents his new book “Adjourned Future”, a TV critic Denis Scheck presents “Best of the presses.” When reading festival “Leipzig reads” It goes in the evening at numerous locations throughout the city further

Germany and Israel

50 diplomatic relations between Israel and Germany -. Which makes the Leipziger this time to its center of gravity. Numerous writers from Israel are expected to attend lectures and discussions, including Hila Blum, Dan Diner, Lizzie Doron, Meir Shalev, former Israeli ambassador to Germany, Avi Primor, and the peace prize winner of the German Book Trade, Amos Oz, of his new book “Judas “imagines. An exhibition “Comics in Israel.”

Beautiful digital world

“We are electric! The new e-book publishers between hype and hope “means a panel discussion with authors and e-book pioneers (14.30). You talk about is how to work with literature in the digital space.

Minister

Culture Minister Monika Grütters (CDU) is expected in the afternoon (14:20) to a tour of the fair. She wants to visit among other publishers S. Fischer, and Rowohlt Hanser, also the “Reading forum Israel” and the Berlin small publisher J. Frank.

What’s New

The book fair admits literature bloggers more attention: Show you the first time with its own lounge. Another first is the forum “The Independent” – group-independent publishers will present their new releases

Translators are often overshadowed by the authors -. In order to put more into focus, it is the first booster center. (AP)