Frankfurter Buchmesse7–11 October 2026

Where books find their way.

A curated route through Frankfurt for publishing professionals from Latin America. Preparation, conversations, guided tours and a shared space to meet the international book industry.

When
7–11 October 2026
Where
Frankfurter Buchmesse, Frankfurt am Main
Stand
Hall 3.1, F120
EXP / 26GRU → FRA
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Expedition FrankfurtbyMVB

A route through the fair

Being in Frankfurt is one thing. Knowing how to navigate it is another.

Frankfurter Buchmesse brings the global book industry together for five intense days. Expedition Frankfurt by MVB turns that scale into a route: preparation before the fair, a curated program, guided tours and a stand designed for useful conversations.

The project builds on its first edition, Passaporte Frankfurt, held in 2025, and returns with a larger delegation, a dedicated meeting point and a programme built around the questions shaping publishing today.

10delegates
03program days
03guided tours
05days at the fair

The delegation

People bringing Brazilian publishing to Frankfurt.

Editors, authors, translators, researchers and builders of reader communities. Open each profile to learn more.

Portrait of Carolina Candido

Carolina Candido

Literary translator and editorial project manager

Editora Pormenor

Carolina Candido is a literary translator and editorial project manager at Editora Pormenor. She holds a degree in Languages from the University of São Paulo and a master’s degree in Translation from the University of Lisbon. She has translated more than 60 books, including works by Jamaica Kincaid, Sarah J. Maas and Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Portrait of Mirela Paes

Mirela Paes

Author and managing partner

Assessoria Lavanda

Mirela Paes is a romance author and managing partner at Assessoria Lavanda, a communications agency dedicated to the book industry. With more than 12 years in publishing, she has taken part in major book and pop culture events across Brazil as a moderator and speaker.

Portrait of Carol Façanha

Carol Façanha

Author and PhD researcher

University of Glasgow

Carol Façanha is a PhD researcher at the University of Glasgow and a bestselling Amazon author with more than one million pages read. Her work explores female monstrosity, women’s rage and sexuality as a political force. She won the 2024 Prêmio Voz for the dystopian novel Ciborgues rebeldes sonham com a morte.

Portrait of Ana Fiori

Ana Fiori

Editorial relations and projects analyst

Booknando

Ana Fiori is an anthropologist and an editorial relations and projects analyst at Booknando. Her work connects projects, research and cultural trends in publishing, with a focus on how books circulate and how authors, readers and the market interact.

Portrait of Lucas Zapelini

Lucas Zapelini

Founder

Clube de Literatura Clássica

Lucas Fischer Zapelini is the founder of Clube de Literatura Clássica. He creates and leads editorial projects dedicated to preserving and sharing major works of the literary tradition while building a community of readers around them.

Portrait of Elton Luiz

Elton Luiz

Marketing director and publishing partner

Clube de Literatura Clássica

Elton Luiz is an engineer, the marketing director at Clube de Literatura Clássica and a partner at Editora Trinca Literária. His work brings together publishing, audience development and the growth of reader communities.

Portrait of Juliana Tavares

Juliana Tavares

Commercial, finance and people lead

Booknando Livros

Juliana Tavares leads commercial, finance and people management at Booknando Livros, a company specialising in AI-voiced audiobooks and accessible EPUB3 books for Brazil’s national textbook programme. She has a background in business administration and organisational psychology.

Portrait of Ronaldo Schirmer

Ronaldo Schirmer

Subscriber experience project manager

Clube de Literatura Clássica

Ronaldo Schirmer manages subscriber experience projects at Clube de Literatura Clássica. A Brazilian based in Germany, he studied marketing at ESPM and holds certifications in branding and customer experience from IE Business School. In Frankfurt, he will map international trends in publishing products and reader relationships.

Portrait of Sofia Camargo

Sofia Camargo

Editorial producer

Grupo Primavera

Sofia Camargo is an editorial producer at Grupo Primavera and holds a degree in Languages from PUC-SP. She works on books from concept to publication across literature, non-fiction, culture, leadership and the future of work.

