Morocco – Sharjah confirmed as Guest of Honour at the 2025 Rabat International Book Fair
The Rabat International Book Fair was traditionally held in Casablanca, Morocco’s largest city and cultural hub.
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Category: Africa
Egypt’s Cairo International Book Fair Sets New Footfall Record: 5.5 million.
But here just a reminder: the biggest book fair in the world is in Africa.
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Egypt – Abu Dhabi at the Cairo International Book Fair
Increasingly at these book fairs, the line is being blurred between “public facing” and “professional”, and in increasing numbers the industry names and faces we are all used to seeing at the big western publishing events are lining up to be at these emerging market events, at the same time as regional players are upping their game.
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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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Cairo International Book Fair Spotlight: Qatar in Egypt
At one time seen as a publishing backwater and mere “public-facing” book fair by most western publishing industry players, Cairo is fast becoming a key arena for global participation.
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UAE – Celebrating African Literature: Sharjah Festival
It’s a sad reality that books by African authors are very difficult to find in Africa.
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Cote d’Ivoire – 15th Abidjan International Book Fair set for May 6-10
15th Abidjan International Book Fair May 6-10 2025
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Morocco’s English Book Festival – English-Language Publishers, Take Notice!
While Rabat and Casablanca grab the publishing headlines, Marrakech is setting the stage for the 2nd Marrakech English Book Festival, running January 17-19.
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Out of Africa: Six Writers of African Descent Who Achieved Global Acclaim in 2024
In 2024, African literature thrived, countering previous claims of its decline. Writers of African descent made significant strides, bringing African stories to previously inaccessible spaces.
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Morocco – Registration now open for Rabat International Book Fair 2025
The 30th edition of SIEL will take place April 17-27 at the OLM Souissi venue.
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Inaugural Sharjah Festival of African Literature – Once Again Sharjah Leads The Way In The Globalisation Of The International Book Markets
Fostering creativity, literacy and collaboration is a theme, if not perhaps in those exact words, that recurs again and again in the top-level Arab markets, and we (in western publishing) would all do well to take a step back and compare our own measures of success.
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Kenya Publishers Association Urges Action Against Counterfeit Textbooks
The proliferation of counterfeit items, including kamusi, dictionaries, readers, textbooks, and set books, significantly harms the publishing industry and the broader economy. This illegal activity leads to financial losses for publishers, tax evasion, and economic sabotage.
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