Iran eyes ASEAN as an 800 million people market at the Indonesian International Book Fair
“Entering Indonesia is entering the ASEAN region, which has a population of about 800...
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Category: Iran
100 Publishers Account for ¾ of Iran’s book publishing by volume
At a time when many publisher representatives in the Middle East and South Asia are clinging to...
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Serbia’s publishers lead the West’s presence at Iran’s First Virtual Tehran International Book Fair
It’s not clear yet how successful the event has been – the regular book fair is Iran’s largest...
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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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Iran begins to tentatively re-open its bookstores, but will consumers be ready to visit?
China, Italy, Denmark, Germany and now Iran are among the countries tentatively allowing...
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Iran sees 4-fold increase in ebook and audiobook downloads during coronavirus lockdown
It’s a similar story around the world where ebooks and digital audiobooks are readily...
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Oman’s Muscat International Book Fair pulls a crowd of “only” 706,000 as Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh IBF and Iran’s Tehran IBF cancelled amid Coronavirus fears
Having attracted a crowd of over 1 million for two years running, the latest Muscat International...
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Iran’s Association of Islamic Revolution Publishers’ Seyyed Ali Andarzgu Literary Awards seeks to keep history in line with state policy
The Seyyed Ali Andarzgu Literary Awards were launched this week by Iran’s Association of Islamic...
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As the Tehran International Book Fair goes head to head with at least 8 other major global book events later this month, let's not forget the writers and readers of Iran
Starting April 24 and running through until May 4, the 32nd Tehran International Book Fair has...
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“A voiceless nation, too busy staying alive to create literary pieces in foreign languages”
In what is believed to be a first, a Kurdish woman will be publishing a novel written in English....
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“The mystery of a million book lovers in the modern age.” The BBC shows worrying ignorance of the global book fair scene
In a modern world where, supposedly, no-one reads books anymore because we are all bingeing on...
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"Books make friends. Build your community." Iran's first art books fair readies for September
Books as an Art medium is the theme for Iran’s first art book fair, scheduled for a two day...
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