The 56th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair will be held from January 23 to February 6 in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
The Egyptian Ministry of Culture said that the Sultanate of Oman will be the guest of honor at this session, and the writer and thinker Dr. Ahmed Mostagir, a pioneer of genetic engineering in Egypt and the Arab world, has been chosen to be the personality of the exhibition, as well as the writer Fatima Al-Maadoul, as the personality of the Children’s Book Fair.
The Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) has announced the call for entries for the third edition of the Sharjah Rights Connection Award, which honors professionals excelling in the sale and acquisition of translation rights. This prestigious award aims to celebrate the individuals shaping the future of the global publishing industry by recognizing their innovation and expertise. […]
The Booker Prize Shortlist was announced at Somerset House on Monday (16 September), with religion, climate change, and race among the key themes tackled by the selected titles, and the largest number of women represented in its 55-year history. Five of the six-strong shortlist are women, with authors from five countries represented, including the Netherlands […]
Page proofs of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling have been allocated to Cambridge University Library, where they join his manuscript of the poem If, which was donated by the author himself. The proofs from The Jungle Book are part of a collection that came to the library from the estate of the late Rosemary […]
The Booker Prize Shortlist was announced at Somerset House on Monday (16 September), with religion, climate change, and race among the key themes tackled by the selected titles, and the largest number of women represented in its 55-year history. Five of the six-strong...
Page proofs of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling have been allocated to Cambridge University Library, where they join his manuscript of the poem If, which was donated by the author himself. The proofs from The Jungle Book are part of a collection that came to the...
Novelist Elias Khoury, one of Lebanon’s most renowned writers and a fervent advocate of the Palestinian cause, has died at the age of 76. Khoury, a leading voice of Arab literature, had been ill for months and admitted and discharged from hospital several times over...