The Egyptian Publishers Association has announced it is planning to organise a book fair by the end of November or early December at the Cairo International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Nasr City, Cairo.
The fair will feature Egyptian, Saudi, Emirati and Bahraini publishers in particular, as well as other international Arab publishers.
The event will see discounts of up to 70% on all books in a move to support publishers’ budgets in 2018.
The publishing industry is buzzing with news of AI start-ups, social media companies entering traditional publishing and traditional houses entering the AI space. It is like a digital wild West with seemingly every few days bringing a new announcement. Among the latest is the arrival of Spines which told the Bookseller that it aims […]
Norway has unveiled the Jon Fosse Prize for Translators, one of Europe’s most highly endowed awards for literary translation, aiming to highlight a profession often overlooked and increasingly challenged by machine translation. Named after Jon Fosse, the acclaimed novelist and playwright who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature, this annual award will honor […]
Barbara Taylor Bradford, the bestselling author of novels including A Woman of Substance, has died aged 91, her publisher has confirmed. The novelist died peacefully at her home on Sunday after a short illness, “surrounded by loved ones to the very end”. Described as “the grande dame of blockbusters”, Taylor Bradford published her 40th novel […]
Norway has unveiled the Jon Fosse Prize for Translators, one of Europe’s most highly endowed awards for literary translation, aiming to highlight a profession often overlooked and increasingly challenged by machine translation. Named after Jon Fosse, the acclaimed...
Barbara Taylor Bradford, the bestselling author of novels including A Woman of Substance, has died aged 91, her publisher has confirmed. The novelist died peacefully at her home on Sunday after a short illness, “surrounded by loved ones to the very end”. Described as...
International online literature comes to life at The British Library The British Library and Yuewen have launched a landmark three-year collaboration, Literature in the Digital Age, to enhance cultural exchange between the UK and China and to promote partnerships in...