OPEN BOOKS 2024 – Opening event with the Blue Sofa
Book Fair
begin 15.10.2024, 20:00
end 15.10.2024, 21:30
location Frankfurt am Main
To mark the Frankfurt Book Fair, the OPEN BOOKS reading festival will once again present the major new publications of the literary autumn. The city's reading festival is traditionally launched at the German National Library in conjunction with the Blue Sofa, the Bertelsmann authors' forum. The guests will be the author Anna Katharina Hahn („Der Chor“, Suhrkamp), the author Christoph Peters („Innerstädtischer Tod“, Luchterhand), the archaeologist Harald Meller and the historian and literary scholar Kai Michel („Die Evolution der Gewalt“, dtv) as well as the winner of the German Book Prize 2024.
Anna Katharina Hahn, photo: Heike Steinweg
Christoph Peters, photo: Peter-von-Felbert
Harald Meller, photo: Christiane Gundlach
Kai Michel, photo: Christiane Gundlach
Moderated by: Cécile Schortmann, Lara Sielmann, Sonja Vandenrath and Dominik Pöll.
The Blue Sofa in Frankfurt am Main is organised by Bertelsmann in collaboration with Frankfurt am Main's Department of Culture (Kulturamt) and the German National Library.
Information and contact
The event will be held in German.
Venue: Lecture hall, German National Library in Frankfurt am Main
Costs: 10,00 Euro / concessions 7,00 Euro
Duration: 90 minutes
Booking: Tickets available from 9 September at www.openbooks-frankfurt.de. Remaining tickets at the box office.
Cloakroom info: Please leave your coats, jackets and umbrellas in the cloakroom. You will need two two-Euro coins to store your bags and jackets in the lockers.
Accessibility: The area in which the event will be taking place is barrier-free accessible.
Contact: veranstaltungen@dnb.de
Address and getting here
German National Library
Adickesallee 1
60322 Frankfurt am Main
Getting here
We advise you to use public transport.
1 / By public transport
By rail
From the main railway station (underground level), take the U5 in the direction of Preungesheim and get off at the stop “Deutsche Nationalbibliothek”. Journey time approx. 10 minutes.
By plane
From the airport (regional station), take S-Bahn S8 in the direction of Hanau or the S9 in the direction of Offenbach and get off at “Konstablerwache”. Change to the U5 in the direction of Preungesheim and get off at the stop “Deutsche Nationalbibliothek”. Journey time approx. 30 minutes.
By bus
The “Deutsche Nationalbibliothek” bus stop is served by the number M32 bus.
2 / By bike
The German National Library in Frankfurt am Main can easily be reached by bike. You can get to the DNB by taking the cycle paths on Adickesallee, Nibelungenallee, and Eckenheimer Landtraße.
Covered bicycle racks are located right at the main entrance.
3 / By car
The address for navigation devices is Eckenheimer Landstraße 165. The building is accessed from the underground car park. The maximum entrance height is 2.0 m.
Approaching from the west
Take the A66 to the end of the autobahn in Miquelallee and follow the signs for Fulda/Hanau; at the third intersection, turn right into Eckenheimer Landstraße in the direction of the city centre; follow the signs and turn right into the underground car park.
Approaching from the north
Take the A661 to the Eckenheim exit, get into the lane for the city centre/Eckenheim, continue straight on to the third major set of traffic lights and cross these. The entrance to the underground car park is located at the German National Library building around 100 metres further on the right.
Parking
Our car park has 100 parking spaces for visitors on the first basement floor.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 6:00 to 22:00, Saturday 8:00 to 18:00.
Fees: 2.00 Euro/hour, cash or card payment.
The permanent rental of parking spaces is not possible.
For on-street parking spaces in the Holzhausenviertel district, the City of Frankfurt of Main charges 50 cents per quarter hour or part thereof from Monday to Friday between 7:00 and 19:00.
4 / Accessibility
The German National Library in Frankfurt am Main has designated disabled parking spaces in its car park and next to the building in Schlosserstraße. The Library's public rooms can be accessed by lift from the underground car park. Barrier-free access to the main entrance is also available from Schlosserstraße.
Last changes:
28.08.2024
