Category: Arab publishing
Arabookverse-Beat partnership takes the globalisation of Arab literature to a new level
The partnership creates “a pairing uniquely positioned to deliver the optimum experience for...
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Oman – 28th Muscat IBF attracts almost 400,000 visitors amid a “significant shift towards Arabic children’s literature”
Not, of course, that we in the west are in any position to assume the moral high ground, given the recent track record in the United States for banning children’s books.
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The 4th Iraq International Book Fair is underway
The 4th Iraq International Book Fair runs February 14 through 24 this year. Details are sparse at...
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Rights News: Finland – “Beasts of the Sea” sold to Japan and the Arabic markets
This year at TNPS we’re going to try shed some light on the international rights deals happening where the English-language sun doesn’t shine.
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UAE – Sharjah TV’s book programme Fikr Wa Qalam (Thought and Pen) starts its 4th season
A 50-minute televised literary platform hosted by Alia Ali Mansouri. Produced in cooperation with...
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Tunisia – Tunis International Book Fair 2024 dates announced
This year, 2023, the event was mired in controversy, not because of its first ever female director, Zahia Jouirou, Director of the Translation Institute, but due to books being seized by the authorities, and security issues.
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Saudi Arabia – Jeddah Book Fair: Novels, Poetry, and Communication Skills Take Center Stage
World Today News has a must-read account of the Jeddah Book Fair, that recently finished in Saudi...
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Arab book fair and book festival visitor numbers easily exceeds 10 million in an unexpectedly quiet year. Who says Arabs don’t read?
“The Western reader devotes 200 hours of his time each year to reading, while the Arab...
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45th Kuwait International Book Fair is underway. Finishes December 2
Past editions of the Kuwait International Book Fair have been overshadowed by concerns about...
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Algeria – Algiers International Book Fair the world’s fourth largest book fair in 2023
The global book market is way bigger than we think. And we only have to look at the 2.7 million...
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Arab Renaissance redux: 1 million visitors at the Riyadh International Book Fair. Revenues substantially up
The global book market is so much bigger than we think. The Riyadh International Book Fair closed...
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“Put down the iPad, pick up a book” is the wrong message for Arab kids as global publishing realigns
What is up with the youth of today? Don’t they understand that reading is something you have to do...
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