The 2025 Black Sea Literary Festival 2025 is Underway in Bulgaria
The event shouts out the region’s growing cultural synergy amid geopolitical tensions.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jun 7, 2025 | Book Fairs, Bulgaria, Georgia | 0 |
The event shouts out the region’s growing cultural synergy amid geopolitical tensions.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jun 1, 2025 | Book Fairs, Europe, Romania | 0 |
“Years later I slipped it into the Kindle store one day and, despite it being written in the first person as a twelve year old Romanian girl in WWII, it sold a quarter million copies.”
Read Moreby Mark Williams | May 19, 2025 | Arab publishing, Book Fairs, Qatar | 0 |
Shabaro confirmed that print-on-demand has become a viable solution for Arab publishers struggling to reach dispersed readers across the region.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | May 19, 2025 | Book Fairs, Greece, Middle East, Sharjah | 0 |
Book fair press releases are all too often so flowery you expect them to attract bees as you read, and this one was no exception.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | May 19, 2025 | Book Fairs, Czech Republic, Europe | 0 |
Prague Book World offers an invaluable entry point into the dynamic Czech book market and the broader region. T
Read Moreby Mark Williams | May 18, 2025 | Book Fairs, Qatar | 0 |
Writing liberated human thought, enabling the preservation of philosophy, literature, and law across generations.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | May 18, 2025 | Book Fairs, Europe, Poland | 0 |
“This year’s theme, ‘A world connected by words,’ reflects how literature breaks down borders and language barriers,”
Read Moreby Mark Williams | May 16, 2025 | Book Fairs, Lebanon, MENA publishing, Middle East | 0 |
For the first time, the Arab World Institute (AWI) in Paris joins the fair with a dedicated stand, showcasing publications on Arab world topics in Arabic and French.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | May 4, 2025 | Abu Dhabi, Book Fairs, Caribbean | 0 |
A lively and engaging programme of activities was curated to showcase the Caribbean region’s culture, knowledge, and civilisation, emphasising its close and developing ties with the UAE.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | May 4, 2025 | Book Fairs, MENA publishing, Middle East, Qatar | 0 |
For the first time, the fair will launch a Professional Literary Exchange Programme, designed to foster international publishing rights deals and translation collaborations.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | May 3, 2025 | Book Fairs, China | 0 |
The fair coincides with notable growth in Chinese publishing. OpenBook reports double-digit growth in trade, academic, and digital publishing,
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Apr 25, 2025 | Book Fairs, Kuwait, MENA publishing | 0 |
As so often with fairs of this nature, the stress was on books and reading in the pursuit “knowledge” rather than the art of storytelling and literature for entertainment.
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