The 2019 incarnation drew a crowd of 160,000, but it’s unlikely the 2022 event came even close.
While I’ve been fighting customer service at my ISP Netpage here in The Gambia, the international book fair calendar has been rolling on regardless.
Sad to say I missed following the return of the in-person Manila International Book Fair this year as a result. The event ran September 15-18.
The 2019 incarnation drew a crowd of 160,000, but it’s unlikely the 2022 event came even close.
The Manila Times has a pre-event report showing what might have been expected.
And Lifestyle.Inc has a report on the independent publishers pavilion at the MIBF this year.
