His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, has ordered the allocation of AED 10 million for the purchase of titles in Arabic and foreign languages, which have been brought in by the 1,024 publishers who are participating at the ongoing 39th Sharjah International Book […]

Visitors to the 39th Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) are making sure they tick every box in the fair’s detailed registration process, designed to prevent too many people from gathering at Expo Centre Sharjah at any given point in time. Ready to enjoy the book buying experience being offered as part of SIBF 2020’s hybrid […]

“For writers and visual artists, it begins with observation,” said Yann Martel in an online session broadcast on 07 November 2020 as part of the ongoing Sharjah International Book Fair 2020. In an interview with Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of Publishing Perspectives, the bestselling author of Life of Pi said his work originated from observing the […]

2020 may have been the year that brought the world to a standstill but for independent publisher, Sunono, based in Scotland, it is just the start of a promising journey, says CEO and founder Feda Shtia at the 39th Sharjah International Book Fair, currently on at Expo Centre Sharjah. “What makes our first ever book […]

Shashi Tharoor – author, Indian politician, and former international civil servant –who is also well known for his formidable vocabulary and penchant for unusual words, told an international virtual audience at the 39thSharjah International Book Fair that his favourite word in his rich lexicon is: ‘Read’. “I love the word ‘read’ because it is only […]

Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) is curating the seventh edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair/American Library Association (ALA) Library Conference (SIBF/ALA), to be held virtually from November 10 – 12 on the Zoom platform. The event will take place on the sidelines of the ongoing Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF)2020, and see the participation of […]

Prince Ea– the stage avatar of American rapper, spoken word artist and civil rights activist Richard Williams– prefers to be known as a ‘digital optometrist’. “I open people’s eyes to who they really are beyond their limiting beliefs, beyond concepts and ideas they are constricted by,” he told entrepreneur Spencer Lodge at a Sharjah International […]

Since he was 5 years old, Mihir Bose has been hooked on cricket, after witnessing a test match in 1951 between India and England at the Brabourne Stadium in erstwhile Bombay, now Mumbai, from an apartment building opposite the stadium. It is evident in his exhaustive account of the growth of cricket in India in […]

Winning a writing competition last year that offered a one-to-one mentoring in both writing and publishing a book is what kickstarted her writing project, said 12-year-old British author, Kande Summers, ahead of the launch of her debut novel at the 39th edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair. Going Home: Diary of a Teenage Alien will […]

The lack of fast-paced thrillers and suspense novels on the Arabic literary landscape and people’s longing to read such books are driving his books in this genre on bestselling lists, said celebrated Egyptian novelist and screenwriter Ahmed Murad, at the ongoing Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF 2020). Addressing SIBF’s virtual session on the ‘Sharjah Reads’ […]