India – Sharjah at the New Delhi World Book Fair
For those that suffered the west-centric history of the world at school – Arab and Indian cultural relations long predate the arrival of the Europeans on the subcontinent.
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Tag: Sharjah Book Authority
Sharjah Publishers Club shows Arab publishers the power of social media to engage audiences and advance book sales
The focus is on getting Arab publishers to widely recognise what an elite few already know – that...
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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 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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Sharjah International Book Fair sets new Guinness world record – for book-signings
Back in 2010 a world record was set in Turkey when 1,423 authors signed copies of their own books...
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"Taking Arabic titles global”, "Global Publishing: What's next for this growing industry?", "Publishers' digital strategy: New ways of storytelling" – Sharjah IBF sets the pace for the next decade
Sharjah’s 9th Publisher Conference, which starts today in advance of the Sharjah International...
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Sharjah Publishing City sponsors Nigerian literature award
The third edition of Nigeria’s Channel Book Club Literature Prize is being sponsored by the UAE’s...
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Arabic Literature in Translation Seminar in New York follows Sharjah’s New Orleans Library Association presence. The Arab Renaissance gets into second gear
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA) will be running a seminar at the New York Public Library...
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Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival “Carnival of Knowledge” just misses a quarter million visitors
With the theme “Your Future … Just a Book Away” the just-ended tenth Sharjah Children’s Reading...
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