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Frankfurt Book Fair names new CEO

Thursday, 29 January 2026    Books+Publishing
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Joachim Kaufmann has been named the next president and CEO of the Frankfurt Book Fair (Frankfurter Buchmesse), effective September 2026, reported Publishers Weekly (PW). Kaufmann will take over after this year’s fair, which runs from 7 to 11 October. He succeeds Juergen Boos, who has been CEO since 2005. “As...

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