http://seeyouinfrankfurt.com The Memoirs of Peter Weidhaas and Your guide to the past, present and future of the Frankfurt Book Fair. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:01:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ One day in March of 2000, I arrived at Frankfurt. I had an appointment to meet a friend for a date we’d set up 6 months earlier. In March, Frankfurt is much colder than in October, when the annual book fair is held, because it is the chilly Springtime. My ... http://seeyouinfrankfurt.com/2009/10/the-man-i-know-mr-peter-weidhaas-and-the-frankfurt-book-fair/ 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. http://seeyouinfrankfurt.com/2009/10/frankfurt-book-fair-almost-here/ View Larger Map http://seeyouinfrankfurt.com/2009/10/frankfurt-fair-grounds-location/ View Larger Map http://seeyouinfrankfurt.com/2009/10/frankfurt-city-and-frankfurt-book-fair-map/