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!
Friday at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair! I had the pleasure of meeting with several booksellers with whom I've had "email relationships," but no faces for names until now.
