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Volodymyr Zelenskyy Opens Virtual Lviv BookForum
The Lviv BookForum is running virtually through the Hay Festival website, with events starting Friday and continuing through the weekend. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared a letter of support for the event.
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Saudi Arabia Opens to Global Publishing Pros
The Riyadh International Book Fair featured a two-day Publishers Conference, held September 27-28, which offered of talks from global publishing executives. The program is part of an ambitious government-supported plan to grow and professionalize the publishing industry and foster more translation.
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Bologna Opens Rights Center to Adult Book Publishers, Agents
The Bologna Children's Book Fair will now welcome any publisher, including those who exclusively work in adult books, to take a table at the Bologna Rights Center.
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Madrid Book Fair Draws Three Million Visitors
The Madrid Book Fair ran from May 27 to June 12 and attracted more than three million visitors, up 2% over the last, pre-pandemic year of the fair in 2019.
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Taipei Book Fair Concludes In-Person Run
The six-day Taipei International Book Exhibition, which wrapped up on June 7, was held in-person after two years of virtual fairs. About 250,000 people attended the event, down from 580,000 visitors the last time TIBE was held, in 2019.
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Abu Dhabi Fair Highlights International Publishing Ties
The Abu Dhabi International Book Fair ran from May 23-29 in the United Arab Emirates. The event offered more than 650 events and attracted 1,130 publishers from more than 80 countries.
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Readmagine 2022: Publishing Faces Its Future in Madrid
The Readmagine publishing conference in Madrid discussed several dynamic issues facing the industry, from the challenge of increasing inclusivity to reducing the book business's environmental impact and more.
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Abu Dhabi Congress Spotlights Arabic Market Growth, Challenges
On May 22, the inaugural International Congress of Publishing and Creative Industries was held in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Speakers discussed the growing relevance of the Arabic-language book market—which caters to nearly 400 million speakers—to the rest of the world.
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How the SZBA Fosters Arabic Translation
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award Translation Grants were first introduced in 2018 to help support the translation of SZBA-winning Arabic language books and their publication around the world. Sixteen books have been translated into multiple languages since the launch of the grant, including English, German, French, Italian, Greek, Georgian and, exceptionally appropriate this year, two into Ukrainian.
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Elevating Arabic Language and Culture in Abu Dhabi
The Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Center, which operates under the auspices of the Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi, has taken the lead in advancing the status of Arabic as a global lingua franca through both the Sheikh Zayed Book Awards and the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, taking place May 23-29.
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The 2022 Sheikh Zayed Book Award Winners
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award is one of the Arab world's leading prizes dedicated to Arabic literature and culture. This year, the Award received 3,000 submissions—a 28% rise over 2021, when a total of 2,349 applications were received. For the 16th edition of the Award, submissions were made from 55 countries: 20 Arab and 35 others, including the United States
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The Sheikh Zayed Book Award Celebrates 16 Years
Established in 2006 in Abu Dhabi, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA), often referred to as the “Arab world’s equivalent to the Nobel Prize,” is named after the founding father of the United Arab Emirates, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan—himself a great lover of poetry and literature. The award is unique in the world of awards insofar as it honors a wide variety of literary and publishing professionals including authors, translators, publishers, and organizations across a broad range of categories, including Arabic Culture in Other Languages, Translation (either to or from Arabic), Publishing and Technology, Contribution to the Development of Nations, and Literature (Children’s, Literary and Art Criticism), among others.
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Abu Dhabi's Book Fair Seeks to Inspire
The Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, running May 23-29, and the new Congress of Arabic Publishing & Creative Industries, to be held on May 21, are offering more than 450 events.
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Sharjah’s Inaugural Bookseller Conference Delayed by Death of UAE President
Sharjah’s first International Bookseller Conference was delayed by a day due to the unexpected death, on May 13, of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates.
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IBPA Hosts a Double PubU, Comes Out Swinging for Hybrid Publishers
The Independent Book Publishers Association held not one but two Publishing University conferences in April, to cater to virtual and in-person attendees.
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Black Sea Book Conference Opens Eyes
In the shadow of the war in Ukraine, area publishing professionals look to the future.
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International Book Fairs Still Thrive in the Digital Age
Virtual book fairs offer immense convenience to their attendees, although the rights crowd yearns for face-to-face again, writes ‘PW’ international editor Ed Nawotka.
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John Grisham and Celeste Ng to Speak at USBS
John Grisham and Celeste Ng will be among the speakers at the U.S. Book Show, the trade show of the publishing industry, sponsored and organized by 'PW,' which is set to run May 23-26.
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Book Fairs Return in Buenos Aires and Madrid
Festivals in Buenos Aires and Madrid are back this spring under new leadership.
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Back in Person for 2022, AWP Comes to Philadelphia
After a 2020 conference shrunken by the coronavirus and a fully virtual conference last year, this year’s in-person AWP Conference and Bookfair, held in Philadelphia from March 23 to 26, proved a long-awaited return to form.
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