Today was the opening of the 10th Festival du Livres in Mauritius. This is the only book fair I know that's always held out-of-doors: the weather is so good on this Indian Ocean island (20° S) that the festival is held in tents on the Port Louis waterfront. I'm in Port Louis on a project for a newspaper publisher, but I was able to spend some time at the fair earlier today. Here are a few bits and pieces:

The fair has very much of an educational bias. This is common to many developing mar...