January 1 – Copyright restrictions on James 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 the London Book Fair, the exiled Chinese writer Ma Jian uses red paint to smear a cross over his face and a copy of his banned book Beijing Coma and calls Chinese publishers a "mouthpiece of the Chinese communist party", after being "manhandled" while attempting to present the book to Liu 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. Retrieved September 14, 2012.