Fiction
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Agatha Christie & the Golden Age of Crime Fiction: Lucy Worsley & Ragnar Jónasson
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 20:30-21:30Venue: Al Riwaq III, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 167
AED 60
Agatha Christie remains one of the great influences on modern crime fiction, sti... Read More Adult event

Alexander McCall Smith: Serial Storyteller
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 10:00-11:00Venue: Al Riwaq I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 19
AED 60 - AED 75
Join master storyteller and prolific writer Alexander McCall Smith as he delves ... Read More Children's event

Amal Nasser: Why Doesn't Fernando Want to Grow Up?
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 11:00-11:45Venue: Al Amwaj II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: Arabic
Age: 6-9Session No: 111
Age: 6-9Session No: 111
AED 40
In this storytelling session, writer Amal Nasser reads to us from her translatio... Read More Education

Ben Miller: The World of Stories
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 09:00-10:00Venue: MBRL Theatre, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: English
Age: 8+Session No: 732
Age: 8+Session No: 732
AED 25
How much do you immerse yourself in stories? Master storyteller Ben Miller has c... Read More Children's event

Beverley Jatwani: Together We Can Change The World
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 15:00-15:45Venue: Al Amwaj I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: English
Age: 3+Session No: 275
Age: 3+Session No: 275
AED 40
We are never too young to discover that with love, courage and compassion we can... Read More Adult event

Bolu Babalola: Honey & Spice - A ‘Galentine’ Get-Together
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 15:00-16:00Venue: MBRL Theatre, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No: 118
AED 60 - AED 75
Gather your girlfriends for this gorgeous glorification of feminine friendship w... Read More Free Event

Children Take Over LitFest!
Date/Time: Thursday 2 February 2023 17:30-18:30Venue: Al Riwaq I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 114
Free Entry
Join us as we celebrate some of Dubai’s youngest and brightest authors! These ch... Read More Children's event

Christopher Edge: Escape Room
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 11:30-12:30Venue: Al Baraha II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: English
Age: 9+Session No: 54
Age: 9+Session No: 54
AED 40
Have you ever been in an escape room? Christopher Edge has woven a story around ... Read More Adult event

Constructing the Consummate Thriller: Greg Mosse & Ragnar Jónasson
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 13:00-14:00Venue: Al Amwaj I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 241
AED 60
Everyone loves a thriller, but with our insatiable appetite for the genre how do... Read More Adult event

Daring Debuts: Bonnie Garmus, Greg Mosse & Jo Browning Wroe
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 18:30-19:30Venue: Al Baraha I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 244
AED 60
What is the perfect age to write a book? The answer, of course, is that it’s not... Read More Adult event

Delhi - A Soliloquy: M. Mukundan & Nandakumar K.
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 11:30-12:30Venue: Al Amwaj I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 179
AED 60
Malayalam translated literature comes to the LitFest!
Award-winning author M. M... Read More Children's event

Dr Reem Al Gurg: Little Jerboa - Braille Reading
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 10:45-11:30Venue: Al Amwaj I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: Arabic
Age: 5-7Session No: 205
Age: 5-7Session No: 205
AED 40
Online friendships sound like a lot of fun! But like all the different apps and ... Read More Adult event

Fables Around the Fire: Ben Miller, Bolu Babalola, Budjette Tan, Dubai Abulhoul & Nicholas Jubber
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 20:00-21:15Venue: MBRL Amphitheatre, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No: 25
AED 60
From the Dwarfs of Europe to Dwende of the Philippines, and from the Kings of A... Read More Children's event

Fatima Sharafeddine: The Lion of the Sea - An Emirati Hero
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 10:00-11:00Venue: Al Amwaj II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: Arabic
Age: 9+Session No: 93
Age: 9+Session No: 93
AED 40
Did you know that 15th century Emirati sea captain Ahmed bin Majid, famously kno... Read More Children's event

Fatima Sharafeddine: Where Do I Put You?
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 09:30-10:15Venue: Al Amwaj I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: Arabic
Age: 5Session No: 92
Age: 5Session No: 92
AED 40
‘I love you so much
And I want you to stay with me
But where can I put you?
You ... Read More Adult event

Fear in Fantasy: Inaam Kachachi & Tareq Imam
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 20:00-21:00Venue: Al Amwaj II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: ArabicSession No: 130
AED 60
What emotions does the word ‘Fantasy’ invoke in you? Excitement? Fear? Perhaps s... Read More Workshops Adult

Flash Your Fiction: Workshop with Angelo R. Lacuesta
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 10:00-11:30Venue: 4th Floor Conference Room 9, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No: 84
AED 200
Ever wanted to finish a story in one sitting? Join novelist and short story writ... Read More Children's event

Flavia Z. Drago: Monsters Play!
Date/Time: Wednesday 1 February 2023 10:00-10:45Venue: Al Amwaj I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: English
Age: 2+Session No: 16
Age: 2+Session No: 16
AED 40
Who doesn’t love to play Peekaboo and counting games? Flavia Z. Drago’s monsters... Read More Adult event

Friendship - The Other Side of Love: Mohsine Loukili, Sara Elzein & Walaa Kamal
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 15:00-16:00Venue: 4th Floor Conference Room 10, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: ArabicSession No: 90
AED 60
This session is only available in Arabic. Please change your language settings a... Read More Adult event

Hananah Zaheer: Lovebirds
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 13:30-14:30Venue: 4th Floor Conference Room 4, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No: 259
AED 60
When small, daily heartbreaks build up, they can form a deep, soul-destroying so... Read More- Adults' Events
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