A growing and exciting market opportunity for publishers outside China to explore cultural reach beyond traditional literature, and a reminder that the global publishing market beyond the usual suspects is an untapped goldmine.
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Sharjah goes from strength to strength, as the centre of global publishing gravity inexorably shifts east following the collapse of Book Expo NY.
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At the best of times, events like these, on the notional margins of publishing civilisation, go barely noticed, and how much more when they come at a time when all eyes are on the behemoth that is the Buchmesse.
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FILSD23 was marred by protests and calls for a boycott, because Israel was lined up as Guest of Honour, at a time when the Palestine crisis was still daily news, not a reporting afterthought.
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Medellín’s festival is celebrated for its grassroots approach, attracting a diverse local audience and fostering a strong sense of community that makes the half-million footfall all the more impressive.
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Kudos to Dr Mohammed Alwan for not only embracing and promoting reading for pleasure, but also embracing and promoting technology and digital solutions.
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A record-breaking 320 submissions from 28 African countries.
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Moldova is now an independent country neighbouring Romania in the east, or a region within Romania in the west, which sounds like recipe for unrest and conflict, but historic and cultural ties seem so far to be producing a very peaceful and productive coexistence, epitomised by Bookfest Chisinau, organised under the patronage of Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis and Moldova’s President Maia Sandu.
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The 170,000 visitor turnout, while impressive for a regional fair, is dwarfed by the Jeddah book fair’s typical 500,000 visitor count, while the main event of the year, the Riyadh International Book Fair, routinely attracts more than one million visitors each year.
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The United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) reported 3,884 killings and injuries related to gang violence in the first six months of the year.
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This year’s theme, “Those who read make great friends,” really sends out the right message that books are to be enjoyed, not rote-memorised to pass an exam.
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In March of this year Ethiopia surpassed 40 million people online (41million to be precise), making it the fourth largest country in Africa by internet users, after Nigeria, Egypt and Kenya, meaning Ethiopia is ripe for digital publishing disruption.
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