The quest for literary hegemony

Anonymous Patron writes The Independent Online Edition Says London and Paris will both stake their annual claim to count as the true hub of the literary world. The London Book Fair runs at Olympia from Sunday to Tuesday under the unpoetic motto, “It’s Time to Talk Business”. Paris, where the 25th Salon du Livre takes place at Porte de Versailles from 18 March, offers an author-led banquet of attractions, with hundreds of readings and debates of the sort that, in this country, tend to happen at festivals such as Edinburgh, Cheltenham and Hay. “