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MZ-book fair Eröffungsparty

A guest post by Rüdiger If Baum on the opening of the MZ-Book Fair

it in Leipzig 2100 exhibitors showing their new releases, so it was in Regensburg 5 publishers, on Wednesday, 11.3. As part of a Book Fair opening party had built up their stalls. The edition Colorful dogs Pustet, clearing Lohrbär and Spielberg Publisher provided the framework for a - compared to Leipzig - of course small, but very fine event, had to load the agent Zeitung in their media room.

opened by welcoming the many visitors by editor in chief Manfred Sauerer MZ-journalist Harald Raab Thomas force the round of talks on the red couch. The main topic was Kraft's biography of Jakob Wassermann (1873 - 1934), in his time one of the most widely read writers, unfortunately, almost forgotten today. Only his story "The Gold of Caxamarca" would sometimes be read as a school reading, as it is available in an inexpensive Reclam edition. (More under-www.jakob wassermann.de) The ex-Regensburg Erin Andrea Sixt, screenwriter and novelist, spoke about her book "7 backups for a life without cancer," in which she described her experiences in the treatment of breast cancer and affected routes to alternative treatment methods shows. can also look forward to film the horse whisperer Monty Roberts, to whom she wrote the screenplay. (Details at www.andreasixt.de) Jan Reiser, much sought after illustrator and comic artist, has in many months of work, the story of Brandner Kasper published as a picture book.