This is also confirmed by the news that the publishing house Aukso Žuvys has received a special invitation to attend the fair this year, alongside 20 other independent publishers selected from around the world who publish children’s literature (“Invitation Programme 2021“). Children’s literature agent Benas Bėrantas, who presented the latest children’s literature, expressed delight that the pandemic did not halt the increasing interest in Lithuanian authors of children’s literature and the foreign publishers who visited the stand claimed that these books stand out due to their topics as well as due to the publishers’ focus on the books’ quality. On Wednesday and Thursday, meetings with publishers were held at Lithuania’s stand. Fiction and non-fiction, which presents 13 fiction, and 4 documentary works, the journal Vilnius Review, etc. Lithuania’s stand includes traditional publications that represent Lithuanian book culture: the catalogues Gražiausios metų knygos 2020 / The Most Beautiful Lithuanian Books of 2020, Best Lithuanian Books for Children and Young Adults 2019–2020, informational publication Books from Lithuania 2019–2020. Lithuanian publishers are once again participating in the Frankfurt Book Fair as well. Starting from today, the public is able to enter the book fair as well. Creativity and dedication allowed books to remain accessible in spite of closed bookstores”, Karin Schmidt-Friderichs, the President of the German Booksellers and Publishers Association, noted during the fair’s opening.

“The crisis has shown how important books are to society. This Wednesday marked the start of the 73rd Frankfurt Book Fair, which, following a two-year break, invited publishing professionals to the largest event of the literary community dedicated to discussions of the latest literature, book trends, and the present and the future of publishing.

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