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Walaa Kamal: Who Are the True Heroes of the Novel?
Date/Time: Wednesday 1 February 2023 10:15-11:15Venue: 4th Floor Conference Room 10, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: ArabicSession No: 126
AED 60 - AED 75
What makes this today’s youth unique is our courageous striving to break barrier... Read More Workshops Adult

How to Write Your First Book: Workshop with Haji Jabir
Date/Time: Thursday 2 February 2023 17:00-18:30Venue: 4th Floor Conference Room 9, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: ArabicSession No: 129
AED 200
Have you started work on your debut novel? Do you have a golden idea that you wa... Read More Adult event

Noha Daoud: Welcome to the Crime Scene – Your Complete Guide to Crime Fiction
Date/Time: Thursday 2 February 2023 18:30-19:30Venue: Al Amwaj II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: ArabicSession No: 132
AED 60
There is a trinity of crime – motive, scene, and weapon. And let’s not forget th... Read More Adult event

Plan to Win a Literary Prize: Maria Dadouch, Mohsine Loukili & Najwa Bin Shatwan
Date/Time: Thursday 2 February 2023 18:30-19:30Venue: Al Amwaj I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: ArabicSession No: 261
AED 60
How many novels have you read only after the author won an award? Does success ... Read More Adult event

Utopia vs Dystopia - Between Two Cities: Khalid AlNasrallah & Shahad Al Rawi
Date/Time: Thursday 2 February 2023 19:30-20:30Venue: Al Riwaq I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: ArabicSession No: 206
AED 60
Somewhere between utopia and corruption, we look for a city to call home.
Khali... 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 Adult event

Mohsin Hamid: The Last White Man
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 18:30-19:30Venue: Al Riwaq II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 72
AED 60 - AED 75
One morning Anders wakes up experiencing a body dystopia of sorts when he to fin... Read More Adult event

Writing Through the Lens: Noura Al Noman, Nujoom Al Ghanem & Sara Galadari
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 18:30-19:30Venue: MBRL Amphitheatre, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: ArabicSession No: 75
AED 60
If you enjoy science fiction in books, TV and film, join Noura Al Noman, author... Read More Film Screenings

Kit De Waal: My Name is Leon Film Screening
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 19:00-21:00Venue: MBRL Theatre, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No: 117
AED 25 - AED 45
We are delighted to screen the acclaimed film adaptation of Kit de Waal’s My Nam... Read More Adult event

Women Against the World: Bonnie Garmus, Geetanjali Shree & Reem Al Kamali
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 19:00-20:00Venue: Al Baraha II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: Multilanguage
Simultaneous Translation: English to Arabic, Arabic to EnglishSession No: 147
Simultaneous Translation: English to Arabic, Arabic to EnglishSession No: 147
AED 60
We live in a world where women must rise to endless challenges in order to maint... Read More Adult event

A Single Crime isn’t Enough – The Detective Game: Ibrahim Al Marzooqi & Noha Daoud
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 19:30-20:30Venue: Al Amwaj I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: ArabicSession No: 144
AED 60
How will we find out ‘whodunnit ’?
Don’t worry! With the help of crime fiction ... Read More Free Event

LitFest Launchpad: Amandeep Ahuja, Carla Barbara Coppi, Darrel Perkins, Mansi Choksi & Mariana Missakian
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 20:00-21:00Venue: Al Riwaq I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 204
Free Entry
The LitFest Launchpad provides UAE-based authors a chance to introduce their lat... Read More Adult event

Karen McManus: Nothing More to Tell
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 20:30-21:30Venue: Al Baraha III, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: English
Age: 16+Session No: 236
Age: 16+Session No: 236
AED 40
Karen M. McManus will be joining virtually.
True crime can leave a false trail…... Read More Children's event

Katie & Kevin Tsang: Space Blasters!
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 09:30-10:30Venue: Al Baraha I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: English
Age: 6 +Session No: 248
Age: 6 +Session No: 248
AED 40
Join Kevin and Katie Tsang and discover how you could help to save the universe ... 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 Workshops Adult

Writing Dazzling Dialogue: Masterclass with Greg & Kate Mosse
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 10:00-11:00Venue: 4th Floor Conference Room 9, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No: 219
AED 150
You’ve got a dynamite plot and unforgettable characters – but how do you get you... 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

Michael Lynes: Isaac Alvarez Mysteries
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 11:30-12:30Venue: 4th Floor Conference Room 3, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No: 245
AED 60
In 15th century Seville, the Spanish Inquisition’s grip on Andalucia tightens, a... Read More Workshops Adult

How to Haunt the Text & Hone the Horror - The Art of Writing Terrifying Fiction: Workshop with Catriona Ward
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 13:30-14:30Venue: 4th Floor Conference Room 9, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No: 153
AED 150
Learn how to feed the fear, maximise the menace and get under the skin of your m... Read More Children's event

Scott Lauder: The Three Hares
Date/Time: Saturday 4 February 2023 14:00-15:00Venue: 4th Floor Conference Room 4, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: English
Age: 10+Session No: 254
Age: 10+Session No: 254
AED 60
Who or what are The Three Hares and how can they stop the darkness about to engu... Read More- Adults' Events
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