Once Upon a Time: Jamila and the Enchanted World of Books
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Big Bad Wolf Books is Roaring Again
Meeting the Big Bad Wolf himself. Malaysia’s Andrew Yap The Malaysian bookseller snappily called...
Amelia Smith Exclusive interview “Behind the Sun”
Amelia Smith Interview Amelia Smith is a journalist and a writer with a focus on the Middle East...
Zoulfa Katouh: Q and A
What made you write As Long As The Lemon Trees Grow ? Can you talk us through the process, from...
Game, set and memoir for Ash Barty and HarperCollins
HarperCollins UK has signed the memoir of Australian tennis star Ashleigh ‘Ash’ Barty who shocked...
Ukrainian staffer at LBF has air raid warning app on phone
Twenty-seven year-old architecture student Angelina Gladushevska is one of a six-strong team...
Ukrainian writer Kurkov: I didn’t feel ready to laugh at anything
By Alex Marshall Andrey Kurkov, one of Ukraine’s most renowned authors, is often...
Shelf-Life homage to books and booksellers in Egypt
In 2014, Nadia and Hind Wassef decided to open their first bookshop, Diwan, that later became one...
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Lebanese Publisher Nasser Jarrous is Writing his Memoirs
One of the best-known faces in international publishing, the Lebanese publisher Nasser Jarrous, is...
Two Years at the Helm of the IPA: Lessons Learned December 2020
“The big challenges of the twenty-first century will be global in nature. […] The whole of...
UAE’s history 2000 years ago is to be portrayed in a novel by Mohammed Al Habsi
It seems that the scent of heritage is a key component of the works of Emirati writer Mohammed Al...
Frankfurt-bound: translator Lobna Fouad on Arabic’s richness
In our second interview with translators heading for Frankfurt as part of the book fair’s...
Frankfurt-bound: the translator Moataz El-Maghawry
The Frankfurt Book Fair is running an International Translators Programme this year bringing more...
Aysha Majid: Attractive literary text can stimulate the Child’s perception
Writing children’s books is not an easy task at all. It requires the use of imagination in a...
Louis Blin: Jeddah is the French Orientalist crossing gate to the region
In his book about the bride of the Red Sea The four years that the French Doctor Louis Blin...
UK publishing and diversity – an interview with Salma Ibrahim of Literary Natives
In the UK, the need for more diversity in publishing – both in terms of the work force and in what...
ROLE OF BOOKS IS CRUCIAL TO CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING
The role of books is crucial in global understanding says Professor Ash Amin CBE, professor of...
Marwa Al Aqroubi: Arab Children’s books Began to Compete With Foreign Books
The UAE Board on Books for Young People (UAEBBY) announced, during its participation in the...