The sixth annual Sharjah Library Conference opened today (Wednesday), and is being held in collaboration with the American Library Association (ALA), on the side-lines of the ongoing Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF 2019). Welcoming participating delegates and visitors to the conference, HE Ahmed bin Rakkad Al Ameri, Chairman of Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), “We are […]

Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) is partnering with the Big Bad Wolf Ventures Sdn. Bhd. (BBW) – popularly known as the organiser of the World’s Biggest Book Sale, the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale, to further expand the access of affordable books to all members of society in the Middle East and Africa regions. The two […]

Globally acclaimed children’s author, Elisabetta Dami, the writer of the hugely popular Geronimo Stilton children’s books, thrilled a hall packed with school kids at the Sharjah International Book Fair 2019 when she told them her next work would see Geronimo, the eponymous mouse from her most successful series, go on a world tour which would […]

Teaching a group of aspiring chefs and curious onlookers at the Sharjah International Book Fair (2019) about the Nepalese cuisine, was chef Pemba Lama who shared a few exciting twists to the number one vegetable crop in the world…potatoes or ‘batata’ as it’s popularly known in the Middle East. Whether mashed, baked or roasted who […]

As you enter the workshop room of the 38th Sharjah International Book Fair you see how children were learning to make masks, you stop at the doorway, stunned by several dragon and unicorn craft box heads ready to greet you. The workshop on day 5, called ‘Dragon Masks’, saw children letting their imaginations run wild […]