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May June 24

Registrations open for SIBF Publishers Conference

Registration is now open for the 14th edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) Publishers Conference, organized by the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA, to be held from November 3rd to 5th 2024. The conference will once again…

Dipesh Chakrabarty awarded the European Essay Prize 2024

Dipesh Chakrabarty is awarded the 46th European Essay Prize on the occasion of the French translation of his latest essay Après le changement climatique, penserl’histoire (Paris: Gallimard, 2023). The jury of the European Essay Prize pays…

Annual meeting of IFRRO held successfully

The International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations (IFRRO) recently concluded its highly significant annual meeting of the Asia Pacific Committee in Hong Kong, hosted by the Hong Kong Reprographic Rights Licensing Society…

34th International Publishers Congress: an update

The IPA International Publishers Congress, in Guadalajara, Mexico, from 3 -6 December 2024,under the theme Turning Pages: Publishing and the Future Society, will be addressed by Oleksandra Matviichuk, the chair of the Center for Civil…

CCBF to be held in November in China

The 11th edition of the China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair (CCBF) is scheduled to take place from November 15-17, 2024 at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Centre. According to the Foreign Ministry, China will…

The Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2024 conferred

HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, has announced winners of its 18th edition of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award following a meeting of its Board of Trustees organized by the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre (ALC),…

UAEU and Taylor & Francis announce open access partnership

United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) and international research publisher Taylor & Francis have announced a new three-year transformative agreement. Researchers at UAEU can now choose open access (OA) in over 2,500 journals, boosting…