India – Brahmaputra Literature Festival: New Delhi World Book Fair Edition 2025
Held annually in February in Assam, the festival is a landmark event in the state’s literary calendar.
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Author: Mark Williams
Egypt gets its own digital reading app at the Cairo International Book Fair
The app’s second version will include audiobooks, and a similar app for the Egyptian Music Library is in development. Artificial Intelligence will be used to translate more books,
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Egypt – Saudi Arabia’s Participation in the 56th Cairo International Book Fair
Whatever the future holds for the fossil fuel economies, Saudi Arabia and other oil-rich nations all understand they need to diversify, that cultural sectors like publishing can be both lucrative and rewarding
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Bangladesh – 2024 Bangla Academy Literary Award Winners
The Ekushey Boi Mela is, by unconfirmed footfall, the largest in the world, reportedly attracting 6 million visitors last year. That seems unlikely, though not impossible, and in any case we are unlikely to see anything comparable this year as the country is still in a state of unrest following the military coup.
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Making dumplings, Peking Opera mask flipping cards, an airplane model building contest and Chinese literature at the global Spring Festival Book Exposition
The 15th Spring Festival Book Exposition was held globally during the Chinese New Year of 2025.
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