Category: Dubai
UAE – Dubai Stakes Global Leadership in Publishing Ahead of Sharjah Fair with Three Big Five Execs in Tow
the summit marks a critical moment in the Gulf’s cultural calendar, with a high-profile presence of senior executives from three of the western publishing industry’s top players, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins.
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Egypt – Dubai International Program for Writing at the Cairo International Book Fair
it would be fascinating to know how the DIWP workshops handle the AI angle, which simultaneously gives lazier writers the chance to coast, and gives serious writers the opportunity to take their art to new levels.
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Egypt – Dubai at the Cairo International Book Fair
Dubai’s Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation engagement at Cairo underscores CIBF’s growing significance as a hub for knowledge exchange, collaboration, and industry advancement.
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Mapping the New Normal: As Big Bad Wolf counts down its 20 million book online debut in Singapore publishers need to look beyond the remaindered titles and grasp the opportunity
English-language titles can be in huge demand if prices are appropriate to local market...
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2021 Sheikh Zayed Book Award is open for submissions
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award, often called the Arab Nobel Prize, is actually nine awards, each...
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Bodour Al Qasimi to deliver keynote speech to open debate on Arab book market data tracking at UAE’s Emirates Airlines LitFest
Taking place at Al Amwaj, InterContinental, in Dubai Festival City, Event No. 110 on Thursday 6...
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The latest edition of the StreetLib-TNPS B2B newsletter Publish MENA is live
A major breakdown with the submarine cable connecting West Africa and Europe caused serious...
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The TNPS Week In Review: December 8-14
For those who don’t get the chance to open all the regular email notifications from TNPS, a...
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Big Bad Wolf partners with DHL and Sharjah Book Authority to deliver 1 BILLION books to emerging markets over next 5 years
Big Bad Wolf has just announced what almost certainly will be its grand finale event for 2019, its...
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UNESCO says Arabs read for just 6 minutes a year. So why will more than 4 million Arabs be heading for MENA book fairs next week?
This year Sharjah, one of the United Arab Emirates, is UNESCO World Book Capital. Which means the...
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Emirates Publishing Association global networking brings the Arab Renaissance to the world
When it comes to identifying the leading forces in the international reach of the Arab Renaissance...
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Big Bad Wolf Dubai finished today. Dubai Cares was its charity partner
Big Bad Wolf has been in Dubai for its second year, bringing 3 million (not a typo!) mostly...
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