Portrait of Mariana Viana

Mariana Viana

Journalist and co-founder

Fora do Plástico

Mariana Viana is a journalist and co-founder of Fora do Plástico, a Brazilian platform dedicated to comics coverage, criticism and discovery. She won the 2025 Troféu Angelo Agostini for specialised journalism and the 2026 Young Talent Award from PublishNews and Frankfurter Buchmesse.

Public contact channels will be added as each participant confirms them.

At the Expedition stand

Ideas worth a stop.

Three days of short sessions on publishing, data, digital formats, communities and international circulation.

Wednesday07 OCT

The Power of Meeting

Cássia Carrenho · Movimento Indie

What Brazil’s growing literary events can teach us about niches, communities and curation. A conversation about what happens when books bring people together, and what publishing can learn from these encounters.

Session with Carolina Candido

Details soon

Carolina Candido · Editora Pormenor

AI in the Book Market: The First Latin American Best Practices Booklet

Fernando Tavares and Simei Júnior · Booknando and MVB

A practical look at the Brazilian Book Chamber’s guide to responsible and useful AI adoption in publishing, with ideas that can travel across Latin American markets.

Your Next Book Move: What Can the Data Tell You?

Mariana Bueno and Jacira Silva · Nielsen BookData

A guide to the studies that track Brazil’s book industry, from production and sales to digital formats and reader behaviour, and to how each data set can support publishing decisions.

Program subject to confirmation. Additional sessions will be announced as details are finalised.

Guided tours

See the fair through a sharper lens.

Short routes through the stands, people and themes that matter to Latin American publishing professionals.

01
07 OCT

Latin America

Guided by Talita Facchini

02
08 OCT

Major Publishers and Guest of Honour

Guided by Talita Facchini

03
09 OCT

Technology

Guided by Anjo Schwarz and Tainá Soares

Finishes at the MVB stand in Hall 4.1, G15, with Ines Walenta.

Meeting points and complete routes will be shared with registered participants.

About the project

A shared base for people crossing publishing borders.

Expedition Frankfurt by MVB is a preparation and connection programme for professionals and companies from Latin America attending Frankfurter Buchmesse. It combines training, an on-site meeting point, curated conversations and guided tours.

  • 01
    Arrive prepared

    Training and context before the fair, so every day starts with clearer priorities.

  • 02
    Find the right conversations

    A curated program and a stand where people can meet, exchange ideas and build relationships.

  • 03
    Read the fair as a market

    Guided tours connect themes, technologies and companies across the halls.

Who it is for

For people who want more than a badge and a map.

The Expedition is designed around publishing work, professional exchange and international market access.

01

Publishers and editorial teams

For professionals looking for rights, partnerships, formats, suppliers and a broader view of international publishing.

02

Authors and independent projects

For people seeking context, professional connections and a clearer understanding of how the global fair works.

03

Technology and service companies

For teams building tools, distribution, data, accessibility and reader experiences for the book industry.

04

Community and cultural leaders

For professionals connecting books with readers through events, curation, communication and new forms of participation.

Organisers and partners

Built through collaboration.

The 2026 Expedition brings together MVB, Frankfurter Buchmesse and Cássia Carrenho, with support from companies investing in a stronger international route for Brazilian publishing.

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Cássia Carrenho
Featured at Expedition Frankfurt07 OCT 2026 · 16:15 · AT THE EXPEDITION STAND
Publitik

The context layer for publishing

The pulse of the publishing market at a snap.

Publitik connects news, bestseller rankings and reader-culture signals from 48 sources across 19 countries. One view of what is moving and why it matters.

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GLOBAL VIEW · SIGNALS IN CONTEXT
Market press

Follow what is happening.

Publishing news from key markets, gathered into one continuous view.

Rankings

See what enters, rises and stays.

Bestseller movements become comparable signals across countries.

Reader attention

Read culture as it moves.

BookTok and BookTube reveal where readers are looking next.

Context

Understand why it matters.

Editorial judgement connects the signals before they become obvious.

48sources
19countries
01connected view
See it live

The Book Publishing Market at the Snap of Your Fingers

Ricardo Costa · Publitik

Program details

Next route: 2027

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