Morocco to be Guest of Honour at the Paris Book Festival
What I love about the Morocco pavilion at the Paris Book Festival this year is that visitors can explore five thematic areas, each offering a unique experience.
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Category: Morocco
Morocco’s 2025 Book Publishing Support Programme
All that said, actions speak larger than words, so it will be interesting to review this in a year’s time and see what real progress has been made.
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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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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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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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TNPS Thought for Christmas: TV celebrity children’s authors will never match the magic of Rowling or Blyton
Fewer and fewer children are reading for pleasure, in large part because the education system has failed them, but also in no small part because a TV celebrity riding on a ghostwriter’s skills and a jovial TV persona will never match the magic of a JK Rowling or an Enid Blyton, that wrote for children, not for fame and fortune.
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In Qatar, Moroccan literature stands out at the 10th Katara Prize for Arabic Fiction
A total prize pool of $650,000 is on offer, with main prize standing at $200,000.
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Morocco confirmed as Sharjah International Book Fair Guest of Honour
The Sharjah International Book Fair can attract over 2 million visitors in a good year, and is one of the few Arabic book fairs that gets wide international coverage, so being a SIBF Guest of Honour is a coveted prize.
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Morocco – In Casablanca a bulldozer dumps tons of used books into the back of a truck
It’s not at all clear from the report why a huge pile of books was strewn on the roadside or...
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ISBN AGM goes ahead in Morocco as death toll rises
As of writing this post, the death toll stands anywhere from 2,000-3,000 depending on the news...
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Newsy-Today’s Interview with the Moroccan Publishers Association’s Camille Hoballah
Head over to Newsy-Today for an insightful look at the Moroccan education publishing scene as...
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On March 13 Morocco opens for online applications for publisher support
If the Moroccan government is serious about developing the publishing industry then it needs to...
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