Overview

• The 77th edition runs October 15–19, with the Buchpreis awarded October 13, an opening ceremony on October 14, and the Friedenspreis for Karl Schlögel on October 19 at the Paulskirche.
• Headline guests include Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and former NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, who join the new Center Stage debates under the "Frankfurt Calling" banner.
• More than a thousand authors are expected, alongside exhibitors from 92 countries and trade visitors from about 140 countries.
• New formats broaden the fair into adjacent markets, featuring a Festhalle "Meet the Author" zone, a glass-walled podcast studio, a Hörbuch Silent Disco, Book-to-Screen sessions, and the Kids Festival Spacebuzz One with astronaut Matthias Maurer.
• The Philippines leads the guest program with 100-plus writers and artists, a pavilion highlighting the archipelago’s diversity, and about 60 new titles appearing in German.