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Keen to be one of the leading  regional cultural pioneering endeavors, Bahrain Authority for Culture & Antiquities  is taking, thus, part in the most  renowned 38th  edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF). The fair was previously  inaugurated His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah. Japan has been announced as this year’s guest of honour at Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF), which will run until 9 November at  Expo Centre Sharjah.

Bahrain Authority for Culture & Antiquities pavilion features all kinds of different literary and cultural publications, especially those translated titles and books produced by Knowledge Transfer Project, as well as other diverse cultural publications. In addition,  BACA’s pavilion will  also showcase a variety of publications about literature, history, archaeology, heritage, art and culture.

Expected to draw  more than 2.38 million visitors from 77 countries last year, the 10-day Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) is reportedly the third largest in the world. It’s a public-facing fair–which is why industry attendance is concentrated on the professional program. Organizers say the show in 2018 featured 1,874 exhibitors presenting as many as 1.6 million book titles. This is edition features more than 20 million books from 1.6 million titles, 80,000 of which are new titles,  1,800 events and it will feature 472 guests from around the world with 250experts in copyrights, trading of translation publication rights.