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Anne Applebaum: Award-winning voice against autocrats
Anne Applebaum: Award-winning voice against autocrats
US-Polish historian Anne Applebaum talks about the danger to Western democracies from autocrats.
Frankfurt Book Fair 2024: Adult fiction booming
Frankfurt Book Fair 2024: Adult fiction booming
This year has seen record attendance at the festival. 'Romantasy' and 'Dark College' top the list of popular genres.
German Book Prize for Martina Hefter
German Book Prize for Martina Hefter
Martina Hefter receives the German Book Prize 2024 for her novel about so-called 'love scammers'.
Author Igiaba Scego explores Italy's colonial past in Africa
Author Igiaba Scego explores Italy's colonial past in Africa
In her writing, Igiaba Scego tells of Italy's repressed colonial past.
75 years of Frankfurt Book Fair: World stage for protests
75 years of Frankfurt Book Fair: World stage for protests
The Cold War and Iran's fatwa on Rushdie had an impact on the book fair, which opens with a controversy from Italy.
Italy's spotlight at Frankfurt Book Fair sparks controversy
Italy's spotlight at Frankfurt Book Fair sparks controversy
As guest of honor of the book fair, Italy has prompted fury by not inviting anti-Mafia author Roberto Saviano.
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In the spotlight
Anne Applebaum wins German peace prize for 2024
Polish-American historian and journalist, Anne Applebaum has won the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for 2024.
Franz Kafka: Genius plagued by self-doubt
Why does author Franz Kafka still fascinate readers around the world?
War for children: Armed conflict in picture books
First Ukraine, now Israel and Hamas — war stirs fear. What do children's picture books tell us about war?
Touring Slovenia's literary landscape
The literary scene in Slovenia, guest of honor at the 2023 Frankfurt Book Fair, has many strong voices.
Rushdie wins Peace Prize of German Book Trade
Writer Salman Rushdie is a passionate defender of freedom of thought, but that has come at a high price.
Salman Rushdie: 'Writers have no armies'
After surviving a brutal knife attack, the Indian-British author is at the Frankfurt Book Fair, where DW met him.
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