The third session of the Madinah Book Fair has officially kicked off and will continue until August 5, 2024. This year’s event features the participation of over 300 Arab and international publishing houses and agencies. It is part of a new series of exhibitions organized by the General Authority for Literature, Publishing, and Translation, complementing the Riyadh International Book Fair. The fair aims to promote reading and support the publishing sector in Saudi Arabia.
The fair’s schedule includes a variety of activities such as seminars, dialogue sessions, poetry readings, and discussions with thinkers, writers, and social media influencers. Highlights include “The Meeting of Imagination and Reality,” which examines how imagination serves as a tool for understanding and influencing society by merging it with real events, and “The Future of Literary and Critical Studies in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.”
Additionally, the exhibition offers workshops on content writing, analyzing children’s drawings, art therapy, working with the deaf, scriptwriting, and book reviewing. There is also a dedicated children’s program for ages 3 to 12, featuring games, interactive cultural competitions, theatrical performances, traditional crafts, and reading sessions with Saudi authors.