From Pandemic Panic to Pandemic Accommodation – global book fairs adjust to the New New Normal as Sharjah becomes world’s largest book fair
Sharjah this month eclipsed the mighty Buchmesse as the world’s largest book fair, taking the...
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Category: Sharjah
As Al Qasimi’s Sharjah prepares to take publishing’s centre stage, private visitors outnumbered trade at hybrid Frankfurt 2021 for first time
The torch for the future of the global publishing industry will be carried not by Frankfurt, and...
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Big Bad Wolf UAE online book sale extended due to “overwhelmingly successful first days”
Big Bad Wolf has already run several successful online book sales in its other markets, and the...
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Big Bad Wolf to debut in Sharjah, UAE, in partnership with SBA
Big Bad Wolf is no stranger to the United Arab Emirates, but its previous in-person visits were to...
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Mapping the New Normal: Sharjah Book Authority launches virtual discussion platform ‘Publishers Club’ in UAE
Sharjah Book Authority uses Zoom to offer a digital platform for Arab publishers as Covid-19...
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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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The StreetLib-TNPS global-perspectives newsletter Publish MENA #9 is now available
The free StreetLib-TNPS B2B global-perspectives newsletter for Middle East North Africa authors...
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After the LBF and BEA fiascos, publishers demand better from book fair organisers. Gothenburg is first to feel the heat. Will Frankfurt be next?
With the Nordics’ biggest literary event, the Gothenburg Book Festival, scheduled for late...
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UAE’s Sharjah Public Libraries to give 3 months free global access to 6 million digital titles as world locks down
Details are sparse as this post goes live but Sharjah Public Libraries in the United Arab Emirates...
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The biggest book fair in the world is an Arab event in Africa. 3.5 million visitors at Egypt’s Cairo International Book Fair. Publishers look the other way
Not that you’d know it reading the western publishing industry trade journals, but the Cairo...
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The Jeddah International Book Fair hopes to top a half million visitors this year, but censorship remains a concern
As the northern hemisphere’s summer fades away so the warm-climate countries say goodbye to the...
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Sharjah International Book Fair sets new visitor record – 2.52 million – as Algiers Int. Book Fair footfall declines to "only" 1.1 million
s Given Sharjah is also the UNESCO World Book Capital this year it perhaps won’t come as a...
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