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Book Fair Directors Say Live Shows Must Go On
On the eve of the Gothenburg Book Fair, which runs September 24-28, director Frida Edman and Frankfurt's Juergen Boos have written an open letter saying virtual events are no substitute…
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Frankfurt Book Fair: Going Virtual
American agents prep for a Frankfurt like no other—from their homes.
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ReBoot Kicks Off
ReBoot: Books, Business, and Reading, comprising an October 13 conference plus research tracks, is designed to analyze how Covid-19 could reshape the global publishing industry.
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Arab Muslim Philosopher Fights Against Islamic Fundamentalism
When al-Qaeda destroyed the Twin Towers almost exactly 19 years ago, the aims of the terrorists were not fully understood by many in the western media. Osama bin Laden intended…
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No easy solutions: a response to Weigel’s critique of the Vatican-China deal
Demonstrators march during a protest against the national security law in Hong Kong July 1. (CNS/ Reuters/Tyrone Siu) Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin confirmed Sept. 14 that it…
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Spies, Paranoia, Revolution, and the Rise of American Empire
Before he was a journalist and a novelist, before he was a globe-trotting war correspondent and a historian with an eye for ordinary people that led extraordinary lives, Scott Anderson…
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Mayflower400: why the Puritans had to leave England
[embedded content] (Photo: BBC) On 16 September 1620, 102 passengers and 30 crew set sail on the Mayflower from Plymouth, England, heading for the New World. Making the hazardous journey…
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Black Lives Matter but slavery isn’t our only narrative
Our historical understanding of Blackness is most commonly shaped by the story of the Atlantic slave trade - the forced movement of Africans to the West, in particular to the…
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Iran’s secular shift: New survey reveals huge changes in religious beliefs
GAMAAN Religion in Iran 2020 - identifications. Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution was a defining event that changed how we think about the relationship between religion and modernity. Ayatollah Khomeini's mass…
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Frankfurt Cancels Physical Fair, Goes All Virtual
The Frankfurt Book Fair has canceled its physical, in-person fair and will proceed as an entirely virtual, online-only event. It will take place, as scheduled, October 12-18.