| | This week, Publishing Perspectives is offering expanded coverage of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (May 23-29) and Arab-world book publishing.
ADIBF Guide: Our online resource gathers the latest info about the fair, including events, fair news, translation grants, and more.
Event Recommendations: See our curated list of events from ADIBF and Guest of Honor Germany, all live-streamed online.
This coverage is supported by the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. |
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| On the IPAF 2019 longlist for ‘Women of the Five Senses,’ Jordanian aeronautical engineer and author Jalal Barjas wins this year for his novel ‘Notebooks of the Bookseller.’ |
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| Questions of fidelity to a text and handling ambiguous passages were among topics discussed by Arabic translators Marilyn Booth, Michael Cooperson, and Hamed Al Ghaithi. |
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| From the protection of copyright to censorship, taxes, custom duties, the need for digital acceleration and literacy, the association's president surveys the conditions in which publishers are working. |
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| ‘Light in a global darkness’: The award’s secretary-general Dr. Ali Bin Tamim says the program now has honored a total 100 laureates. |
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| A lost novelist, ‘her whispering voice, fleeing depression,’ led Egyptian author Iman Mersal. on her journey of ‘reading the past’—and one of the biggest literary prizes in the world. |
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| The cultural program at this year’s Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, curated by the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, features a strong roster of writers from the Arab world. (Sponsored) |
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| UPCOMING EVENTS (times in Gulf Standard Time / GMT+4): |
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All events will be posted on the ADIBF YouTube channel.
May 26 at 12:00 – 13:00: Online Book Sales – Anything to Learn? (Germany GoH program) Speakers: Marco Plitsch (KNV Zeitfracht), Salah Chebaro
May 26 at 14:30 – 15:30: Essays, Reportage and Stories from the Middle East (Germany GoH program) Speakers: German writer Navid Kermani; Fareed Majari, director of the Goethe-Institut in Abu Dhabi
May 26 at 16:30 – 17:30: Growth in Audiobooks (Germany GoH program) Speakers: Kurt Thielen, (Zebralution), Cécile Palusinski, Ramy Yaacoub (Maktabi)
May 26 at 20:30 - 21:30: Historical Fiction Speakers: Writers Iman Mersal and Salha Obaid
May 27 at 12:00 - 13:00: The State of Literature During the Pandemic Speakers: Writers Taleb Alrefai (Kuwait) and Eman Alyousuf (UAE)
May 27 at 17:00 - 18:00: Films and Books: Success Stories and Challenges (Germany GoH program) Speaker: Elisabeth Ruge
May 27 at 18:00 - 19:00: IPAF: Honouring the 2021 Winner and Shortlisted Authors Shortlisted authors: Abdelmajid Sebbata, Abdulatif Ould Abdullah, Dunya Mikhail, Habib Selmi, Jalal Bargas, and Amira Ghenim |
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