The second annual “Trame” (“Plots” in English) literary festival was held at the end of June this year in southern Italy. It is billed on the festival website as the… Read more »

The status of books and the people that write them as arbiters of dissent appears to be holding strong. As MobyLives wrote yesterday, the London Book Fair has attracted controversy… Read more »

The Cairo International Book Fair is back with a vengance, according to a report in the Egyptian Gazette. Though cancelled last January due to revolution, the fair is back—and the… Read more »