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Abu Dhabi: The COVID-19 pandemic may have created a dent in sales, but publishing houses have seen a doubling in the number of people submitting works for publication.
Speaking on the sidelines of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair 2021 (ADIBF), publishers said this trend indicates that more people are willing to set aside the time to explore their creativity and share their knowledge.
“Of course, not every book that is submitted can be published, and there are still many challenges in the publishing world. But we have seen a 100 per cent increase in the number of works submitted to us in 2020, especially by authors who are not necessarily seeking a profit. Instead, they want to get their work out there to readers,” Abdullah Al Kaabi, co-founder of Abu Dhabi-based publishing house, Dragon Publishing, told
but flashing glances
but that can do
what must be done.
– Iman Mersal, ‘I Look Around Me,’ translated by Khaled Mattawa, Words Without Borders, January 2006, used here by permission
Today (May 25), Mersal is among the Sheikh Zayed Book Award program’s most adamantly acclaimed laureates, welcomed as the 2021 winner in Literature for her creative nonfiction work
Fee Athar Enayat Al-Zayyat (In the Footsteps of Enayat Al-Zayyat), published in 2019 by Al Kotob Khan Library.
The French Edition, Actes Sud/Sindbad, the Arab Library
In April, Actes Sud’s Sindbad Arab Library published
Sur les traces d’Enayat Zayyat, a translation into French by Richard Jacquemond. An English edition reportedly is in progress.