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See You In Frankfurt Life Before Letters

See You in Frankfurt!
There are two ways to grasp a foreign culture. One way goes through literature; the other, through love.

Life Before Letters
When I had read a book and closed it, it wasn’t only that I had wandered through the book; the story had also made its way through me.

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Riot in Frankfurt, Part I
Updated October 18, 2009 @ 9:31 am

The Wooden Rifle
Updated October 17, 2009 @ 3:34 am

The man I know, Mr. Peter Weidhaas, and the Frankfurt Book Fair
Updated October 15, 2009 @ 8:04 am

A Riot at the Book Fair – Peter Weidhaas (1968)
Updated March 11, 2010 @ 8:26 pm

Discovering a Peculiar Species of “Book Person” – Peter Weidhaas (1966)
Updated March 11, 2010 @ 8:26 pm

Please submit your stories about your visits to the Frankfurt Book Fair. We will feature them here!

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News

Paulo Coelho at the World Expo
Updated March 3, 2010 @ 4:58 am

The star author will represent Brazil’s pavilion in Shanghai.

From the Shanghai Daily :

BRAZIL yesterday appointed Paulo Coelho, the author of one of the world’s most read novels, “The Alchemist,” as ambassador of the country’s pavilion at the World Expo 2010. [read more]

Coelho’s The Alchemist appeared world-wide in 1988, and has gone on to sell some 30 million copies in more than 67 languages.

In 1994, Brazil was invited to be the Guest of Honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair. The novels of Paulo Coelho were among the most memorable and celebrated of that thematic year.

You can read more about Brazil and other Guest Countries at the Book Fair in Peter Weidhaas’s upcoming memoir, See You in Frankfurt!

The World Expo 2010 will be held in Shanghai May 1–October 31, 2010.

Publishing Perspectives on Youtube
Updated March 2, 2010 @ 7:07 am

Watch these videos from Publishing Perspectives on YouTube, including an exclusive interview with Peter Weidhaas!

The Publishing Perspectives news site has more background on this story about the Frankfurt Book Fair’s China Symposium.

Post Frankfurt Book Fair
Updated December 4, 2009 @ 11:58 pm

We have retooled the original website to focus on Peter’s books and to gather more stories from other people about their first time to the Frankfurt Book Fair. Please join us and share your story!

Frankfurt Book Fair Almost Here!
Updated October 7, 2009 @ 10:14 am

The Frankfurt Book Fair is almost here! Are you ready? Hopefully, this site will help you with tips, maps and near realtime information about the fair.

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Maps

Frankfurt Fair Grounds Location
Updated October 7, 2009 @ 8:55 am

Frankfurt City and Frankfurt Book Fair Map
Updated October 7, 2009 @ 8:55 am

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Tips

Plazes: Hotels in Frankfurt
Updated October 7, 2009 @ 8:54 am

Plazes: Clubs in Frankfurt
Updated October 7, 2009 @ 8:53 am

Plazes: Cafés in Frankfurt
Updated October 7, 2009 @ 8:53 am

Plazes: Bars in Frankfurt
Updated October 7, 2009 @ 8:53 am

Plazes: Restaurants in Frankfurt
Updated October 7, 2009 @ 8:52 am

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