tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post4553887970023876353..comments2024-02-03T10:27:22.640+00:00Comments on Nordic Voices in Translation: Literary valuesDavid McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-62078106710279205712009-04-14T22:25:00.000+01:002009-04-14T22:25:00.000+01:00Harry mentions book festivals. I have, in my time,...Harry mentions book festivals. I have, in my time, written to the organisers of such gatherings pointing out that maybe they should invite a few authors in from that distant continent known as Europe, next time round. You get wishy-washy replies.<br /><br />British book festivals seem to be populated by a those authors that are professional book-circuiteers, plus a number of TV & political Eric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-57797105770601980472009-04-14T17:15:00.000+01:002009-04-14T17:15:00.000+01:00And the remarkable growth in British book festival...And the remarkable growth in British book festivals, which now seem to take place all the year round in the most unlikely venues up and down the land, seems to have been driven by an alliance between mass-market publishers and local tourist boards. They give the celebrity chefs and other TV types the chance to flog a few more copies of their coffee-table tomes, but truly great writers of a more Harrynoreply@blogger.com