Category: Book Fairs
Arabs Don’t Read” Redux – International Book Fair “the biggest cultural event in Kuwait”
But what an opportunity for smaller and more nimble publishers to partner with their Arab partners...
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UAE – Arabs don’t read? Sharjah International Book Fair clocks 2.17 million visitors as western book fairs struggle to attract pre-Covid footfall
Sharjah wasn’t the biggest book fair by visitors this year – that honour went to Madrid – but it...
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Frankfurt pulls in only 60% of its pre-Covid traffic as economic realities of the New Normal hit home
No question in-person trade events have a future, and will continue to be important for the...
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Saudi Arabia – Riyadh Int. Book Fair clocks 1 million+ visitors for third time as the Arab Renaissance rebounds after Covid
As we head into cooler months, and providing Covid behaves this time around, there’s every...
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Azerbaijan – Baku Int. Book Fair shows publishing’s international fraternity talk often has little substance
The business of publishing – beyond the obvious commercial core – is to breakdown...
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FYI – Frankfurt Buchmesse Professional Programme 2022: Masterclasses on TikTok, Audiobooks and Distribution
From the Buchmesse newsletter Using AI to create audiobooks, communicating with the fan community...
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Egypt – 2023 Cairo International Book Fair dates announced
The Cairo International Book Fair is usually the biggest book fair in the world by visitor...
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UK – Words by the Water book festival axed over cost of living. How soon before bigger events feel the pinch?
As we head into a winter of economic uncertainty the future of bigger publishing events will be in...
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Beijing Int. Book Fair postponed at two days notice as Pandemic rages in China
What chance BIBF22? While much of the world seems to have learned to live with the Covid-19...
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Taiwan Comic Expo pulls 90,000 visitors on first day after 2 year in-person hiatus
2020 and 2021 saw virtual events quickly knocked together to keep a semblance of normality going,...
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Arab book market focus: Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival 2022 (UAE)
The Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival is one of the biggest children’s literary events in the...
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Registration opens for hybrid Nigeria International Book Fair
Nigeria and other national publishing events organisers across sub-Saharan Africa would do well to...
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