Overview
- The fair and the 'Leipzig liest' festival run March 19–22 with roughly 2,000 events spanning readings, debates and awards.
- The guest-country slot is replaced by a Danube-region theme curated under 'Unter Strom und zwischen Welten' with about 24 presentations and discussions.
- Exhibitor numbers are slightly above last year’s 2,040, which organizers describe as a vote of confidence from the industry.
- An 18-hour nonstop reading of Juli Zeh’s 'Unterleuten' will feature contributions from the author and fair director Astrid Böhmisch.
- Audio gains are front and center as the sector’s revenue rose 49.6% since 2019, with more audio exhibitors and BookBeat debuting on site to present popular-audiobook awards.