Friday, 14 October 2016

​THE WORLD'S 3RD LARGEST BOOK FAIR TO HOST 1,420 PUBLISHING HOUSES DISPLAYING 1.5 MILLION TITLES IN SHARJAH

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, Oct 14 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- This year’s Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) - third largest book fair in the world- will see the participation of 1,420 publishing houses from 60 countries, displaying more than 1.5 million books throughout its 11 days.
 
SIBF is organised by the Sharjah Book Authority, the region’s foremost literary event taking place from November 2-12 in Sharjah and held under the theme ‘Read More,’ and covering 25,000 square feet at Sharjah Expo Centre. Visitors will enjoy more than 1,417 activities from its program.
 
The UAE participate this year with 205 publishing houses, followed by Egypt with 163, Lebanon and India with 110 each, the UK with 79, Syria with 66, the US with 63 and KSA with 61.

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