BIBF – The day before the opening: Chaos and Fun
August 31, 2008 by admin
Tomorrow is the grand opening of this year’s Beijing International Book Fair BIBF in Tianjin. That means for some, this is lazy Sunday… while for others, it is frenzy work, many last minut calls and anxiousness for everything to be perfect… I am always amazed the day before a fair to open when the chaos [...]
“We are all wolves”, says a Chinese publisher to the world – and Mickey as well, ads another.
August 30, 2008 by admin
It is a unique story, on several levels, that promises to unfold at this year’s China International Book Fair BIBF – in Tianjin, 120 km from Beijing in this 4 m harbour town. Upbeat not only by 50+ gold medals from the Olympics, but even more so by a surge in dynamics, growth and profile [...]
Beijing International Book Fair – a sidestep from the Olympics
August 29, 2008 by admin
Arriving at the Beijing airport this morning from Europe, I find myself picked up even before I could realize the really dump whether and the thick smog clouds above the city, by a young band of helpful youngsters waving billboards spelling the fair’s acronym BIBF, and guided gently to the bus stop for Tianjin. For [...]