Tag: Baghdad International Book Fair

Qatar, Oman and Iraq Int. Book Fairs announce 2022 dates, but all too often there is a narrow focus on what reading is for that does publishing no favours

by Mark Williams | Nov 30, 2021 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Middle East | 0 |

The message from so many emerging market publishing industry events is clear: reading – and by...

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Iraq’s Baghdad International Book Fair set for December 9, but little chance of matching the 1 million visitors seen in 2019

by Mark Williams | Nov 25, 2020 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Iraq, Middle East, The global book market | 0 |

In 2019 the Baghdad International Book Fair presented 2 million books and attracted a record one...

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Iraqi Kurdistan’s 14th Erbil International Book Fair closes with 400,000 visitors as another MENA book fair record tumbles

by Mark Williams | Apr 14, 2019 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Iraq, Kurdistan, Middle East, The global book market | 0 |

With one million titles on offer it was always going to be a big attraction, but even so the...

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As western publishers look the other way millions attend Arab book fairs in February

by Mark Williams | Feb 24, 2019 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Middle East, The global book market | 1 |

The numbers are in, and its more records falling as Morocco’s Casablanca International Book Fair...

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As the London Book Fair looms, invisible millions attend book fairs and festivals around the globe

by Mark Williams | Feb 9, 2019 | Bangladesh, Big Bad Wolf sale, Book Fairs, Cuba, Egypt, Global Publishing, India, Iraq, Middle East, Myanmar, Pakistan, The global book market, UK | 0 |

If it’s February it must be the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela in Bangladesh, an annual festival of...

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475,000 attended Saudi Arabia's Jeddah International Book Fair. The Arab Renaissance continues

by Mark Williams | Jan 9, 2019 | Algeria, Algiers International Book Fair, Book Fairs, Egypt, Global Publishing, Iraq, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, The global book market | 2 |

When it comes to judging the potential of the so-called nascent book markets, attendance at book...

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