Beirut’s international Book fair will be held from December 11th to 24th, 2009, at the BIEL exhibit center.

Italian rights to Syrian author Samar Yazbek’s ‘Cinnamon‘ have been sold to Castelvecchi. The book should be available by Spring 2011.
Castelvecchi is a Roman publisher.

The Sharjah International Book Fair is currently holding its 28th edition. The fair, started on November 11th, 2009, is ongoing until November 21st.

The 16th edition of the Lebanese Francophone book fair was held in Beirut, at the BIEL exhibit center, from October 23rd through November 1st, and was particularly successful.