http://seeyouinfrankfurt.com The Memoirs of Peter Weidhaas and Your guide to the past, present and future of the Frankfurt Book Fair. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:56:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Hong Kong Book Fair taking place this year from July 21-27, 2010,  is the biggest Chinese language book fair, with nearly one million attendees every year. This year, they are turning the e-page and including an electronic publishing section. Over 20 electronic publishers have booths at the 2010 ... http://seeyouinfrankfurt.com/2010/07/hong-kong-book-fair-turns-the-e-page/ We are saddened to learn of the passing of Portuguese Nobel Prize-winning novelist José Saramago, a true favorite of the Frankfurt Book Fair. José Saramago (b. 1922) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998. That very same year, Lisbon was hosting the World Expo, and the Frankfurt Book Fair ... http://seeyouinfrankfurt.com/2010/06/jose-saramago/ One of the more useful discussion sites we follow is the Frankfurt Book Fair group at the professional network LinkedIn. You need a LinkedIn account to take part, but with that you can join the Frankfurt Book Fair group to follow discussions, news, and connect up with other Book Fair-goers. Your ... http://seeyouinfrankfurt.com/2010/06/get-linked-in-to-the-frankfurt-book-fair/ Book Expo America is on in New York May 25–27! We just got word that the Frankfurt Book Fair will be showing at the German Stand (#2341), and have invited attendees to a reception on Wednesday, May 26 at 5pm. And while you are here, we welcome you to come visit ... http://seeyouinfrankfurt.com/2010/05/frankfurt-in-new-york/ To receive the current weather conditions, updated hourly, we're following @FrankfurtDE on Twitter. You should too, whether coming to Frankfurt or already here! http://seeyouinfrankfurt.com/2010/03/follow-frankfurtde-for-all-your-weather-updates/ 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 ... http://seeyouinfrankfurt.com/2010/03/paulo-coelho-at-the-world-expo/ 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. http://seeyouinfrankfurt.com/2010/03/publishing-perspectives-on-youtube/ 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! http://seeyouinfrankfurt.com/2009/12/post-frankfurt-book-fair/ Life Before Letters, Chapter 8: 1968 At the 20th Frankfurt Book Fair, my first Book Fair as part of the organizational team, I participated only as an observer. As a new colleague in the exhibition department, I was not directly involved in the work of the Fair, though here and there ... http://seeyouinfrankfurt.com/2009/10/riot-in-frankfurt-part-i/ An excerpt from Life Before Letters by Peter Weidhaas Chapter 6: Going Home Again They say that life moves forward in seven-year segments. My childhood, the period from birth to age 7, 1938 to 1945, I can call nothing other than “happy.” The war seemed to be an adventure. Thanks to my parents' ... http://seeyouinfrankfurt.com/2009/10/the-wooden-rifle/