Martina Hefter has won the 20th German Book Prize with her novel “Hey guten Morgen, wie geht es dir?” (Klett-Cotta).

The Helsinki Book Fair 24-27.10.2024 at the Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre offers programme on 17 stages. There will be two new stages – the Arabia stage, which focuses on craft and hobby literature, and the Busholmen stage for children’s literature in Swedish. In addition to the the star Finnish writers of 2024, more than 30 international guests will be appearing at the fair. “The unbelievable diversity of the programme is the strength of the Helsinki Book Fair,” says Programme Director Ville Blåfield.

Press release of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association The winner of the German Non-Fiction Prize 2024 is Christina Morina, for her work “Tausend Aufbrüche. Die Deutschen und ihre Demokratie seit den 1980er Jahren” (“A Thousand New Beginnings. Germans and Their Democracy Since the 1980s”) (Siedler Verlag). Statement from the jury: “There is a broad consensus that democracies around the world are in crisis. Yet the question of what it actually means to live democracy is often pushed into the background. Using sources that have received little attention to date, Christina Morina shows how a very different understanding of democracy developed in East and West Germany since the 1980s. Her methodically sophisticated and eye-opening contemporary historical analysis based on letters, petitions and leaflets gives a voice to citizens of East and West Germany. With this book, Morina offers surprising and necessary insights to spur current social debate. Her book risks a great deal, b

Tonio Schachinger has won the German Book Prize for his novel “Echtzeitalter” (“Realtimes”) (Rowohlt Verlag).

Ewald Frie receives the German Non-Fiction Prize 2023 for his work “Ein Hof und elf Geschwister”

Kim de l’Horizon has won the German Book Prize 2022 for their novel “Blutbuch” (DuMont). Statement from the jury: “With tremendous creative energy, the non-binary narrator of Kim de l’Horizon’s novel ‘Blutbuch’ (‘Blood Book’) searches for a language of their own. What narratives exist for a body that eludes conventional notions of gender? The fixed point of the narrative is Kim’s own grandmother – ‘Großmeer’ (literally ‘great sea’) in Bernese German – in whose ocean Kim risked drowning as a child and which they now swim free of through writing. The form of the novel is in constant motion. Every linguistic attempt, from vivid scenes to passages of essay-like memoir, reveals an urgency and literary innovation that challenged and inspired the jury.” The members of the jury for the German Book Prize 2022 are: jury spokesperson Miriam Zeh (Deutschlandfunk Kultur), Erich Klein (independent critic, Vienna), Frank Menden (bookshop “stories! Die Buchhandlung”, Hamburg), Uli Ormanns (bookshop “A

Stephan Malinowski wins the German Non-Fiction Prize 2022 for his book “Die Hohenzollern und die Nazis. Geschichte einer Kollaboration”

The winner of the German Book Prize 2021 is Antje Rávik Strubel for her novel “Blaue Frau” (S. Fischer).

The winner of the German Non-Fiction Prize 2021 is Jürgen Kaube for his book “Hegels Welt” (Rowohlt Berlin).

The winner of the German Book Prize 2020 is Anne Weber for her novel “Annette, ein Heldinnenepos” (Matthes & Seitz Berlin).

Börsenverein honours the best German-language novel of the year / Award ceremony with 300 guests at the Frankfurt Römer

The Helsinki Book Fair brings together numerous writers of fiction and non-fiction, researchers, scientists, politicians and many others for four days at the Helsinki Exhibitoin and Convention Centre. Theme country Sweden takes part in the event with a show of strength comprising 27 exhibitors and more than 30 performers. The Book Fair will be held 22–25.10 at the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre.

The Finnish Fair Corporation is pleased to invite you to the opening ceremony of the Helsinki Book Fair 2009. Time: Thursday 22 October 2009 at 11.00 Place: Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre, Aleksis Kivi stage, hall 6

The theme of this year’s Helsinki Book Fair is What’s Really Happening: the question set in Pentti Saarikoski’s collection of poems published in 1962. The Book Fair will be held 22 – 25.10.2009 at the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre.

The book world's much awaited grand event, the Helsinki Book Fair, opens its doors next Thursday. The event continues to expand. There is a record amount of floor space at the Fair's disposal right up to the inclusion of Hall 1. The number of programmes on offer has grown too from last year. All kinds of book and culture enthusiasts will gather in the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre 23-26.10.