| What's Happening at Frankfurter Buchmesse: Events on October 20, 2021 |
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Frankfurter Buchmesse Event Highlights: Wednesday, October 20
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10:00 – 10:30 on the ARD Stage:
ARD Stage (Festhalle) – Juergen Boos in Conversation with Kim Thúy and Michel Jean
Canada is an eclectic and multicultural nation, and its literature is currently bursting with new voices and perspectives. Hear this fascinating discussion with two writers currently making waves in Canada’s literary circles: award-winning writer Kim Thúy; and bestselling Innu writer, TV news anchor and investigative journalist Michel Jean.
Watch the event at buchmesse.ard.de or in Festhalle. |
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10:00 – 10:50 in the Frankfurt Studio
Markus Dohle in Conversation with Porter Anderson
Live interview with Markus Dohle, worldwide CEO of Penguin Random House, the world's largest trade book publisher.
Watch the livestream at buchmesse.de or in the Agora. |
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11:00 – 12:00 in the Frankfurt Studio
The Impact of COVID on the Global Publishing Industry
Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the global economy. At this digital panel, co-organised by WIPO and Frankfurter Buchmesse, the chief economist of WIPO, Carsten Fink, will launch the WIPO Publishing Industry Report and, together with three industry experts, will take a closer look at the impact of Covid-19 on the publishing industries. Produced by WIPO and IPA.
Watch the livestream at buchmesse.de or in the Agora. |
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11:00 – 12:00 on the ARD Stage
Sagenhaftes Island and beyond: the travels of modern Icelandic literature in translation
Ten years ago, this fall, Iceland was Guest of Honour at the Frankfurter Buchmesse. What did we learn, and how useful was it for Icelandic literature abroad?
Watch the event at buchmesse.ard.de or in Festhalle. |
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13:30 — 14:00 on the ARD Stage
Conversation with the Winner of the 2021 German Book Prize (in German)
Hear Antje Rávik Strubel discuss her German Book Prize-winning novel, Blue Woman (published by S. Fischer), in conversation with Cécile Schortmann.
Watch the event at buchmesse.ard.de or in Festhalle. |
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14:00 – 14:50 in the Frankfurt Studio
Global CEO Talk
The Global 50 CEO Talk 2021 will investigate deep transformative shifts that currently re-define much of the international book business, notably the strong push in mergers and acquisitions, and the consumer centric business strategies with two pre-eminent guest speakers: New York based investment banker Robin Warner of Oaklins DeSilva+Phillips, and Klaus Driever of Munich based Allianz Group, in conversation with Rüdiger Wischenbart.
Watch the livestream at buchmesse.de or in the Agora. |
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18:00 – 19:00 on the Frankfurt livestream
The 2021 Finalists Announcement of the Cundill History Prize
Historian, author, broadcaster, academic and former Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada Michael Ignatieff is Chair of the Jury for the 2021 Cundill History Prize. For this special event – revealing the three finalists for the leading international history prize – he is joined by Margaret MacMillan, Professor of History at the University of Toronto and Emeritus Professor of International History at Oxford University, and broadcaster and "History Hit" host Dan Snow.
Watch the livestream at buchmesse.de or in the Agora. |
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