The changes and challenges facing the organisers of book fairs

It’s a big year for London’s leading light in the international rare books calendar, writes Kate Quill. This month’s 'The ABA Rare Book Fair London' on May 24-26 – the flagship of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association (ABA) – is the 61st but the first year at Battersea Evolution, in south-west London.

The decision to move after 20 years from the decidedly different Victorian environs of the Olympia…

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