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Slovenian publishers are presenting their selections of up to 12 different titles each, comprising of Slovenian literary and humanisms works for adults, children and youth published between 2012 and 2013.

Furthermore, Slovenian authors who received national acclaim from 2009 to 2013 are being promoted, such as Kresnik Award winners for best novel, among them multiple winners Drago Jančar (1948), Andrej Skubic (1967) and Goran Vojnović (1980) as well as Veronika Award winners for best poetry, among them Jože Snoj (1948), an acclaimed essayist and writer, and Karlo Hmeljak (1980), also a sailor in Slovenian Olympic team.

This year's promotion focuses also on authors who have made other important contributions in the last years, including internationally acclaimed Miha Mazzini (1961), philosopher Slavoj Žižek (1949) and Berlin-based EU Literature Prize Winner Nataša Kramberger (1983).

The newest translations from, to and within southern Slavic fiction and non-fiction are also presented as part of Traduki, an international network for encouraging exchange among SE Europe, Germany and Switzerland, which the Slovenian stand promotes for the fourth year.

The overall focus of the Frankfurt Book Fair with 250,000 to 300,000 expected visitors is on the structural changes in the field, some of the main topics being self-publishing, digitalisation and e-publishing. Brazil, this year's guest of honour, is represented with the slogan A Land Full of Voices.

The grand opening, accompanied by German book award ceremony, took place on Tuesday afternoon.