The 70th Frankfurter Buchmesse ended with an increase of 0.8 percent in visitors at the weekend and a slight decrease of 1.8 percent during the trade visitor days. A total of 285,024 (2017: 286,425) visitors attended the fair, 0.5 percent less than in 2017. Overall, international attendance increased at the fair this year, both in terms of exhibitors and trade visitors. With 7,503 exhibitors from 109 countries taking part at this year's Frankfurter Buchmesse, the fair experienced a slight increase. The Literary Agents & Scouts Centre (LitAg) also grew once again, with 528 booked tables (2017: 500 tables), 795 agents (788) and 337 agencies (321) from 31 countries, including 19 new agencies. A total of 3,000 people took part in the conferences and workshops in THE ARTS+ area, while 125,000 people visited the innovative area in Hall 4.1. The BOOKFEST events in the Frankfurt Pavilion and in the city attracted 25,000 visitors.
The campaign On The Same Page also attracted international attention. Initiated by Frankfurter Buchmesse and the German Publishers and Booksellers Association and carried out in cooperation with ARTE, ZDF and DER SPIEGEL and with support from the United Nations and Amnesty International, the campaign will be further developed in coming months.
One highlight was the new Frankfurt Pavilion, which was opened by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. World-class authors turned Frankfurter Buchmesse into a literary festival: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie set the tone with her impressive speech on highly current topics such as migration, racism and women's rights. During the five days of the fair, authors such as Paul Beatty, Dmitry Glukhovsky, Maja Lunde, Laksmi Pamuntiak, David Sedaris, Nguyen Ngoc Tu, Meg Wolitzer and many others thrilled their audiences.
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