Thehighlight of the 2019 StoryDrive is the sector that has garnered the greatestattention in the content industry today: science fiction (SF). 2019 is thefirst year of SF movies in China, with no small credit to author Liu Cixin.StoryDrive has specially invited SF author Sebastian Pirling, and editor of theGerman edition of Liu Cixin’s works. Pirling will speak about the reception ofSF authors, represented by Liu Cixin, in the Germany market, and analyze thedevelopment trends in SF content. In addition, Deng Yun, video and brand VP ofChina’s largest SF literature platform, “Future Affairs Administration”, willgive a detailed presentation of the latest developments in SF literature inChina.
TheStoryDrive exhibition will be held at a 120 m2 area on the thirdfloor of the conference zone, and will feature: the 2018 “Most Beautiful Booksin Germany” exhibition, an exhibition of award-winning works from the 2018Global Illustration Award, a special exhibition celebrating A Century of Bauhaus and the Triadic Ballet Interactive Display, IPRinternational online copyright transaction platform (presentation and workshop),the 2019 Frankfurt Book Fair book collections, and a special exhibition of YangLiu’s works, among others. More than 50 art works and over 200 books will bepresented at the exhibition. The latest achievements of exhibitors from fivecountries will also be showcased.
Special focus on artificial intelligence and trans-culturalstorytelling
Inaddition, the StoryDrive organizers will organize two receptions, “NorwayCulture and Publishing” on May 31, and “German Culture and Publishing” on June1.
HolgerVolland, Vice President of Frankfurt Book Fair, and Colin Lovrinovic, ManagingDirector at Gould Finch GmbH, will jointly release the results of the globalartificial intelligence survey of the publishing industry, and present anin-depth analysis of the impact of the report’s results on the future growth ofthe industry.
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