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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ETIENNE BALMER A huge inflatable book titled 'The Hobbit' by J.R.R. Tolkien is set up near the fair ground hosting the book fair in Frankfurt Main, western Germany, on October 8, 2012. New Zealand was the guest of honour of the bookfair, bringing around 68 authors and 100 artists to mix with the publishers, writers, agents and sellers from more than 100 countries. Multiple Oscar winner Richard Taylor, creative director of Weta Workshop, the New Zealand-based animation and special effects studio famous for productions such as "The Lord of the Rings", and soon-to-be released "The Hobbit", attended also the fair, discussing about the challenges of adapting works by J.R.R. Tolkien. AFP PHOTO / ARNE DEDERT +++ GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read ARNE DEDERT/AFP/GettyImages)