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German actor and author Sky du Mont talks about his new book at the Leipzig Book Fair / Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa

Sky du Mont looks forward to almond croissants and soccer

The actor and author Sky du Mont can take a lot of positives from small moments. "To say that everything is rosy would be nonsense," said the 76-year-old on Friday during the Leipzig Book Fair. "But I'm looking forward to things."At the presentation of his latest book "Ich freu mich schon auf morgen ..

Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits the Leipzig Book Fair. / Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa

Steinmeier at the Leipzig Book Fair

Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited the Leipzig Book Fair on Thursday. Alongside a number of publishers, Steinmeier visited the stands of Ukraine and the guest country duo of the Netherlands and the Belgian region of Flanders, which are presenting themselves as a linguistic community.A ..

The first visitors flock to the Leipzig Book Fair. / Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa

Netherlands and Flanders open as guest countries in Leipzig

The Netherlands and the Belgian region of Flanders have started the Leipzig Book Fair as guest countries. Until Sunday, they want to focus on the Dutch-speaking world under the motto "Everything but flat". "This gives us the opportunity to join forces and show how our literary landscape is structure ..

"Everything but flat" is written above the stand of the guest country, the Netherlands, at the Leipzig Book Fair. / Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa

Leipzig Book Fair opens its doors to visitors

The Leipzig Book Fair opens its doors to visitors on Thursday - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will also be there for the opening. Around 100 events are planned until Sunday (March 24). A total of 41 authors will be guests - including Marc-Uwe Kling ("The Kangaroo Chronicles"), Ingrid Noll ..

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks at the official opening event of the Leipzig Book Fair in the Gewandhaus / Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa

Scholz: More surprise behind the cover of a book than online

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz has outed himself as a bookworm. "We all - and I include myself in this - share a love of reading," said the SPD politician on Wednesday evening at the opening of the book fair in Leipzig. "Whether as a child in the evening before going to sleep, as a young politician ..

Jana Kielczynski from ZWA Design pastes the Book Fair logo on the 36 steps of a staircase. / Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa

Additional stops for long-distance trains to the Leipzig Book Fair

During the Leipzig Book Fair (March 21 to 24), Deutsche Bahn ICE and IC trains will also stop at the Leipzig-Messe station. This applies to trains on the Berlin-Munich, Wiesbaden-Dresden and Leipzig-Hanover routes, Deutsche Bahn announced on Wednesday. In addition, a special train will run directly ..

Visitors walk down a staircase with the Leipzig Book Fair logo. / Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa/Archive image

Announcement of the nominees for the Book Fair Prize

The jury for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize will announce this Thursday which authors can hope to win the coveted award. Five candidates will be nominated in each of the three categories of fiction, non-fiction/essay writing and translation. This year, 177 publishers submitted 486 works. The prize is e ..

Visitors walk down a staircase with the logo of the Leipzig Book Fair at the beginning of the fair day... / Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa/archive image

Almost 500 works submitted for Leipzig Book Fair Prize

486 works have been submitted for the Leipzig Book Fair 2024 Prize. 177 publishers had sent their books into the race, the book fair announced Thursday. The prize is awarded in the categories of fiction, non-fiction/essay and translation. It is endowed with a total of 60,000 euros.The nominees are t ..

A woman sits between advertising posters for the Leipzig Book Fair at a bus stop / Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa

Leipzig Book Fair: Roth sees "celebration of democracy

After a three-year forced break from Corona, the Leipzig Book Fair is back. The spring meeting of the book industry will open Wednesday (7 p.m.) with a ceremony at the Gewandhaus. At the same time, the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding, endowed with 20,000 euros, will be awarded to the R ..