The 2024 dates for the BIBF have been set for June 19-23, when hopefully we’ll see the fair return to full glory as one of the key international publishing events.
China – Beijing International Book Fair returned for first time since the Pandemic hit, and pulled in an impressive, if far from record breaking, 200,000 visitors.
The Bookseller has some interesting British angles, while Publishing Perspectives offers an inevitably American perspective, with Porter Anderson unable to resist scoring political points even as the Publishing Perspectives management itself is trying to present the journal as an international organ not beholden to US interests.
Good luck with that, guys.
But once we get beyond the CNN quotes and political sniping, Anderson does offer some useful insights into the China book market, and carries some quotes from International Publishers Association – IPA president Karine Gonçalves Pansa, who took in both Beijing and Seoul as part of an IPA regional tour.
The 2024 dates for the BIBF have been set for June 19-23, when hopefully we’ll see the fair return to full glory as one of the key international publishing events.
