January 1 – Copyright restrictions onJames Joyce's major works are lifted on the first day of the year, 70 years having passed last year since his death.[1]
April – While attending theLondon Book Fair, the exiled Chinese writerMa Jian uses red paint to smear a cross over his face and a copy of his banned bookBeijing Coma and calls Chinese publishers a "mouthpiece of the Chinese communist party", after being "manhandled" while attempting to present the book toLiu Binjie at the fair.[5]
^Фото: Сергей Семенов / Коммерсантъ (August 14, 2012)."Ъ-Газета – Иная логика письма". Kommersant.ru.Archived from the original on September 17, 2012. RetrievedSeptember 14, 2012.