In a minor departure from our (still rather new) Site of the Week feature, here is a list of sites that have posted link-worthy content about the Frankfurt Book Fair on its 60th anniversary (it's on all this week):

The Millions: From Medieval to Modern
"For over five hundred years, barring a few interruptions, Frankfurt has been a magnet, both commercial and cultural, attracting publishers and printers, scribblers and spies."

Paulo Coehlo: Will books survive?
"This is the question that the book fair is raising and in my speech I say that books will not disappear since there is free content flowing on the net."

signandsight.com: Turkey's poisoned pens
"Since July, a bitter feud has been bubbling away in the Turkish media over a controversial boycott of the Book Fair, in which to date, 20 of the invited authors and literary critics are participating."

Variety: Berlin fest, Frankfurt Book Fair reteam
"The Berlin Film Festival and the Frankfurt Book Fair are partnering again to stage Berlinale Day on Thursday, the literary event's sidebar dedicated to screen adaptations."

The Guardian: The oddest of the odd book titles
"Forget the Booker, the Nobel or the Pulitzer: real book lovers and the literati agree that the Diagram transcends them all."

Beyond Hall 8: You know it's time for the Frankfurt Book Fair when...
"Your appointment book for October 15-19th starts looking like a schedule for the trains leaving the Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof: One every 15 minutes."

If you've got a Frankfurt Book Fair blog or piece that should be on this list, leave the URL in the comments!

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