“It’s really the Olympics of book exhibitions,” Frankfurt Book Fair director Juergen Boos said aptly at the event’s opening press conference on Tuesday. (It’s big enough that they have an opening press conference, followed by actual opening ceremonies later in the day, when German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Emmanuel Macron appear.) With some book fairs in Europe facing protests and pushback for including right-wing publishers, Boos made it clear that Frankfurt is open to all. “As the Frankfurt Book Fair, we cannot evaluate content and draw lines. Excluding anyone, censorship, bans — that’s not an option for us.” […]
