Frankfurt Book Fair announced that they will be expanding the children’s and YA portions of the event by adding space and programming. Hall Four will now become the hub for children’s publishing, with children’s and YA publishers from all of the DACH (German-speaking) regions exhibiting there. This year, the Fair will also add the Imagination Stage, which will host the Kids Conference, a panel discussion by Manchester Metropolitan University on diversity in children’s and young adult literature, and talks on “cross-media storytelling and funding opportunities for publishers.” The weekend after the festival the stage will become part of the Frankfurt […]