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.
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
