The 2004 Frankfurt Book Fair, now coming to an end, has been focusing on
Arab writers and publishers. It seems that earlier fears that it would be
dominated by government representatives and state-sponsored writers, to the
exclusion of independent and opposition voices, were unfounded.
News and photos can be found at
http://www.frankfurt-book-fair.com/
Journalists' reports can be read at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3720874.stm
http://www.lemonde.fr/web/recherche_articleweb/1,13-0,36-381657,0.html
(including comments by Yves Gonzalez-Quijano, a former MELCOM-International
luminary)
and "Los autores árabes y la furia del presente" by JOSÉ ANDRÉS ROJO at
http://www.elpais.es/buscadores/articulo/20041009elpepicul_1/Tes/elpepicul
(payment required)
It would be good to have a report for LIS-Middle-East from someone who
attended the Fair.
Geoffrey Roper
Bibliographical & Library Consultant
Cambridge
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