Buch Wien Bigger Than Ever: Over 100 Additional Program Points

The Buch Wien is growing: This year's edition of the book fair, from November 12 to 16, features 5,000 additional square meters in Hall C of the Messe Wien, with three new stages and over 100 additional event points. This was announced on Wednesday.

Buch Wien 2025: Shila Behjat is the Opening Speaker

Last year, 65,000 visitors set an attendance record at the 16th edition of the fair. The offering, curated for the first time by Julia Kospach, includes 322 hours of programming on nine stages and in four workshop zones, with 516 stage events and 660 participants. The journalist, publicist, and moderator Shila Behjat has been announced as the opening speaker. She was a correspondent in London, lived as a freelance journalist in India, and reported on equality in the EU for the women's portal Aufeminin.com. Her book "Raising Sons as a Feminist" was published in 2024. Her opening speech is titled "The Female Face of Change."

Anton Zeilinger Also Attends Buch Wien 2025

The debate program focuses on Religion & Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, Nature Writing, and Feminism. Announced are, among others, the Austrian authors Raphaela Edelbauer, Nava Ebrahimi, Marlene Streeruwitz, Doris Knecht, and this year's Bachmann Prize winner Natascha Gangl. A highlight of the non-fiction program is an appearance by Physics Nobel Prize winner Anton Zeilinger. Last year, 65,000 visitors set an attendance record at the 16th edition of the fair.

(APA/Red)

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