6th Iraq International Book Fair Offers Gateway to Rebuilding Market
Sixth Iraq International Book Fair opens 3 Dec in Baghdad. Key insights for publishers on market opportunities and cultural sector rebuilding.
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Category: Iraq
Iraqi Kurdistan – Zakho International Book Fair Marks New Chapter for Kurdish Publishing
Zakho’s inaugural international book fair opens 1-6 Dec 2025, showcasing 20,000+ titles from 50+ publishers across 10 countries in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region.
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Overshadowed by Sharjah, Iraq’s 17th Erbil International Book Fair Launches With Theme “The World Speaks Kurdish”
But all the talk of the Arab Literary Renaissance becomes a bit one-sided in the western publishing arena when it’s the usual suspects – Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia and Egypt – grabbing all the attention while the grassroots events like Iraq’s Erbil fair, Morocco’s Rabat fair, et al, are relegated to footnotes, if they are noticed at all.
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Iraq’s 4th Najaf International Book Fair is underway
The fair’s media director, Haider Hashem Al-Moussawi, emphasised its global scale, noting the participation of renowned publishers from the Middle East, Europe, and Asia.
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The 4th Iraq International Book Fair is underway
The 4th Iraq International Book Fair runs February 14 through 24 this year. Details are sparse at...
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Iraq’s Baghdad International Book Fair set for December 9, but little chance of matching the 1 million visitors seen in 2019
In 2019 the Baghdad International Book Fair presented 2 million books and attracted a record one...
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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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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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Iraqi Kurdistan’s 14th Erbil International Book Fair closes with 400,000 visitors as another MENA book fair record tumbles
With one million titles on offer it was always going to be a big attraction, but even so the...
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14th Erbil Book Fair underway in Iraq’s Kurdistan. 100,000 visitors expected
Iraq is probably on few authors or publishers lists as a place to sell books, and no question the...
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Over 5 million visitors spend over $5 million at India's 2019 book fairs. And we're only halfway through February
India’s Kolkata International Book Fair wound up earlier this week and the numbers are in:...
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As the London Book Fair looms, invisible millions attend book fairs and festivals around the globe
If it’s February it must be the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela in Bangladesh, an annual festival of...
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