It all seemed so unlikely back as February began, with the coronavirus crisis still seemingly a problem “other countries” had to contend with. The plague could not possibly reach us in our smug western cocoon of superiority and untouchability. And if it did, well, we could handle it. The very idea of shuttering major publishing … Continue reading As the Bologna Children’s Book Fair prepares to go online, Frankfurt’s future is in question. The Buchmesse is dead. Long live the Buchmesse!