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 line-up ever, featuring 260+ authors and talents from around the world in 300+ sessions and […]
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 to invest their time in more creative pursuits. A series of Do-It-Yourself kits from the […]
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 language to children’s books, they’ve got something for everyone. The famous book sale is on […]
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 key locations in Abu Dhabi city during March, as part of the ‘Abu Dhabi Reads’ […]
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, you’re into books’, this campaign resulted in Sharjah’s debut win at Dulai Lynx – MENA’s […]
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 Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi). The competition kicks off […]
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 role in shaping the Dubai ruler’s outlook and values. Launched in collaboration with Dubai Media […]
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 turn. The award-winning author on Tuesday helped launch the UN refugee programme’s cold weather appeal, […]
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 through the doors of The Kindergarten Starters (KGS) school of Dubai to promote a week […]
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 far-reaching audiences. The north London bookshop is one among the circle of bibliophiles to join […]
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 haven this morning. SIBF 2020 is organised by Sharjah Book Authority, SBA, and themed “The […]
