July 27, 2016

Abdi Latif Dahr reports in Quartz that the book market in Somalia is on the rise, with a new bookstore opening in Mogadishu, the city’s first, and multiple book fairs… Read more »

Book Fairs

London Book Fair cancellation highlights need for IRL meetings — Tom Clayton
COVID-19 forces Italian book fair to reschedule — Andréa Córdova
Cairo controversy: Egyptian publisher banned from book fair as owner languishes in jail — Nikki Griffiths
California book trade association dissolves amid acrimony; riots feared — Mike Lindgren

Checking in on the Hong Kong Book Fair

Simon Reichley

Last week we did a little preview of the Hong Kong Book Fair, which opened last Wednesday, and closed yesterday. Writing at The Guardian, Ilaria Maria Sala characterized the fair… Read more »

Seeing pink: is it just us, or do all these popular feminist books look the same?

Kait Howard

Ever stop by your local bookstore to pick up a tract by the latest feminist writer and realize that you couldn’t find it on the tables because, erm, your vision… Read more »

Hemingway wins Hemingway look-alike contest

Ernest Hemingway’s influence on our culture is undeniable, to the degree that it is not enough to call our constant evocations of him imitation. His writerly influence can be seen everywhere… Read more »

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Somalia is now home to new bookstores, multiple book fairs

Julia Fleischaker

Checking in on the Hong Kong Book Fair

Simon Reichley

Seeing pink: is it just us, or do all these popular feminist books look the same?

Kait Howard

Hemingway wins Hemingway look-alike contest

Ryan Harrington