The 39th edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair, SIBF 2020, opened at the Expo Centre Sharjah on November 4. The event will conclude on November 14.
SIBF 2020 is themed “The World Reads from Sharjah” this year. Expo Centre Sharjah is showcasing more than one million books by 1,024 publishers from 73 nations at the fair.
Major Malayalam publishing houses such as DC Books have regular stalls at the book fair. This year, the Sharjah Indian Association has a stall with as many as 25 books by Malayali writers being released.
Association vice president YA Rahim said that about 200 books by Malayalis were released in previous editions of SIBF by the Indian Association stall. This year, however, only about 50 books will be released owing to the pandemic.
Thrissur MP TN Prathapan’s book Ormakalude Snehatheeram is also one among them. Rahim said that it will be symbolically released on November 7, and the author parliamentarian will be coming to the UAE on December 24 along with Dr Shashi Tharoor MP, when a formal release of the book will be held at the Community Hall of the SIA which can be virtually viewed by Malayalis across the world.
There is also a book on Kozhikode city by Jyothish.
