In cooperation with the Deutsche Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur e.V. the gallery mari • jo in Volkach presents Julia Dürr’s black and white collages taken from the futuristic novel Somniavero by Anja Stürzer. Accompanying the vernissage, which takes place on Thursday, March 29 at 8 pm, the author will be reading from Somniavero at the Schelfenhaus.
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Visit us at the Leipzig Book Fair (March 15th - 18th) in Hall 2, stand F 305. You can browse through our new releases or visit the reading with our authors Christian Jeltsch and Olaf Kraemer: They will read from their book Abaton. Vom Ende der Angst on Thursday, March 15th / 4:30 - 5:00 pm / Lesebude 1, Halle 2.
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The ZEITmagazin presents Herr Zipfel as "Discovery of the week". Our fairy tale book SMS Märchen is featured in the current issue of renowned German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung.
You can read the whole articles on the German site (in German only): www.mixtvision-verlag.de.
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The science fiction novel Somniavero by Anja Stürzer, illustrated by Julia Dürr, was awarded the climate book recommendation February 2012 by the German Academy of children's and YA literature. The project, carrying the title "Reading for the environment" is backed by the Federal Environment Agency.
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Dear artists, customers and partners, dear readers and friends,
we wish you a merry Christmas, pleasant holidays and a happy new year! We want to thank all of you for the great cooperation and look forward to all the new projects in 2012.
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The spring program 2012 has exciting new releases in store. An exceptional fairy tale book, picture- and children's books and a moving YA novel - there's something for everyone. You can read our catalogue online here. Further information for each book behind this link.
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For the fifth time, on November 26 and 27, the motto in Munich's literature house is: Our country needs different books! Around 30 small publishing companies from Germany, Austria and Switzerland will present their books at the market of independent publishers. Of course mixtvision will be there with our own stand!
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Christian Jeltsch and Olaf Kraemer were guests at Buch Wien and presented their juvenile novel ABATON. The authors told about their work and gave new details about the story.
Alexandra Helming was reading stories of Kosmo & Klax. ABC-Geschichten zum Erleben at the Kinderkunsthaus München.
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At the Frankfurt Book Fair (October 12 - 16) you could browse through our new releases or experience our ABATON-wall ... where nothing is like it appears to be. The authors Christian Jeltsch and Olaf Kraemer were reading on Thursday / 3 pm at the Lesezelt. Thanks to all our visitors for a nice, succesful fair!
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Finally: The last two new releases of our current programme are out now! With the thriller ABATON by Christian Jeltsch and Olaf Kraemer, we expand into the young adult market. And in the future novel Somniavero by Anja Stürzer and Julia Dürr, 5 characters are telling a continuous story in 5 books.
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Agnès de Lestrade, author of our picturebook Die grosse Wörterfabrik will be a guest at the international literature festival berlin. There will be several events, for example a reading in Fench and German will simultaneously be the opening event of the program segment “International children’s and yound adult fiction”.
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The German Academy for children’s and young adult fiction has chosen our new release Vom Fischer, der ein Künstler war. 30 little stories for big thoughts by Manfred Schlüter and with illustrations by Alexandra Junge, to be children’s book of the month September 2011.
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Matthias Hofmann has written a wonderful review about Applaus on splashcomics.de, Germany’s leading comic-online magazine. Eva Hepper is also enthusiastic about the book and talked about it in Deutschlandradio. Read the articles here:
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Today is the release of two new titles: We are happy about our picture book Gertrud und Gertrud by Katja Alves, illustrated by Irene Mehl, and the children's novel Brombeeren für Mr Mister by Marianne Freidig with illustrations by Annika Leese - the first title of our new series Dramatiker erzählen für Kinder (Dramatists write for children).
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The KeinBuch conquers the world! Belgian publishing house Deltas has released KeinBuch in Dutch. The book is called: Dit is geen Boek. And the 86 tasks sound wonderful in the foreign language: “Kann dit boek vliegen als een frisbee?”
Look inside the book in this pdf or at KeineWebsite.com:
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Capriccio, the culture magazine of Bayerisches Fernsehen (Bavarian Broadcasting), portrays mixtvision publishing and its books. Publisher Sebastian Zembol and programming director Lena Frenzel talked to editor Matthias Leybrand.
