Taipei Book Fair Forced to Go Virtual By Teri Tan | Feb 01, 2021 A new outbreak of Covid-19 cases at a local hospital effectively derailed the planned in-person segment of the 2021 Taipei International Book Fair, which ran from January 26 to 31 under the theme “Reading in the Time of a Pandemic.” Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture called off the physical fair shortly before it was set to open. The ministry had hoped to use the fair to give the country's domestic publishing and bookselling industries a boost by distributing 200,000 coupons—each valued at NT$100 (or ...