Leipzig Book Fair and Manga Comic Con 2027

About the event

Leipzig Book Fair and Manga Comic Con form a joint event for the book and media industries, readers, authors and publishers. The 2027 edition is scheduled in Leipzig for 18–21 March. The fair presents spring releases and current themes and trends. Its format combines a professional trade fair with a major literary festival and the Manga Comic Con programme.

Leipzig liest is described as Europe’s largest reading festival. Alongside the book fair, it brings public literary activity into the professional exhibition, while Manga Comic Con remains a distinct subject area within the same event. Visitors can engage with books, reading and manga culture across the shared dates.

The Leipzig Book Fair is intended for readers, authors and publishers and attracts literature enthusiasts from across Germany. Visitors can explore spring publications and follow current themes and developments in books and media. Professional activity and public-facing literary formats share the event, bringing industry participants and wider audiences together around books and media.