China’s online literature industry continued its rapid growth in 2024, with the domestic reading market generating 43.06 billion yuan (around $5.96 billion) in revenue, a rise of 6.8 percent year-on-year, according to a report by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Revenue from IP adaptations surged 14.6 percent to 298.56 billion yuan (about $41.31 billion) […]
The 34th edition of the Doha International Book Fair has been hailed by organisers as the largest iteration of the event to date. This year’s fair shines a spotlight on Palestine, featured as Guest of Honour. Palestinian Minister of Culture, Emad Al Din Hamdan, inaugurated the Palestinian pavilion with a ceremony marked by children’s poetry […]
The renowned Palestinian poet and author, Mosab Abu Toha, is among this year’s Pulitzer prize winners. Abu Toha was awarded for a series of essays in the New Yorker documenting the lives and suffering of Palestinians in Gaza, where he has lived nearly all his life. “I have just won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary,” […]
Emirates Airline Festival of Literature Jan 29-Feb 2, 2025 The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature brings people from around the world together in the heart of Dubai each year. This celebration transcends borders and languages as talented writers entertain,...
Più Libri Più Liberi, Italy 4 – 8 December Più libri is the first Italian fair dedicated exclusively to independent publishing where every year around 500 publishers, coming from all over Italy, present their news and their catalog to the public. Website:...
