Zelensky will address the book community at Frankfurt Book Fair

The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will deliver a speech at Frankfurt Book Fair.

His speech will take place on October 20 at 12:30 at Harmonie Room at Congress Centre. The event is open for public.

The initiators of inviting Volodymyr Zelensky to address the book community are Frankfurter Buchmesse and Federation of European Publishers.

Everyone interested in participating is welcome to send a letter to [email protected]

The Federation of European Publishers has also sent a letter to the President of Ukrainian Publishers & Booksellers Association Aleksandr Afonin in which they invited him to give a speech, too. In the letter they have also mentioned Zelensky’s participation.

Frankfurt Book Fair (Frankfurter Buchmesse) is the most remarkable international book fair in the world. It is also an important social and cultural event. It aims at being the most significant business event for publishers informing them about world trends in publishing, giving the opportunity to establish the contact with various market players and most importantly at helping them implement innovative business models in book and media industry.

It shall be reminded that 2022 Frankfurt Book Fair will take place on October 19-23. The honorable guest is Spain. 

There will be over 4000 participants from more than 80 countries. Ukraine will be presented by 10 writers and 45 publishers.