After the LBF and BEA fiascos, publishers demand better from book fair organisers. Gothenburg is first to feel the heat. Will Frankfurt be next?
With the Nordics’ biggest literary event, the Gothenburg Book Festival, scheduled for late...
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Category: Sharjah
UAE’s Sharjah Public Libraries to give 3 months free global access to 6 million digital titles as world locks down
Details are sparse as this post goes live but Sharjah Public Libraries in the United Arab Emirates...
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The biggest book fair in the world is an Arab event in Africa. 3.5 million visitors at Egypt’s Cairo International Book Fair. Publishers look the other way
Not that you’d know it reading the western publishing industry trade journals, but the Cairo...
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The Jeddah International Book Fair hopes to top a half million visitors this year, but censorship remains a concern
As the northern hemisphere’s summer fades away so the warm-climate countries say goodbye to the...
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Sharjah International Book Fair sets new visitor record – 2.52 million – as Algiers Int. Book Fair footfall declines to "only" 1.1 million
s Given Sharjah is also the UNESCO World Book Capital this year it perhaps won’t come as a...
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Sharjah International Book Fair sets new Guinness world record – for book-signings
Back in 2010 a world record was set in Turkey when 1,423 authors signed copies of their own books...
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"Taking Arabic titles global”, "Global Publishing: What's next for this growing industry?", "Publishers' digital strategy: New ways of storytelling" – Sharjah IBF sets the pace for the next decade
Sharjah’s 9th Publisher Conference, which starts today in advance of the Sharjah International...
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UNESCO says Arabs read for just 6 minutes a year. So why will more than 4 million Arabs be heading for MENA book fairs next week?
This year Sharjah, one of the United Arab Emirates, is UNESCO World Book Capital. Which means the...
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Emirates Publishing Association global networking brings the Arab Renaissance to the world
When it comes to identifying the leading forces in the international reach of the Arab Renaissance...
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38th Sharjah International Book Fair announces Arab author guest list
“Open Books Open Minds” is the theme for this year’s Sharjah International Book Fair, an event...
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The UAE’s Manassah platform delivering results for Emirati publishers at the six month mark
Back in early February I reported here on the January launch of the “Manassah” platform – an...
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IPA announces first ever Middle East Publishing Seminar for September, with a strong focus on digital
“Read. Empower. Transform: The role of reading for the future of the Arab world” is the title of a...
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