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With joy we present our new fall titles, available from now: The wonderfully absurd picturebook Frau Nasekalt (Mrs Nosecold) by award-winning artist Ann Cathrin Raab, the limited editions of KeinBuch and KeinBuch 2 with colored covers and many more. Follow this link: ...
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We will present two news this fall: with the release of the first part of our Abaton trilogy, we will expand into the young adult market. Apart from that, by releasing the E-book to accompany the pocket edition of our geocaching novel Cache!, we will take the first step into the digital book market.
Take a look at our digital catalogue here.
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The German Academy for Children’s and Youth Literature in Volkach has chosen our latest release Diogenes to be the Children’s Book of the Month for April 2011. The jury writes: "The boy Diogenes is a collector of seashells, trees and much more. The author also collects stories, artfully woven together and illustrated in a unique way."
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The Working Commitee of youth fiction publishers awarded prizes to the best children’s bookstores in the context of the Leipzig Bookfair. The prize was founded by mixtvision publishing: the winners received original illustrations by our artist Eva Muggenthaler, taken from the book Als die Fische spazieren gingen ....
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Our new release Diogenes, a whimsical story for children from the age of 8, captivates readers with Pablo Albo’s poetical texts, accompanied by Pablo Auladell’s artful illustrations. The boy Diogenes and his family cultivate an insatiable passion for collecting. But it’s better not to set one’s heart on everything, especially if one’s heart is set on something special ...
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Once upon a time there was a king who always wore his panties back to front ... The picture book Oben Krone, unten ohne is an unusual book with funny flaps. All across the animal kingdom, King Dagobert is looking for fitting underpants and discovers whimsical things behind each flap. Great fun for children from the age of 3.
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Merry Christmas to all our artists, colleagues and friends, partners, customers and readers and all who enriched our work in 2010. We wish you pleasant holidays and a happy new year!
Mixtvision wants to thank all of you for the great cooperation and looks forward to all the new projects in 2011!
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Our picture book Die große Wörterfabrik was awarded the "LesePeter" of the month December, 2010. The award, which is presented by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Jugendliteratur und Medien (AJuM), is given monthly to an exceptional and current children's book. See the full review after the click (only in German).
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See Kosmo & Klax live! In the context of the Munich Literature Fair, Annette Frier and Alexandra Helmig will read from their new audiobook ABC Geschichten zum Erleben, accompanied at the piano by Clemens Oehler. The musical reading will take place on Saturday, November 20 at 3 p.m. at the Gasteig (Kleiner Konzertsaal). Buy your tickets here:
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Our picture book Die große Wörterfabrik is featured in the current issue of renowned German newspaper Die Zeit. In their Children's book special, the book by Agnès de Lestrade and Valeria Docampo gets a very positive review. You can read the whole article on the German site (in German only). www.mixtvision-verlag.de
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Visit us at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Hall 3.0, stand H355. You can browse through our new releases or listen to our audiobook Kosmo & Klax. ABC Stories at our audio station. Or visit one of our events – find the exact dates here:
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KeinBuch and KeinBuch2 have reached cult status long ago. Now the anarchic creations are issued in a bundle: KeinBuch ICH & DU (KeinBuch ME & YOU) are waiting to be destroyed together. Two books, attached by velcro and containing 2x 42 brand new tasks! For best friends, couples, siblings, fellow students - Find all the info here:
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Kinderbuch-Couch, an online magazine about children's literature, has chosen Die große Wörterfabrik as picture book of the month August 2010: "A charming book about the worth of language and the meaning of true feelings ..." Read the whole article on www.mixtvision-verlag.de (in German). You can buy the book here:
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In the flood of parenting guides, Pimp deine Eltern swims against the current and offers children tongue-in-cheek tips and stories around "educating parents". The witty ironical texts are by well-known children's book author Bernhard Hagemann, illustrator Felicitas Horstschäfer has given the book a cheeky and modern face.
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Eva Muggenthaler's new book is named "Erzählbilder" ("telling pictures"), because in this book, there are no words conveying a story. It's rather her large-scale, phantastic illustrations which invite the viewer to play with his thoughts and put them into words.
