UAE – Sharjah African Literature Festival: Promoting Reading Culture
As a writer and teacher in Africa, I can only applaud what is being achieved elsewhere on this beautiful continent, and dream that it might one day happen here.
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Author: Mark Williams
UAE – Winners of the First Chapter, ELF Seddiqi Writers’ Fellowship Announced
This is a wonderful fellowship story that deserves much wider reportage.
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Egypt – Cairo International Book Fair clocked 400,000 visitors on opening day
CIBF 2025 could beat the 4.7 million visitor record set in 2024.
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With the “Tyranny of the Square Metre” in the Rear-View Mirror, the April Festival du Livre de Paris Promises to Be the Best Yet
London Book Fair-goers will know the feeling well, sitting on the floor because the organising company refused to supply adequate seating.
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Thailand’s first book fair of the year is underway in Bangkok, and don’t you just love the promo poster?
Obviously this is not going to set any book fair records for sales or footfall, but with such a delightful promo poster, I could not leave it unreported.
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