Book Fair

The fifth edition of the São Paulo Book Fair, now official in the city's calendar, announced 56 initial authors from an expected total over 150. Italian Sandro Veronesi returns to Brazil to launch a new edition of 'Caos Calmo', with emphasis on Latin American writers. The event runs from May 30 to June 7 at Praça Charles Miller, in front of Pacaembu stadium.

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At the opening of the Leipzig Book Fair, Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer (independent) was interrupted by boos from the audience. The criticism targets his decision to exclude three leftist bookstores from the German Book Trade Prize due to constitution protection concerns. Several hundred people demonstrated against his cultural policy outside the Gewandhaus.