The Messe Frankfurt Book Fair took place from October 11-15, 2017 in Frankfurt, Germany. France was the guest of honor with a special program called "Frankfurt in French". Over 286,000 visitors from 150 countries attended and met with over 7,300 exhibitors from 102 countries. The author Teddy Crispin attended and met several writers, publishers, and rights managers. He published his first poetry book and has since published additional works in both English and French.

1. MESSE FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR 2017
From October 11th to October 15th, 2017 took place at the Messe Frankfurt, the Messe
Frankfurt Book Fair 2017.
This year, France was “Guest of Honor” and there was a special program entitled “Francfort
en Français” : “Frankfurt in French” that went along with it countrywide. More information
about “Francfort en Français” at http://www.francfort2017.com/.
During the Messe Frankfurt Book Fair 2017, I met the warm-hearted writer Martin Graff who
presented to me his book “Der lutherische Urknall, Die Franzosen und die Deutschen”
published by Morstadt. Mr. Martin Graff is both fluent in French and German.
I also had the chance during the Messe Frankfurt Book Fair 2017 to meet with Nathalie Alliel
who is in charge of “Droits dérivés et annexes / Droits audiovisuels” for the publishing
company ACTES SUD from Arles in France.
Nathalie Alliel recommended and presented to me the following books from ACTES SUD:
Éric Vuillard : Tristesse de la Terre
Zkhar Prilepine : L’Archipel des Solovki
Emmanuel Dongala : La Sonate à Bridgetower
At the Messe Frankfurt Book Fair 2017, I also met with Samar Sammour who is Client
Service Manager for Masar Printing and Publishing. Sammar Sammour who presented to me
the Book : “Interpretation of the Meanings of THE NOBLE QUR’ÂN”.
At the Messe Frankfurt Book Fair 2017, I also came across Dr. Dirk F. Paßmann who is the
Director of Aschendorff Verlag. Dr. Dirk F. Paßmann who presented to me the book :
ORIGENES IN FRANKREICH Die Origeniana Pierre-Daniel Huets.
At the Messe Frankfurt Book Fair 2017 were also to be seen :
The firm UGEARS that presented “self-propelled mechanical wooden models”. Anna
Alekseeva is Export Manager for UGEARS.
The Société Internationale de Diffusion et d’Édition that is more than a helping hand in
exporting French books abroad. Ali Dahmane is Export Department Manager for Société
Internationale de Diffusion et d’Édition.

2. Special thanks to the following individuals met at the Messe Frankfurt Book Fair 2017 :
Gerhard Thamm : Managing Director of CHÁ DÀO – CHINA TEA & ART GMBH
Boris von Heesen : Chairman of MensLit in Darmstadt in Germany
Marie-Pierre Verdalle : Foreign Rights for Editions Nouvelle Cité
Roxana Zaharia : Foreign Rights Manager for XO Éditions
Katia Imbernon : “Directrice” of Librairie Imbernon
Milena Ascione : in charge of Foreign Rights for MON AGENTS et Compagnie, in
Chambéry in France
Alexander Elspas : Manager for Büchergilde in Frankfurt, Germany
MESSE FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR 2017 : THE STATS
286 425 visitors from over 150 countries came to the Messe Frankfurt Book Fair 2017
7 300 exhibitors from 102 countries were present at the Messe Frankfurt Book Fair 2017
788 literary agents and 321 literary agencies from 30 countries were present at the Messe
Frankfurt Book Fair 2017
180 French-speaking authors were present at the Messe Frankfurt Book Fair 2017 for the
program “Francfort en Français” as France was “Guest of Honor” of the Messe Frankfurt
Book Fair 2017.
The Messe Frankfurt Book Fair 2018 will be held between October 10th, and October 14th,
2018.
©2017 Teddy Crispin
About Mr. Crispin
My name is Teddy Crispin, I am an author, writing has always been a passion for me,
writing for radio, blog, journalism, …, and I am pleased to announce to you the current
publication of my first poetry book : Ten Little Poems and More, a bilingual eBook :
French/English, published as an eBook and book on Kindle Publishing (Amazon).
In this little poetry book are to be found poems on love, faith, nature, Princess Diana (1961-
1997), and Haiku-like genre poetry.
Teddy Crispin’s biography:
"In 1985, I was present at the “Forum of Young Creators” in the “Poetry” category, an
event organized by the French Information and Documentation Center for Youth: CIDJ.

3. In 1989, I was awarded the “Media Award in Your Country” by the International Union
of the Catholic Press, in Bavaria in Germany. Meeting all those young people there from all
over the world, is a high point of my life, I will never forget.
Sample from the Teddy Crispin’s book : DIX PETITS POEMS AND MORE : Kindle
Publishing (Amazon) : “What’s Love…”.
What’s Love?
If not this folly of a wider space
Secreting its opiate nuggets in the human Still
Taking us to the innermost Love
©2016 Teddy Crispin
TEDDY CRISPIN ‘S BIBLIOGRAPHY
DALIDA (1933-1987) : Trentième Anniversaire (French Edition) : ISBN 9783000567575
: Paperback : Distribution Amazon
DALIDA (1933-1987): Trentième Anniversaire (French Edition) : ISBN
9783000569845 : eBook : Kindle (Amazon)
DIX PETITS POEMES And More: Ten Little Poems And More: The Augmented
Version : ISBN 9783000552151 : Paperback : Distribution Amazon
DIX PETITS POEMES And More: Ten Little Poems And More (English - French
Edition) : ISBN 9783000542800 : eBook : Kindle (Amazon)
THAT'S CHRISTMAS TO ME: (The Teddy Crispin's Christmas Poem envisioned to
become a Christmas Evergreen) (English - French Edition) : eBook : Kindle (Amazon)
©2017 Teddy Crispin
Links to Mr. Crispin’s social media
http://teddycrispin.over-blog.com/