Woche der Meinungsfreiheit now is up and running through next Monday (May 10), and includes opportunities for international citizens to sign on to its charter.
Having grown quickly, the program has been developed by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, Germany’s publishers and booksellers association, and now has been joined by an impressive roster of close to 35 partners including Amnesty International, Reporters Without Borders, Frankfurter Buchmesse, PEN Center Germany, the Eintracht Frankfurt sports club and its influential president Peter Fischer, the Gutenberg Book Guild, the Anne Frank Educational Center, and the Goethe-Institut.
And today’s news (May 5) from the United States about Facebook’s oversight board and Donald Trump’s social-media account may well play into some of the Freedom of Expression Week debates, discussions, presentations, and performances. As Elizabeth Linder, a former Facebook executive, has said today in a CNN interview from London, the
The FuturePublish conference in Berlin was one of the last physical events of its kind in 2020, and will be a digital show in January 2021.
At the 2019 FuturePublish event. Image: Literaturtest, Sandra Ratkovic
Sixth Annual FuturePublish Event
One of the earliest events in international publishing in 2021 will the January 14 and 15 FuturePublish digital program from Berlin, produced again by Literaturtest.
An extended early-bird ticketing period for the program ends on Wednesday (December 16), with the main entry price coming in at €199 (US$242).
And while many of us are looking at how to pull off a strong recovery from this year of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, the opening keynote on the 14th will feature Hunter Bliss on “How German Publishers Can Save the Next Century.”