By Edward Nawotka Over the past four years the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair has become the premier publishing trade show in the Middle East and a place to meet-and-greet movers and shakers in publishing in the region. As discussed in our lead article, this year’s fair appears to be the best yet, and includes for the first time the …
Krauss Leads Abu Dhabi Book Fair into a New Era
By Chip Rossetti In 2009, when Monika Krauss took the position of General Manager of KITAB, the organization that manages the annual Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF), she was coming full circle. Although born in Iraq to a German father and an Iraqi mother, Monika Krauss had spent most of her life somewhere else, having been raised in Nigeria …
UAE in NYC for BEA
ABU DHABI: “It is very difficult to get American publishers to come to the United Arab Emirates,” said Beatrice Stauffer, the program manager for Kitab and The Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF), “That is why we’re taking our story to New York.” Stauffer is one of dozens of publishing professionals hopping Etihad or Emirates flights to New York for …
Ed Nawotka at the Abu Dhabi Book Fair 2009
Publishing Perspectives editor-in-chief Ed Nawotka offers his impressions of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, which took place in March 2009. SEE: A video of Chad Post, Open Letter, at the Abu Dhabi Book Fair 2009 EXPLORE: Information about the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair