Frankfurt is reading a book

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Frankfurt reads a book is a reading festival that has been held in Frankfurt am Main every April since 2010 . It is organized and initiated by the Frankfurt Reads a Book Association. The idea for the reading festival comes from the Frankfurt publisher Klaus Schöffling . The aim of the campaign is to "make a book a topic of conversation and a communal experience for everyone in the city of Frankfurt am Main" every year. The program includes around 100 public events each year, including readings, exhibitions, guided tours, as well as film and theater performances. From 2010 to 2017 a total of almost 100,000 visitors took part. All the books selected so far are novels set in Frankfurt in the 20th century. In 2016 the project was awarded the BKM Prize for Cultural Education . Sabine Baumann has been the chairwoman of the association since August 30, 2017 , Silke Haug is the vice chairwoman, and Hildegard Upgang has been treasurer since August 2019.

Previous events

year Book title author Publisher of the new edition Year of first edition
2010 Kaiserhofstrasse 12 Valentin Senger Schöffling 1978
2011 Abandonment Wilhelm Genazino Hanser 1977-1979
2012 Yesterday's streets Silvia Tennenbaum Schöffling 1983
2013 broom Siegfried Kracauer Suhrkamp 1928
2014 The idiots Eckhard Henscheid Schöffling 1973
2015 Greetings and kisses to everyone. The story of the family of Anne Frank Mirjam Pressler S. Fischer 2009
2016 Frankfurt forbidden Dieter David Seuthe White books 2013
2017 Benjamin and his fathers Herbert Heckmann Schöffling 1962
2018 The seventh cross Anna Seghers construction 1942
2019 West end Martin Mosebach Rowohlt 1992
2020 Rosemarie - the German miracle's dearest child Erich Kuby Schöffling 1958

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  1. ↑ "The Seventh Cross" selected by Anna Seghers . boersenblatt.net, August 31, 2017, accessed September 5, 2017
  2. ↑ Frankfurt is reading a book - imprint. Retrieved June 16, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany , the event was postponed to autumn 2020; see. the related announcement .