Stefan Koldehoff is appointed jury spokesperson / Award ceremony to be held on 11 June 2024 in the Small Hall of the Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg
Umsatz in zentralen Vertriebswegen gegenüber 2022 um 2,9 Prozent gestiegen, Absatz jedoch um 1,9 Prozent gesunken / Belletristik mit starken Zuwächsen / Buchhandlungen und Verlage weiter unter Druck
Increase in turnover of 2.9 per cent across central sales channels compared to 2022, however sales fell by 1.9 per cent / Strong growth for fiction / Bookstores and publishing houses remain under pressure
Seven jury members nominated / Publishers can register titles until 17 November 2023 / Call for submissions on anmeldung.deutscher-sachbuchpreis.de
Rushdie: "Peace, right now, feels like a fantasy born of a narcotic smoked in a pipe"
First place awarded to reading support app GoLexic / Winner receives the innovation prize of 10,000 euro / Sponsorship programme for startups to be continued in 2024 / Companies from the industry can sponsor the programme and take up a place on the jury
Opening of the Frankfurt Book Fair 2023 / Book industry’s aim to play a role in strengthening democracy / Small publishing houses in particular at their limit due to economic pressure - structural support urgently needed to maintain diversity on the book
Tonio Schachinger has won the German Book Prize for his novel “Echtzeitalter” (“Realtimes”) (Rowohlt Verlag).
Livestream on 16 October from 6 p.m. / all books on the shortlist accessible to all
200-sqm country stand / Programme featuring renowned Ukrainian authors / Illustration exhibition and multimedia projects