1.   And will Zimbabwe still be the engaged, literate place that created the book fair and only a few years ago started a promising international arts festival?

2.   Book sellers prepare their display stall at the book fair.

3.   And signing on Gao is becoming the buzz of the book fair.

4.   Chevallier published the letter last week when the book fair opened.

5.   Frankfurt, like much of Germany, was in ruins, and the book fair was an attempt to return to normalcy.

6.   Microsoft also announced at the book fair its founding sponsorship of the Frankfurt eBook Awards, which will annually recognize literary and technological excellence in electronic publishing.

7.   National Front spokesman Alain Vizier that the plans to honor Halter at the book fair were ditched because he is Jewish.

8.   National Front spokesman Alain Vizier denied that the plans to honor Halter at the book fair were ditched because he is Jewish or because he was born in Poland.

9.   Serge Eyrolles, president of the book fair, told reporters Thursday he hoped Berlusconi would attend.

10.   The book fair has been awarded the prize for its enormous contribution to the development of African literature and cultural development.