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Saturday, September 23, 2023

Best literary festivals ?

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       Bluemoose Books profile 

       At The Guardian Helen Pidd profiles Bluemoose Books, in ‘What we publish will stay with you’: inside a small but mighty literary hit factory 
       Impressive that:
Each year, Bluemoose puts out no more than 10 titles, but a remarkable number end up in contention for major literary prizes.


     Best literary festivals ? 


       At Fodor's Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey offers a list of The World's 12 Best Literary Festivals
       Interestingly, no US festivals rate. I'm also not sure the Frankfurt Book Fair is really a crowd-pleaser.