The design of the Taiwan Pavilion at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2022 is based on the concept of "Barbershop", which captures the elements of neon rotating lights, grooming mirrors and tiles in traditional houses to show the cultural landscape of Taiwan.

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[Reporter Tu Yingru/Taipei Report] "2022 Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany", an important event in the global publishing market, will be held from October 19 to 23. The Cultural Content Planning Institute (Courtesy Institute) will arrange 110 international copyright conferences during the exhibition this year. The opening event of the Taiwan Pavilion was held on the afternoon of the 19th, German time. Ambassador Xie Zhiwei of the Taipei Representative Office in Germany, as well as representatives of book fairs from various countries, international publishing media, and publishing houses that had purchased the copyright of Taiwanese books, etc. were invited to attend the event. )” as the theme to introduce the wonderful Taiwanese cultural content to international professionals.

Xie Zhiwei (left), Ambassador of the Taipei Representative Office in Germany, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the Taiwan Pavilion.

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This year, the Taiwan Pavilion has planned booths in the three major exhibition areas of "Asia Pavilion", "Comic Pavilion" and "ARTS+". A total of 92 publishing houses jointly participated in, promoted and displayed 451 publications, curated by the Taipei Book Fair Foundation, Artist Zou Junsheng is coordinating visual design and curatorial consultants, and a special resident copyright officer has been set up.

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The "Asia Pavilion" exhibition area displays the "Women's Writing", "Books from Taiwan" and "Publishing House" areas, and there are many more award-winning works including the Golden Tripod Award, the Golden Man Award, the Taiwan Literature Award, the Taipei Book Fair Award, as well as the published works in recent years. Recommended publications; the "Comic Gallery" exhibition area displays graphic novels and comic publications with potential for foreign translation markets; the "ARTS+" exhibition area includes works that have outstanding cross-domain performance in domestic texts in recent years, and actively develop IP cross-domain works.

In addition to exhibition hall exhibitions and copyright exchange activities, the Taiwan Pavilion also plans a Taiwan-specific copyright promotion conference, author recommendation activities, professional forums, etc. in the image category of Taiwanese literature and children's books and comics. Cellist Guo Zhewei improvised a comic concert, and held a professional forum in the conference "Publishing Viewpoint Forum" to discuss the general situation of Taiwan's publishing, focusing on the characteristics of Taiwan's publishing, and invited the Taiwan Pavilion to recommend authors to share their creative views according to the theme.

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