Very little information available (or at least that I can find) for the 3rd annual Kismayo Book Fair, which will run July 7-9 this year. The website is showing a dead-end, but both Facebook and twitter report the fair is about to kick off. Kismayo is a port and commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region Read More …
Here’s a summary of TNPS posts from the past seven days. UK small publishers find new ways to survive as chain bookstores turn them away HarperCollins’ Harlequin launches romance book website in Australia The Mogadishu Book Fair: an oasis of tranquility in a troubled land Small presses and self-publishers left stranded by collapse of Read More …
Vie twitter. Yet another book fair launching in troubled Somalia. More on this as information becomes available. Via twitter. Yet another book fair launching in troubled Somalia. More on this as information becomes available. The event is one of several book fairs in Somalia this year, of which the Mogadishu Book Fair was the highest Read More …
From above, the city is knots of green punctured by blue, red and beige roofs rolling into a strip of bright white sand before falling into the sea. In August, the air in the city is cool and a crisp ocean breeze clears the humidity. What better setting for a book fair? Actually there are Read More …
Somalia’s 4th annual Mogadishu Book Fair will be happening August 15-17. Follow on twitter. Facebook. Website (not responding as I write this): Other Somali cities have managed to hold book fairs, including Hargeisa (last month), Kismayo and Garowe. Last year was the first time a handful of foreign guests were allowed to attend, because of Read More …
