Apr 29 2024
Dubai: As the go-to hashtag for all content pertaining to books, reading, writing and everything in between, TikTok’s #BookTok continues to grow in popularity with over 77 billion views globally and one of the most popular hashtags on the platform. With book reviews, […]
Dubai: The Emirates Literature Foundation announced, that they will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature from February 1-6, 2023. The Festival will return to their original neighbourhood, near Dubai Creek. Sessions will take place at […]
ABU DHABI: The Black Box Cinema activation at this year’s Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF) has once again proved to be one of the most popular features of the annual event, with the corner screening of 22 Arabic short […]
ABU DHABI: The Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK) announced its participation in the 31st edition of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF) to be held from May 23-29 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC). […]
SHARJAH: The Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) has announced that the 13th edition of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF) will be a 12-day event starting May 11. Themed ‘Create Creativity’, the region’s largest festival of its kind will run until […]
DUBAI: The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature welcomed child authors of the winning stories in the Voices of Future Generations for the Middle East Region competition for the launch of their book; an anthology called Young Voices of Arabia 2021. […]
The votes are in and the Goodreads community has spoken. Today, Goodreads has announced the Goodreads Choice Awards 2021 winners. This year, 4,756,261 votes were cast, as compared to 5,674,480 last year. The Goodreads Choice Awards began in 2009. Each year, Goodreads analyzes […]
ABU DHABI: Schoolchildren across the UAE will be encouraged to pick up a book and read as much as they can when the latest edition of the Creative Reader competition is launched by MAKTABA, the library management department of the […]
DUBAI: Swiss International Scientific School Dubai is sponsoring an enthralling exhibition of Swiss books at this week’s Dubai Design Week. Taking place November 8 to 13, 2021, Dubai Design Week is an annual week-long festival celebrating regional design and creativity […]
ABU DHABI: The Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre (ALC) has revealed the 302 books will benefit from more than AED2.3 million in grants through its “Spotlight on Rights” programme. The announcement was made at this year’s Al Ain Book Fair […]
SHARJAH: H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah has donated 12,000 titles comprising rare and valuable publications specialised in the history of Arab and Islamic art and architecture, to the House of […]
