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Things that Go Bump in the Night: Budjette Tan, Catriona Ward, Ragnar Jónasson & Roger Luckhurst
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 18:00-19:00Venue: MBRL Amphitheatre, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No: 119
AED 60
There’s nothing quite like a book that keeps you up all night. But what is it ab... Read More Children's event
Maria Dadouch: The Mystery of The Glass Ball
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 18:00-19:00Venue: 6th Floor Emirates Library, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: Arabic
Age: 9-11Session No: 214
Age: 9-11Session No: 214
AED 40
Do you enjoy travelling by train?
Take a ride with us for a most entertaining ... Read More Adult event
It Must Have Been Love: But is it Over Now? : Alison Bonomi , Bolu Babalola & Katherine Webber
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 18:00-19:00Venue: Al Baraha II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 217
AED 60
Do we love the same way as we did fifty or a hundred years ago? How do we write ... Read More Adult event
Lisa Ray: Close to the Bone
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 18:30-19:30Venue: Al Amwaj II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 143
AED 60
Lisa Ray is one of India’s first supermodels. She’s also an acclaimed actor, a p... 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
Jalal Barjas: The Dukduk's Whimper - A Closer Look Into the Bookshelves of Jalal Barjas
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 19:00-20:00Venue: Al Riwaq III, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: ArabicSession No: 212
AED 60
Jalal Bargas, winner of the 2021 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, returns... Read More Adult event
Dr Rafia Ghubash: Between Ink & Impact - Writing Your Biography
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 19:00-20:00Venue: Al Riwaq I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: ArabicSession No: 268
AED 60
Writing a biography is a monumental task in which the author writes and wanders... Read More Adult event
Who's Winning? Writer’s Feud: Ibrahim Al Hashimi, Sawsan Dahneem, Waciny Laredj & Dr Zineb Laouedj
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 19:30-20:30Venue: MBRL Theatre, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: ArabicSession No: 31
AED 75 - AED 100
Save the date! You’re in for an evening of books, fun, and wit in this contest b... Read More Adult event
Jo Marchant: The Human Cosmos - A Secret History of the Stars
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 19:30-20:30Venue: MBRL Amphitheatre, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No: 171
AED 60
From the dawn of time, humankind has been fascinated by the drama of the night s... Read More Adult event
Dr Rangan Chatterjee: Happy Mind, Happy Life – 10 Simple Ways to Feel Great Every Day
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 19:30-20:30Venue: Al Baraha II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 257
AED 60
‘The majority of my patients don’t need a pill, they need a lifestyle prescripti... 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 Adult event
Childhood on the Edge: Kit de Waal & Lemn Sissay
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 20:00-21:00Venue: Al Baraha I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 239
AED 60
What is it like to grow up in a dysfunctional environment, ignored, neglected an... Read More Free Event
LitFest Launchpad: Deepika Shetty, Farah Naz, Lexi Stadlen, Muhammad Ali Bandial & Sreedhar Bevara
Date/Time: Sunday 5 February 2023 20:30-21:30Venue: Al Riwaq I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 200
Free Entry
The LitFest Launchpad provides UAE-based authors a chance to introduce their lat... Read More Education
Mouhannad Alakous: A Watermelon in Mars
Date/Time: Monday 6 February 2023 09:00-10:00Venue: Al Baraha I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: Arabic
Age: 8+Session No: 702
Age: 8+Session No: 702
AED 25
Join author Mouhanned Alakous to discover how a password created by a group of k... Read More Education
Wafa' Tarnowska: Nour's Secret Library
Date/Time: Monday 6 February 2023 09:00-10:00Venue: Al Baraha III, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: English
Age: 6-10Session No: 713
Age: 6-10Session No: 713
AED 25
Wafa’ Tarnowska explores the power of books to heal and take us to safe spaces d... Read More Education
Qasim Saudi: Shoe Tree
Date/Time: Monday 6 February 2023 09:30-10:30Venue: Al Baraha II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: Arabic
Age: 6+Session No: 703
Age: 6+Session No: 703
AED 25
Imagine finding shoes made of leaves on your doorstep! If they were the right si... Read More Education
Sudha Murty: Stories for All
Date/Time: Monday 6 February 2023 09:30-10:30Venue: Al Riwaq II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: English
Age: 6-10Session No: 714
Age: 6-10Session No: 714
AED 25
Who can resist a good story, especially when it’s being told by renowned storyte... Read More Workshops Adult
Prose Poetry & Flash Memoirs: Creative Writing Workshop with Nathalie Handal
Date/Time: Monday 6 February 2023 10:00-11:30Venue: Al Amwaj I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 112
AED 200
Grab your journal: this is about to get personal (and poetic). Join poet and wri... Read More Adult event
My First Translation: Dr Abdul Nasir Yousuf & Eman Hassan AlHammadi
Date/Time: Monday 6 February 2023 10:00-11:00Venue: Al Riwaq III, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: ArabicSession No: 270
AED 60
How do translators make a living? What are the challenges that a first-time lite... Read More Education
Rhianna Pratchett: Developing a Writing Career in Videogames
Date/Time: Monday 6 February 2023 10:00-11:00Venue: Al Riwaq I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: English
Age: 15+Session No: 729
Age: 15+Session No: 729
AED 25
Join us to discover how Rhianna Pratchett moved into script writing and narrativ... Read More- Adults' Events
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