The highly-respected English novelist A.S. Byatt says that women who write industrial-strength fiction are treated by critics as oddities, "like a dog standing on its hind legs."
The relationship between book dealers and librarians can often be a bit like that between siblings.
Alas, we're not in London for the Olympia fair, but we can take a look at the available treasures nonetheless.
A much more leisurely day at the NY fair for me, not so for booksellers; when I arrived at noon, there was a line out the door to get in!