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From July 15 to August 19, artist and book illustrator Christoph Mett is exhibiting his works in his hometown Münster. At Haus der Niederlande, Steinweg 6/7, there are motives from his children’s books as well as independent art on display. A first report can be read here (in German). For mixtvision, Christoph Mett illustrated the Schimpfologie (Swearology). Buy it here:
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This swearology is the first of its kind! In 30 short and crisp encyclopedia-style articles, swearologist Prof. Dr. Wüterich explains occurrence and disposition of the most important swear words. For a better understanding, well-known illustrator Christoph Mett has added a spot-on picture for each of the creatures.
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Warmest congratulations to our artist Annette Frier, who was honoured at the Bavarian TV Award 2010. For mixtvision publishing, Anette Frier read both Kosmo & Klax audiobooks, ABC-Geschichten zum Erleben and Alle Geschichten zum Erleben.
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In our new release, Agnès de Lestrade tells a poetic story about love and the value of language. The picturebook invites children from the age of 3 to dream while it’s also a wonderful gift book for adults - because you’re never too old for this story about first love.
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On Saturday, May 8th, and Sunday, May 9th, mixtvision publishing will be presenting their books and audiobooks at the Goldkind market in Munich’s Glockenbach quarter. Additionally, our author Alexandra Helmig will be reading funny stories from her book „Kosmo & Klax“ on Sunday, 3 pm.
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Kosmo & Klax are back! And along with them comes the multi-faceted rendition of the new stories by TV star Annette Frier and author Alexandra Helmig. The high quality audiobook will be released in June 2010. Buy it exclusively here in advance in our online shop:
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In his book tips for FOCUS SCHULE, this week Nicola Bardola recommends the KeinBücher: “A really strange name ... KeinBuch is still a bestseller. And it is a really outstanding book!” Watch the full-length video here or at the FOCUS website. More information on the new release KeinBuch2:
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In their March issue cover story "Love reading and live literature", MADAME presents the most interesting publishers – among them mixtvision publishing!
Read the article here:
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Whether you were a KeinBuch-fan from the start or a newbie at creative book destruction: For all those who want to turn a book into their own piece of art there is KeinBuch2. You can buy KeinBuch2 in every German book shop, online or directly at our shop. Find all information right here:
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Merry Christmas to all our friends, partners and colleagues and a happy new year!
Mixtvision wants to thank all of you for the great cooperation and looks back on a successful year. The highlights of 2009:
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On the third advent saturday, Alexandra Helmig read from her latest book Kosmo & Klax - ABC Geschichten zum Erleben at the Glockenbach Buchhandlung (Munich). Many fans - young and old - gathered in the bookshop and listened to the exciting adventures of Kosmo and Klax.
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From January 1st, 2010, a new team of publishers’ representatives will be traveling for mixtvision. Marion Sperber, Robert Nuber, Dorothea Mösser, Michael Jacob, Peter-Uwe Sperber (see photo, from left), Bettina Seifert and Bernhard Daumüller will carry our program in the new year. Find our representatives’ travel areas and contact details here:
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Visit us at the "market of independent publishing houses" on November, the 28th and 29th at the Münchner Literaturhaus! mixtvision will be there with a stand, which is part of the Bavarian award for small publishing houses, awarded by the Free State of Bavaria.
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mixtvision presents its new programme in a short, informative image trailer. What can you with KeinBuch? What is Geocaching? Watch it here! Here you can find more information about our programme:
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Today the Kulturmarken Award ceremony took place within a gala in the Admiralspalast Berlin. Our KeinBuch was among the five nominees in the category Trend Brand of the year.
What is KeinBuch? Click here to watch our Image-Trailer, spoken by Lennardt Krüger.
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mixtvision presented its new programme at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2009 (Watch our image trailer here!). Thanks to all the visitors for all the nice and interesting conversations.
hr2-editor Juliane Spatz was at our stand, too and discoverd the KeinBuch: Listen to the report here!
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Beside 13 other, new and creative book- and publishing-projects, www.keinbuch.com was on the Books & Bytes shortlist for the most innovative online-book-project!
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Manuel Andrack’s title Cache! is his children’s book debut. Here, he addresses the trendy topic geocaching, a kind of scavenger hunt by means of a GPS device.
Visit the website for the book: www.2-mit-grips-und-gps.de!
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This is going to be a real special summer! During her vacation, Fenna experiences exciting and magical adventures with the maid Mrs. Canapé and the talking cat Miss Ellie.
