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Indonesia returns to Frankfurt Book Fair with 300 books

Indonesia returned to Germany’s Frankfurt Book Fair with 300 titles, comprising fiction, non-fiction and children books as well as comics from 11 local publishers

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Mon, October 16, 2017

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Indonesia returns to Frankfurt Book Fair with 300 books A visitor walks past a book display at the Frankfurt Book Fair on Oct. 13, 2017 in western Germany. (AFP/John Macdougall)

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ndonesia returned to Germany’s Frankfurt Book Fair with 300 titles, comprising fiction, non-fiction and children books as well as comics from 11 local publishers.

Antara news agency reported that authors Petty Elliot, Ada Avianti Armand, Ben Sohib and Aan Mansyur participated in the event.

Read also: Five things to do at the Frankfurt Book Fair

Indonesian Ambassador to Germany Fauzi Bowo said that since Indonesia's participation as guest of honor in the 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair, European publishers, particularly from Germany, were becoming more familiar with Indonesian literature.

Fauzi also mentioned that continuous participation in the event may give Indonesian literature the opportunity to appear on the global scene.

Frankfurt Book Fair is the world’s oldest and biggest book fair. This year’s edition, which ran from Oct. 11-15, selected France as the guest of honor. (jes/kes)

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