Marketplace for freedom — FBF 14 to 18 October 2009

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Frankfurt Book Fair is being held from 14 to 18 October 2009. China will be the guest of honour at the fair this time. The questions about the fair being subject to censorship were doing the rounds. Clearing the doubts, Boos said that “the question of whether the Book Fair itself could be subject to censorship or even engage in censorship is false. The Book Fair is a marketplace for freedom, and ensures, through its very structure - with around 7,000 publishers, 2,900 events and 10,000 journalists - that censorship will not take place.” He says, “the Frankfurt Book Fair is not only a platform for Guest of Honour China, but also a podium for authors, books and publishers, for controversial positions from all nations.” ...cont´d

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