The first International Booksellers Conference was organised by the Sharjah Book Authority from May 16- 17, 2022 at the Sharjah Publishing City. It was a 2-day event, packed with keynote speakers, panel discussions, networking and…

The Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival  The 13th Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival, 2022, is all set to open its gate after the pandemic. This year it is running from May 11-22, takes as its theme “Create Creativity”, and one of the…

London Book Fair started with 500+ International Exhibitors The London Book Fair 2022 (5-7 April), this year started with figures that may surprise some world publishing professionals. Andy Ventris, the director of London Book Fair,…

Seale Ballenger, new V-P of Publicity for Scholastic Seale Ballenger has been named vice president of publicity for Scholastic Trade Publishing, effective February 28. Ballenger will report to Erin Berger, senior VP of marketing for…

BolognaBookPlus, the exhibit, conferences and training programme, aimed at the general trade publishing market, and soft launched in June 2021, announces its 2022 events line-up. Situated in the centre of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair,…

The 15th edition of JLF will now begin on 5th March 2022 Teamwork Arts, the producer of the iconic Jaipur Literature Festival, rescheduled the Festival, which was previously scheduled for the end of January, the festival has now been…

New Delhi World Book Fair 2022 postponed The New Delhi World Book Fair 2022, which was scheduled to be held from 08th-16th January 2022 at the new International Exhibition Centre at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi has been postponed. In view of…

Not All Social Media Followers Are Potential Book Buyers A self titled book by Billie Eilish, one of the most famous pop stars in the world, with over 97 million followers on Instagram and another 6 million on Twitter has sold only 64,000…

The 40th Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) is being held from November 3-13, 2021 at Expo Centre Sharjah, having 1,566 publishers from 83 countries. Organised by the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), SIBF 2021 has 85 writers and…

The London Book Fair has gone digital. The online event will be held from June 21- July 1, 2021. Here, Andy Ventris, Director, London Book Fair, briefs us about the fair in the new format. AABP: Brief us about the forthcoming digital…