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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Tag: Sharjah International Book Fair
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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Algeria’s Algiers International Book Fair (SILA) to be held online this year. Catastrophe or opportunity?
The loss of the in-person event has been described as “a catastrophe” for Algerian publishers who...
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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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38th Sharjah International Book Fair announces Arab author guest list
“Open Books Open Minds” is the theme for this year’s Sharjah International Book Fair, an event...
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Submissions opened for the Sharjah International Book Fair Awards. Deadline September 1
With Sharjah the World Book Capital this year (check out this interview with Bodour Al Qasimi to...
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From a mortgaged dagger to World Book Capital – books are woven into Sharjah’s history and DNA
We’re weeks away from the Emirate of Sharjah, part of the United Arab Emirates, assuming the title...
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As western publishers look the other way millions attend Arab book fairs in February
The numbers are in, and its more records falling as Morocco’s Casablanca International Book Fair...
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The TNPS Week In Review
It’s been a quiet week at TNPS for various reasons, but here’s what was covered this...
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Sharjah 2.23 million. Algiers 2.2 million. 4.4 million visitors to Arab book fairs in the past two weeks. The Arab Renaissance gathers momentum
The Sharjah International Book Fair just missed last year’s record-breaking 2.38 million visitors,...
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The TNPS Week In Review – Nov. 4-Nov 10
This past week on TNPS: Sales down but visitors up at Brazil’s Porto Alegre Book Fair. The...
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