Overview

• Frankfurt Book Fair director Juergen Boos unveiled the guest of honor program this week, describing it as a window onto Pacific cultures set to run Oct. 15-19, 2025.
• The pavilion’s modular 'islands' allow attendees to engage with landmark Philippine texts alongside recent releases in thematic displays.
• Initiator Loren Legarda says the lineup will challenge clichés by featuring voices on colonialism, dictatorship, diaspora, catastrophes and the threat of climate change.
• Beyond the fairgrounds, around 100 delegates will present exhibitions, concerts, film screenings and popular Fliptop rap battles at venues across Germany.
• Themed 'Fantasie beseelt sie Luft,' the initiative underscores the Philippines’ 7,641-island archipelago and more than 130 languages to highlight its cultural complexity.