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Emirates Airline Festival of Literature 2023 opens today featuring 260+ authors from around the world

Brew Admin   Wed 01 Feb 2023    

Dubai: The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature (February 1-6), one of the world’s top ten literary festivals, begins today at InterContinental Dubai Festival City and Mohammed bin Rashid Library. The crystal edition is expected to be exceptional, with the largest […]

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Creative publications from across Europe attract diverse readers at SIBF 2022

Brew Admin   Sun 13 Nov 2022    

Sharjah: Exclusive offerings that aim to inspire creativity are quite popular at the 41st Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) where custom manuscripts, masterpiece artwork kits, and exclusive Arabic-translated books from publishing houses across Europe are motivating children, youth and families […]

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A sneak peek of The Big Bad Wolf Book Sale in Dubai

Vismay Anand   Thu 14 Apr 2022    

DUBAI: TheBrew team got early access to The Big Bad Wolf Book Sale. Press play to get a sneak peek into all that the sale has to offer you with TheBrew reporter Vismay Anand. From science to design to history to […]

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The Library on Wheels initiative to continue all year-long

Brew Admin   Mon 11 Apr 2022    

ABU DHABI: The ‘Library on Wheels’ initiative, operated by the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK), will continue its tour of the emirate on a year-long basis. This comes after a series of successful pop-ups at schools and […]

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Sharjah Book Authority wins big at the Dubai Lynx 2022 Awards

Brew Admin   Fri 18 Mar 2022    

SHARJAH: Sharjah Book Authority’s (SBA) global campaign ‘Into Books’ has scooped three big awards at the prestigious Dubai Lynx 2022 – two gold and one bronze in the categories ‘Film’ and ‘Film Craft’. Carrying the slogan ‘If you’re into something, […]

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Creative Reader Competition — Encouraging children to read as many books as they can

Brew Admin   Tue 16 Nov 2021    

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 […]

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Dubai ruler revisits childhood in new book “My Little World”

Brew Admin   Sun 10 Jan 2021    

Blending engaging storytelling with keen observations about human relationships, learning, and the desert, H.H Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid recounts his early life in his new book “My Little World.” The events highlighted in the illustrated page-flipper have played a major […]

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‘American Gods’ author knits a warm call for forgotten Syrian refugees this winter

Brew Admin   Wed 09 Dec 2020    

The bitter plight of Syrian refugees continues to be shadowed by the pandemic-tainted pitfalls of the year, but fantasy storyteller Niel Gaiman has sought to remind people that their misery should not be forgotten as the weather takes a biting […]

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Right to Read: UAE school reignites love for reading

Brew Admin   Tue 08 Dec 2020    

In the time of online learning and when the whole curriculum of schools are shifting towards the tech-friendly education system and somehow kids are losing the value of book reading habit, many authors, educationalist, journalists, environmentalist, and entrepreneurs are charged […]

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UK booksellers go digital in fight against lockdown collapse

Brew Admin   Wed 11 Nov 2020    

Faced with closures amid on and off pandemic measures and rising threats from retail giant Amazon, 250 independent UK bookshops have banded together to kickstart a new online platform — to both sustain their loyal customer base and generate newer […]

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SIBF 2020 opens to virtual, real-life crowds, 1m reads on spectacular display

Brew Admin   Wed 04 Nov 2020    

The 39th edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair, SIBF 2020, opened today at the Expo Centre Sharjah. Cultural ambassadors, diplomats, media, and community showed up bright and early as Sharjah opened the doors to the globally anticipated annual book-lovers […]

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