Home 5 News 5 300 Publishing Houses Take Part in the 13th Edition of the Erbil International Book Fair

300 Publishing Houses Take Part in the 13th Edition of the Erbil International Book Fair

by | Oct 15, 2018 | News

The 13th edition of the Erbil International Book Fair launched in Kurdistan with the participation of more than 300 publishing houses, libraries and cultural institutions from 17 countries. The Fair runs until October 20, 2018, and hosts about 60 events with the participation of dozens of cultural, academic and political figures.

The Fair brings on more than half a million titles covering literary, intellectual, scientific, religious, legal, economic and humanitarian disciplines, mostly in the Kurdish, Arabic and English languages.  A special pavilion was entirely dedicated to children’s books to encourage the children of Kurdistan to read.

The Fair also hosts top Iraqi poets such as Kazem Al-Hajjaj, Muwaffaq Mohammed and Ibrahim Al-Buhrazi, as well as a number of international-award-wining Iraqi films. Theater and musical performances and book signing parties will be held on the sidelines of the Fair.

Related Posts

Lords Defend Artists in AI Clash

Lords Defend Artists in AI Clash

In the UK, the House of Lords has dealt a fourth defeat to the government over its plans to allow tech companies to use copyrighted material to train their models. The Lords, who are looking for more protections for artists from AI, rejected the latest amendment to...

THE LOOK by Michelle Obama Coming in November

THE LOOK by Michelle Obama Coming in November

Crown Publishing Group has announced the upcoming release of THE LOOK, a new book by former First Lady Michelle Obama, set to hit shelves on November 4, 2025.   The book will be available in hardcover and eBook editions from Crown, with an audiobook version, narrated...

HarperCollins Bets on Fauzia Musa

HarperCollins Bets on Fauzia Musa

Juniper, the new literary fiction imprint of Harper Collins UK, has acquired the debut novel by award-winning journalist and design consultant Fauzia Musa that explores the lasting impact of Partition through the lens of one Muslim family.   Entitled The Strangling...

Previous Next
Close
Test Caption
Test Description goes like this