But not only Fenna goes on an expedition: The readers accompany the likable characters and in doing so, they can be creative, too!
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Wolkenbrot has been chosen as picture book of the month by the German academy for children's and juvenile literature (Deutsche Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur e.V.)!
You are able to buy Wolkenbrot and all the other books from our list right here:
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The family festival LILALU in Munich started on August, the 14th, 2009. Until August, the 30th, the summer festival offers a lot to experience! Among other events there will be a reading with our author Alexandra Helmig who presents her new title Kosmo & Klax. ABC-Geschichten zum Erleben.
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The reading festival of Lesefüchse Munich takes place under the patronage of Munich's mayor Christine Strobl in the Hellabrunn Zoo this year. Our author Alexandra Helmig is also taking part and will read from her latest book “Kosmo & Klax – ABC Geschichten zum Erleben”.
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Why does Ben’s food fly away? Why is a small fish swimming in the street lamp? And why does pirate Pepe start to cry when he finds a treasure?
Quatsch-Frosch is a great combination of humor and logic. To answer the 4 x 33 riddles you have to think outside the box.
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Finally! The stories of Kosmo & Klax are being continued in the book Kosmo & Klax. ABC-Geschichten zum Erleben. Besides the clever squirrel and the red ball, the elegant Mrs. Gans and her admirer Bibo Biber, Mr. Mümmelmann, Lili Graumaus and the globetrotter Knabba are again in on it.
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For the third time, the event "Book meets Film" took place at the Munich film festival on July 1st, 2009. Eleven publishers were presenting interesting books to producers, directors and screenplay writers. mixtvision Verlag was presenting Cache! by Manuel Andrack.
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On Saturday, the 27th of June, the 10th "Schwabinger Hof-Flohmärkte", a flea market in this Munich district, will start at 10 o'clock. At Pündterplatz 4, the mixtvision Verlag will be selling books and cake for a good cause: the proceeds will be donated to "Lesefüchse e.V.".
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What happens if two children collect a cloud an bring it to their mother? Our new publication Wolkenbrot is the prize-winning picture book by illustrator Baek Hee Na who not only tells a poetical story - also her unique collages fire the children's imagination.
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And the winner is ... Tim Hagemann from Wächtersbach, Germany! His clip "KeinBuch im Mixer" got the most clicks on www.keinbuch.com and won the KeinBuch Video Contest. Congratulations and have fun with your new iPod touch!
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The KeinBuch as a hotdog? The German TV program "artour", MDR, reports about our KeinBuch at the Book Fair in Leipzig. Click here and find out!
Here you can find more information about KeinBuch:
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On Saturday, March 7th 2009, the Munich Book Fair for children’s literature started with a KeinBuch activity-workshop: more than 20 children worked on the KeinBuch. At the end, everyone had his own work of art! More information is available on the websites of the Münchner Bücherschau junior.
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All fans of Kosmo & Klax can watch the adventures of the two friends as a picture book film here or on YouTube!
In “Der sprechende Schneemann” both of them meet a strange snowman. Is there something fishy going on here?
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Don’t read. Create! With this provoking slogan, mixtvision starts its new program. Clueless? Check www.keinbuch.com.
Or take a look at the KeinBuch right here:
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From November 13th to 30th 2008, the 49th Munich Book Fair will take place at the cultural center Gasteig. There, mixtvision will present its children activity book Kosmo & Klax and the audio book of the same title at the joint stand for children’s books. More information is available on the website of the Munich Book Fair.
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Kosmo & Klax on their way to many children! mixtvision donated 1,560 paperbacks to the German charity organization SOS-Kinderdorf e.V. For more information see www.sos-kinderdorf.de.
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Congratulations to our author Alexandra Helmig! She won the promotion prize of the German Landesbühnen for her play oder Argentinien. With this prize, the participating theaters honor up-and-coming young writers and new plays. The presentation of the award took place at the Inthega conference in Fellbach yesterday.
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mixtvision donated 10,000 Kosmo & Klax - calendars to the charity organization BILD hilft e.V. Ein Herz für Kinder. The calendars will be given to needy children all over Germany.
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Now it’s possible to watch picture book films online on www.pikcha.tv! The new picture book channel pikcha.tv was launched at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Most of the films are not only available in German, but also in English.
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