Leipzig Book Fair
As the book and media industry’s most important spring event, Leipzig Book Fair brings together readers, authors, publishers and cultural figures. For four days, it becomes a venue for discoveries, encounters and memorable moments that linger long afterwards.
Together with Europe’s largest reading festival Leipzig liest and the bustling community highlight Manga Comic Con , Leipzig Book Fair brings thousands of stories to life – in the exhibition halls, on numerous stages and at hundreds of reading venues across the city.
The upcoming Leipzig Book Fair will take place from 18 to 21 March 2027.
Exhibitor registration for 2027 is open!
Dates & Facts
- most important spring meeting of the book and media industry
- 2,044 exhibitors from over 54 countries
- 313,000 visitors at the exhibition center and throughout the city, including 55,000 trade visitors
- 3,500 participants in 3,100 events at 300 locations
- exhibition areas: offers for authors, fiction and non-fiction, children, youth and education, book art & graphics, art colleges, service providers of the book industry: non-book, specialist book, non-fiction & science, audio world, film & media, international, art book, music, travel, religion, newspapers and magazines
- 105,000 m² event area
- approximately 3,892 journalists
- in conjunction with the Manga Comic Con
- ideal sponsor: German Publishers and Booksellers Association (Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels e.V.)
- Next events:
- from 18 - 21 March 2027
- from 23 - 26 March 2028
