Category: Book Fairs
Romania – Bookfest Brașov set for October 19-22
TNPS informational: The 7th edition of the Bookfest Brașov Book Fair is open for...
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Buchmesse ’23 promises to be the best yet. Sharjah looms. The US and UK need to up their game to stay relevant
Sharjah is unlike anything publishing has ever witnessed before. A city-state that emerged from...
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Brazil’s Rio Biennial clocks 600,000 visitors buying 5.5 million books
Many publishers reporting double or even triple sales compared to previous years. While not quite...
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Romania – Bookfest Cluj-Napoca set for October
TNPS informational. The Romanian Publishers Association will be running the 10th Bookfest...
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Brazil’s Rio Biennial is almost here. Can the two-day Jornada Profissional beat last year’s $650k deal tally?
The Rio Biennial itself is a public-facing event that typically sees 600,000 visitors buy...
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Moldova – the 6th Chișinău Bookfest kicks off August 30
With a population of just 4 million, Moldova has a publishing advantage over other small European...
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South Africa – the Durban International Book Fair almost trebles footfall
The ambition was to clock 2,000 visitors per day over five days, and the target was met, with the...
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Philippines Book Festival heads to Davao ahead of Manila International Book Fair as Big Bad Wolf sale ends
The Philippines is one of the most exciting book markets in SE Asia, and with 102 million people...
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Taiwan – Taipei Comic Exhibition expected to pull 500,000 visitors, generate more than $9.5 million revenue
Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an said he was expecting more than 500,000 visitors, spending more, with a...
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Hong Kong Book Fair clocks just shy of 1 million visitors, but not all were there to buy books
A survey of visitors revealed that while 96% had read printed books within the past month, 65% had...
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South Korea’s International Book Fair at centre of financial scandal as RELX touts profits
Until the UK publishing industry has the balls to get its act together and liberate itself from...
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Romania – The 6th Chisinau International Book Fair will run August 30-September 3 this year
Romania’s BookFest is a series of major book fairs that take place across the country each...
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