Category: Book Fairs
Mapping the New Normal: As Big Bad Wolf announces its debut Thailand online sale, global publishing faces a watershed moment
Such demand for English-language books in one-city events where prospective visitors are limited...
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Mapping the New Normal: South Korea’s Seoul Int. Book Fair rescheduled as a hybrid in-person and online event for October
For Koreans outside Seoul the online event will make for easy participation, but the real benefits...
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Big Bad Wolf goes digital again in Indonesia in August. Online debut for Sri Lanka in October
Big Bad Wolf expands its reach from city-wide to country-wide with audience reach of 7 million in...
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Mapping the New Normal: Mexico’s Hay Festival Querétaro will be online this September
Event organisers around the world are fast realising that while online must be different, it need...
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Iran’s Tehran International Book Fair cancelled for 2020
Originally scheduled for April, it was announced in February that the 2020 Tehran International...
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No Kuwait International Book Fair this November, but an online version may replace it
With the Covid-19 pandemic showing no sign of abating, the Kuwaiti Information Minister, Mohammad...
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The StreetLib-TNPS global-perspectives newsletter Publish MENA # 10 is hitting in-boxes about now
The free StreetLib-TNPS B2B global-perspectives newsletter for Middle East North Africa authors...
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Panama International Book Fair will be virtual this year. Last year it attracted over 100,000 visitors
“Read about us” is the theme of this year’s FIL Panama, scheduled for August,...
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UAE’s Sharjah International Book Fair will go ahead Nov 4-14. All Exhibitor spaces sold. But 2 million visitors is unlikely this year
As the biggest territorial Middle East book event (Cairo attracts more visitors but is in North...
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Italy: Giunti’s Int. Sales Officer talks Arab book markets. “Intimacy and direct interaction connect the audience with the publishing house”
While not free of the Covid-19 virus, Italy has gone from one of the hardest hit countries to one...
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Sri Lanka’s Colombo Int. Book Fair hopes to proceed in September. No online alternative is being discussed and digital books remains a novelty
Vijitha Yapa, President of the Sri Lanka Book Publishers Association has said it is planning for...
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China’s Beijing International Book Fair will be online this year
With less than 8 weeks to go the Beijing International Book Fair has cancelled all its physical...
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