2020 promised to be a spectacular year for global publishing events. By mid-February TNPS had already clocked upwards of 15 million visitors attending literary events outside the US and UK. But as the nightmare sci-fi scenario of a global pandemic slowly becomes reality the international book fair calendar is in tatters amid uncertainty and palpable … Continue reading PRH nails Bologna’s coffin lid shut as Italy enters lockdown. Hay Festival to go on as UK govt. dithers