International Prize for Arabic Fiction announces 2026 longlist featuring writers from ten different countries, including Egypt, Algeria, Lebanon, Iraq, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen.
20th Sheikh Zayed Book Award Announces Longlists for All Categories
In its 20th year, Abu Dhabi-based Sheikh Zayed Book Award announces longlists for the prize selected from over 4000 submissions from 74 countries.
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award Celebrates its 20th anniversary
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award Celebrates 20 years of supporting Arabic literature and culture around the world.
Sharjah’s New African Literature Festival Honors Wole Soyinka
The inaugural Sharjah Festival of African Literature honors Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka and Arab-African cultural roots.
UAE: Staging the Inaugural Sharjah Literature Festival
The new Sharjah Literature Festival has opened as ‘a celebration of our shared stories and a platform to nurture Emirati creativity.’
UAE: Sharjah’s Renamed ‘Book Magazine’ Issues a 75th Edition
Ahead of two new festival events, Sharjah renames a long-running magazine created along with Sharjah Book Authority in 2017.
UK: Bitter Lemon Press Buys World English Rights to Zayed Winner
The 2023 Sheikh Zayed Book Award Young Author prize winner’s world English rights have been bought by the UK’s Bitter Lemon Press.
Interlink Publishing’s Ownership Transferred in Moushabeck Family
The 37-year-old Interlink Publishing in the US state of Massachusetts announces that its management is passing to its founders’ children.
At Abu Dhabi Book Fair: Diwan’s New Naguib Mahfouz Book Covers
Egypt’s Diwan Publishing holds a place of honor at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair with its new series of Naguib Mahfouz covers.
A PRH-Kalimat Partnership: South and Southeast Asian, Arabic, English
Leveraging a translation-exchange model, Kalimat Group and Penguin Random House India and Southeast Asia open a partnership.