{"id":265691,"date":"2020-01-10T18:00:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T21:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=265691"},"modified":"2020-01-10T18:31:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T21:31:00","slug":"brazil-publishing-house-participates-in-book-fair-in-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazil-publishing-house-participates-in-book-fair-in-qatar\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil publishing house participates in Book Fair in Qatar"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Porto-Alegre-based publishing house<\/a> Dublinense was invited to represent Brazil in an unprecedent program that invited publishing houses from different countries around the world to participate in the 30th<\/sup> Doha International Book Fair<\/a> in Qatar. Dubbed Doha Publishing Fellowship Program<\/a>, the initiative involves meetings, seminars, and entertainment programs in the Qatari capital. The program runs from January 10-12, but the fair started last Thursday (9) and runs until the 18th<\/sup>. Pictured above, the 29th<\/sup> fair.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a fellowship, a program that invites publishers from around the world to basically heat up the local publishing market, generate business and make the fair grow, making it more international,\u201d Dublinense publisher and partner Gustavo Faraon told ANBA by the phone. He travels tonight (10) to Doha by the invitation of the Qatari government.<\/p>\n

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Publisher Gustavo Faraon at Dublinense<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The fair invited representatives from around 40 local, Arab and foreign publishing houses from 22 countries including United States, France, Italy, Germany, Romania, Turkey, Slovenia, Lebanon, Syria, and South Africa. The only South American publishing house is Dublinense.<\/p>\n

Faraon said that this is an opportunity for foreign publishers to get to know the Qatari market and that the more people from more places, the more international is the fair. \u201cWe\u2019re going with open minds for some eventual find, but we don\u2019t have any strict goal in buying or selling. We may end up buying some book from there [Qatar] or the Arab world, or we may sell some of our titles. The book that could be our greatest potential sell is our latest release, \u2018Os Donos de Inverno,\u2019 a novel by Altair Martins,\u201d the publisher said.<\/p>\n

Dublinense has scheduled meetings with publishing houses based in Qatar, Lebanon and Syria, as well as France, Italy, Germany, and South Africa. \u201cWe\u2019ll have two busy days of half-hour meetings that are going to be quite robotic, as this is not a length of time that allows for spontaneity, but I hope to discover the real Qatar while I\u2019m there,\u201d said Faraon. This will his first travel to an Arab country.<\/p>\n

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Altair Martins\u2019 book<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ten-years-old, Dublinense has over one hundred titles, 75% being by foreign authors. But it hasn\u2019t published any book by an Arab author yet.<\/p>\n

The publisher believes that the invitation came through connections with publishers from the Arab world, from Syria, Lebanon and Egypt. \u201cWe\u2019ve always participated in the Frankfurt Book Fair (in Germany), and they were colleagues that became friends, as we\u2019ve known each other for around eight years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The program aims at building bilateral relations between local and Arab publishers in the region with international publishers from around the world, promoting cultural interchange and serving the burgeoning Qatari publishing industry.<\/p>\n

About the exhibition<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Doha International Book Fair is an event organized by the Public Libraries and Heritage Department of Qatar\u2019s Culture and Sports Ministry. It\u2019s one of the oldest and largest international book fairs in the region and was first held in 1972. Initially, it was held every two years but since 2002 it became an annual activity.<\/p>\n

The last edition featured 335 publishing houses representing 31 countries on an area of 29,000 square meters. Since 2010, the Fair is selecting one of the countries as \u201cguest of honor\u201d of the exhibition. So far, the United States, Russia, Turkey, Iran, Japan, Germany and Brazil were honoured. France will be the guest of honour of the 30th edition of the Doha International Book Fair this year. The Fair is being held at Doha Exhibition and Convention Center.<\/p>\n

Quick facts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Doha International Book Fair
\nJanuary 9-18
\nSaturday-Wednesday, 9 am-9 pm
\nThursday, 9 am-10 pm
\nFriday, 3-10 pm
\nDoha Exhibition and Convention Center
\nDoha, Qatar
\ninfo@dohabookfair.qa<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/30.dohabookfair.qa\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n

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