The Frankfurt Book Fair is considering bringing the book show forward.
"We are pleased with every thought that exhibitors have about the safety of the fair," said head of the stock exchange association Karin Schmidt-Friderichs: "That meets with open ears." to be held.
In the FAZ interview, the Frankfurt publisher Joachim Unseld suggested bringing the book show forward, pointing to the increasing incidence of corona in autumn.
Florian Balke
Culture editor in the Rhein-Main-Zeitung.
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According to a statement from the book show, the desire to move the event due to the pandemic situation is understandable: “Some German exhibitors have already approached us about it.” A move to September 2022 has been considered, due to the utilization of the exhibition center by numerous postponed events but it would have been impossible for Messe Frankfurt.
For the next few years, the possibility of an earlier trade fair will be evaluated together with Messe Frankfurt.
It is also about the interests of the international exhibitors.
The book fair has a complex schedule structure, said Schmidt-Friderichs: "Conditions from all over the world, from Messe Frankfurt and the German publishers must be taken into account." it's probably quite difficult, but I would check it all out."
In an online survey by the "Börsenblatt", which referred to the FAZ interview with Unseld, around 73 percent of the readers of the industry magazine were in favor of bringing the Frankfurt Book Fair forward.
About 27 percent opposed it.
Most recently, the Leipzig Book Fair, which should have taken place from March 17th to 20th, was canceled to avoid contagion.
The pop-up fair organized by numerous small publishers as a replacement has reportedly not remained without corona cases.
According to the organizers, the "Buch Berlin" with 400 exhibitors will be moved from November 2022 to mid-September to protect against Corona.