The 17th edition of the Beirut Francophone book fair, organized by the Lebanese syndicate of book importers, will be taking place from October 29th through November 7th, at the BIEL expo center.

The Sharjah International Book Fair will be taking place from October 26th to November 6th, 2010.

As a literary agent specialized in representing Arabic literature for world translation rights, I am often asked how visible Arabic literature is on the international scene. This question most of the time translates into: ‘how many copies do books translated from the Arabic sell?’

RAYA agency proudly presents: Terrorist no.20!

Watch out for Douaihy’s new book, Charid al manazel, or Chased away, to appear at Dar an-nahar soon.

Yasmina Jraissati is attending Frankfurt 2010 on Thursday 7th and Friday 8th! –
No table at the agents’ center though.