Jeanne Rubner is appointed jury spokesperson / Award ceremony to be held on 1 June 2023 in the Small Hall of the Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg
Decline in turnover of 2.1 per cent across central sales channels compared to 2021 / Physical bookstore business picks up again in 2022 after months of store closures in past year
Seven jury members chosen / Publishers may submit titles until
18 November 2022 / Call for submissions on anmeldung.deutscher-sachbuchpreis.de
The Ukrainian writer, poet, translator and musician Serhiy Zhadan was awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade today. The speech honouring this year’s recipient was given by author, playwright and curator Sasha Marianna Salzmann.
Immer.App is awarded first place and receives the innovation prize of 10,000 euro / Sponsorship programme for startups to be continued in 2023 / Companies from the industry can sponsor the programme and take up a place on the jury
Opening of Frankfurter Buchmesse 2022 / Rising costs putting publishers and bookstores under pressure / Appeal to policymakers: long-term support for the book industry as well as short-term relief measures for small and medium-sized enterprises
Kim de l’Horizon has won the German Book Prize 2022 for their novel “Blutbuch” (DuMont).
Watching the award ceremony live on www.deutscher-buchpreis.de
Publishers may submit titles until 18 November 2022 / The city of Hamburg and ZEIT-Stiftung (ZEIT Foundation) are new partners / Award ceremony to be held in the Elbphilharmonie concert hall
Six novels chosen for shortlist of German Book Prize 2022