On the move at Frankfurt Book Fair
A voyage through Frankfurt Book Fair, held from 8 to 12 October. The Picture Gallery, by Vinutha Mallya, contains 31 views of the show, providing a snapshot of the buzz inside and outside the halls of the Fair.
06 Nov 2014 | By Rahul Kumar
The Agora, open courtyard in Messe Frankfurt
In Hall 4.1 visitors look at art books
The official India Stand in Hall 5.1
Inside the official India Stand in Hall 5.1
Catalogues by National Book Trust, of selections of books from India
Catalogues by National Book Trust, of selections of books from India
Catalogues by National Book Trust, of selections of books from India
Catalogues by National Book Trust, of selections of books from India
A selection of children’s books published by Indian publishers, including its own, displayed by National Book Trust
A talk by writers from India, part of the Indian writers’ delegation
Konkani writer Damodar Mauzo’s book Teresa’s Man, published by Rupa Publications, was released at the Fair by Christian Weiss, publisher of Heidelberg-based publishing house, Draupadi Verlag. Also seen in the photograph is M K Muneer, Minister for Social Welfare and Panchayat, Government of Kerala; and, Dr K Sreenivas Rao, Secretary, SahityaAkademi. Other members of the Indian contingent of writers were also present at the launch.
The Goan Konkani writer Damodar Mauzo speaking on Konkani language and literature
A photography book on Indian women, by Nicholaus Schmidt, published by a Berlin-based publishing house
The stand in Hall 4.2 of Focus Medica, the Bangalore-based innovative digital publisher
Mapin Publishing’s stand with illustrated books on India, in Hall 5.0
The newly formed South Asia and South East Asia Alliance’s (SESA) stand of independent publishers from the region
A view of Hall 6.0, which housed the LitAg (literary agents’ centre), and also the Antiquarian Book Fair
In Hall 8, John Ingram, CEO of Ingram Content Group, talks about the future steps of his company. The Ingram Group, which is eyeing a stronger presence in India, is the world’s largest distributor of physical and global content
A discussion “Small Shops, Big Books” where two well-known independent publishers from the USA spoke on how small presses like theirs accomplished a lot with limited resources
UNESCO World Book Capital for 2014 is Port Harcourt in Nigeria
A view of the Russian national stand in Hall 5.0
Romanian authors reading from their works in the Romania national stand in Hall 5.0
Crowds crossing paths between halls
Close-up of a children’s books publisher’s stand
Finland was Guest of Honour this year. Their presence was branded as ‘Finland Cool’
Finland Cool stand in Hall 5.0
Indonesia will be the Guest of Honour Country in 2015
An author being interviewed on the “Blue Sofa
The stand of the International Publishers Association. The next IPA Congress will be held in Bangkok in March 2015
When the Fair opens to the general public on Saturday and Sunday, young people come in droves wearing colourful costumes
Several second-hand book stalls set up each year during the Fair, located at the entrance to the Messe Frankfurt
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