The Frankfurt Book Fair officially opened on Tuesday morning (though the halls don’t open until Wednesday), presenting a study in contrasts. While the Fair celebrates its 70th anniversary, this year’s opening press conference was held in their new space-age Pavilion, dubbed everything from “a bright wooden skeleton covered with canvas reminiscent of a ship’s belly” to “a snazzy wooden UFO, which landed in the middle of the exhibition grounds.” For the average international visitor, the biggest contrast might simply be the weather, with the forecast calling for unseasonable highs of 75 degrees every day of the show. A robust economy […]