The Arab Book Market: Facts and Figures
This post originally appeared at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair blog. Bachar Chebaro, general manager of Arab Scientific Publishers and Secretary General of the Arab Publishers Association, kicked off this year’s professional program with his presentation on “News from the Arab Book Market.” As a member of the ...
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Arrival at the Abu Dhabi Book Fair
This post originally appeared at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair blog. After twenty-some-odd hours of travel (including a twelve-hour flight in a seat with a busted entertainment center that kept restarting and restarting as if it was possessed), I’m here in Abu Dhabi, at the Book Fair, waiting for the opening ...
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Recapping the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair
After a sentimental farewell drink atop the Crowne Plaza Hotel, I left Abu Dhabi Sunday morning at 2 am. Twenty-two hours later I was back here in Rochester, a bit exhausted, but utterly enthralled in Gamal al-Ghitani’s The Zafarani Files. Anyway, rather than pretend that I can be coherent on the blog today (that ...
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March Issue of the Frankfurt Book Fair Newsletter
The new issue of the Frankfurt Book Fair is now available online, and includes: Information about Argentina’s new translation subsidy program; An interview with Akshay Pathak about the GBO New Delhi and the Indian book market; and, An article I wrote on the future of publishing in India. ...
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PEN's Poetry Slam
This is pretty cool: Inspired by live translation slams that proved to be audience favorites at the Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival, and again at PEN World Voices, PEN’s online Translation Slam aims to showcase the art of translation by juxtaposing in a public forum two “competing” ...
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ADIBF: The Fair, The Awards, The Parties
What’s interesting to me about the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair is how it manages to address a number of different constituencies in a variety of ways. Whenever I attend a book fair, I always end up placing it into some imaginary book fair constellation: BEA is for booksellers and publishers, London is all about ...
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