With some events held outdoors for safety , the Emirates Airline Festival maintained a strong digital component.
International Book Fairs: Leipzig’s Cancellation Spotlights the Calendar
This month’s cancellation of Leipziger Buchmesse points to the shifting outlook for major publishing events, professional and public-facing.
Emirates Airline Festival of Literature Holds Its Final Weekend
Lemn Sissay is a headliner as the three-week festival closes its hybrid run for this year, having engaged more than 90 authors.
Industry Notes: UAE’s Emirates Fest Tickets On Sale; Canada’s Hebb Grants Open
Industry Notes: Tickets to the hybrid Emirates Festival of Literature, and grant applications open at the Access Copyright Foundation.
UAE: Dubai’s 2021 Emirates Airline Festival Names Authors Speaking
More than 90 authors have been announced for the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, scheduled for both physical and digital formats.
UAE: Emirates Airline Festival Announces a Hybrid Edition for February
The 2021 Emirates Airline Festival of Literature in Dubai is planning ‘a mix of live physical events, probably staged outdoors, and online streaming.’
Global Association of Literary Festivals Holds First Online Webinar
In examining what literary festivals are to mount digital renditions of their programming, the new association for those festivals “goes digital,” itself.
A New Global Association of Literary Festivals Officially Launches
A timely development for literary festivals during the coronavirus pandemic, the new Global Association of Literary Festivals opens with more than 30 members.
International Prize for Arabic Fiction: The 2020 Shortlist
Said by the jurors to ‘inspire questions about the destiny of the Arabic individual,’ six novels compete for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
Interview: Emirates Airline Festival of Literature Director Ahlam Bolooki
Programming a major literature festival in 2020, says festival director Ahlam Bolooki, is about responding to the times: ‘We see questions.’
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