Touring the ADIBF
This post originally appeared at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair blog. Earlier today Ursula Holpp took our group of journalists on a quick tour of the fair, introducing us to some of the most influential and interesting Arab book market representatives. After spending even just a couple hours walking around, trying to ...
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The Arab Book Market: Facts and Figures
This post originally appeared at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair blog. Bachar Chebaro, general manager of Arab Scientific Publishers and Secretary General of the Arab Publishers Association, kicked off this year’s professional program with his presentation on “News from the Arab Book Market.” As a member of the ...
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Arrival at the Abu Dhabi Book Fair
This post originally appeared at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair blog. After twenty-some-odd hours of travel (including a twelve-hour flight in a seat with a busted entertainment center that kept restarting and restarting as if it was possessed), I’m here in Abu Dhabi, at the Book Fair, waiting for the opening ...
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Recapping the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair
After a sentimental farewell drink atop the Crowne Plaza Hotel, I left Abu Dhabi Sunday morning at 2 am. Twenty-two hours later I was back here in Rochester, a bit exhausted, but utterly enthralled in Gamal al-Ghitani’s The Zafarani Files. Anyway, rather than pretend that I can be coherent on the blog today (that ...
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ADIBF: The Fair, The Awards, The Parties
What’s interesting to me about the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair is how it manages to address a number of different constituencies in a variety of ways. Whenever I attend a book fair, I always end up placing it into some imaginary book fair constellation: BEA is for booksellers and publishers, London is all about ...
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Thoughts on the Abu Dhabi Book Fair: Context
As I mentioned earlier I’m in Abu Dhabi, writing a blog for the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair blog. It’s all going pretty well—I have a few posts up, a few more interesting ones on the way—but since trips like this generate a lot of thoughts, comments, and ideas, and since the book fair blog ...
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