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Philippe Sands awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2026
Award ceremony at Frankfurter Paulskirche / in his acceptance speach Sands spoke about the burden and dangers of silence
Start of Frankfurter Buchmesse: “Two-fold theft by AI: first our books, then our thoughts”
Chairman of the Börsenverein Sebastian Guggolz warns of declining reading literacy and gaps in AI regulation / “The Frankfurt Appeal” on generative AI already backed by 120 publishers
Shida Bazyar receives the German Book Prize 2026 for “Die Lücken” (“Omissions”)
Shida Bazyar has won the German Book Prize 2026 with her novel “Die Lücken” (Kiepenheuer & Witsch).
German Book Prize 2026: six novels on the shortlist
Awards ceremony in the Kaisersaal of the Frankfurt Römer on 5 October 2026
2026 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade: Mirjam Zadoff to deliver speech honouring Philippe Sands
Director of the Munich Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism and member of the Peace Prize’s Board of Trustees to speak at the ceremony on 11 October in Frankfurt’s Church of St. Paul / All Peace Prize speeches to be published in book
German Book Prize 2026: introducing the 20 nominated novels
Longlist released / 205 titles were in the running / Shortlist to be announced on 8 September
Reading literacy declining, Need for action is growing: Young people are buying fewer books
Book buyers aged 10 to 15 down by nearly one-third / Total industry turnover decline of 2.7 percent / Media and reading literacy must become a top political priority / Current market figures can be found at: www.boersenverein.de/buchmarkt
Philippe Sands to receive the 2026 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
French-British lawyer and author receives the Peace Prize / Award ceremony on 11 October
Konstantin Richter receives the German Non-Fiction Prize 2026 for “Dreihundert Männer. Aufstieg und Fall der Deutschland AG”
Jury states: “Richter exposes what lies behind the abstract notion of the ‘German economy’” / Award ceremony at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg
German Non-Fiction Prize 2026: presenting the nominees
239 titles were in the running / Awards ceremony on 8 June 2026 in the Small Hall of the Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg