Workshops Adult

Luigi Bonomi: Quick Pitches
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 11:30-13:30Venue: 4th Floor Conference Room 9, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No: 2
AED 150
Are you ready to pitch your novel? You have five minutes to present your one-pag... Read More Adult event

Marcia Lynx Qualey: Behind Arab Lit Quarterly - The Art of Arabic Literary Translation
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 11:30-12:30Venue: 4th Floor Conference Room 4, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No: 37
AED 60
The Arab literary scene has long attracted readers across the globe who are fasc... Read More Adult event

Navigating Your Net-Zero Journey: Dina Storey , Jaison John, Paul Polman & Dr Waddah Ghanem Al Hashmi
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 13:00-14:00Venue: Al Riwaq III, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: English
Simultaneous Translation: English to ArabicSession No: 277
Simultaneous Translation: English to ArabicSession No: 277
AED 60
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) has become an increasingly vital mea... Read More Education

Fringe Stage: Spotlighting Young Performers
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 14:00-17:00Venue: Al Riwaq I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: MultilanguageSession No: 717
Free Entry
Get ready to be amazed and entertained as young performers from throughout the U... Read More Children's event

Oliver Jeffers: Meanwhile Back on Earth
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 15:00-15:45Venue: Al Riwaq II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: English
Age: 3+Session No: 28
Age: 3+Session No: 28
AED 40 - AED 50
Don’t miss Oliver Jeffers as he returns to the LitFest with the companion book t... Read More Adult event

Mirrors & Doors in Publishing: Jessica Smith, Sadia Anwar & Shahd Alshammari
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 15:00-15:50Venue: 6th Floor Emirates Library, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No: 34
AED 60
Inclusion in publishing is a topic that has been much discussed yet rarely acted... Read More Adult event

Protecting My Rights: Abdelrahman Almuaini, Dr Afra Atiq, Dr Alyaziah Khalifa, Majd Al Shehhi & Salha Obeid
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 15:00-15:50Venue: 4th Floor Conference Room 9, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: Arabic
Simultaneous Translation: Arabic to EnglishSession No: 40
Simultaneous Translation: Arabic to EnglishSession No: 40
AED 60
Piracy is an escalating issue for writers and publishers around the globe. So ho... Read More Workshops Children

Story Carousel: Workshop with Ben Miller, Christopher Edge, Onjali Q Raúf & Sarah McIntyre
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 15:00-16:30Venue: Al Amwaj II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: English
Age: 8-11Session No: 107
Age: 8-11Session No: 107
AED 100
Four top authors, four tables and a handful of enthusiastic children … mix toget... Read More Workshops Adult

Modern Publishing & Literary Startups: Workshop with Marcia Lynx Qualey
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 15:00-16:30Venue: 4th Floor Conference Room 10, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No: 218
AED 200
Podcasts, magazines and websites are an essential part of the literary landscape... Read More Workshops Adult

Telling Stories through Images: A Picture Book Illustration Workshop with Maitha Al Khayat
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 15:00-17:30Venue: 4th Floor Meeting Room 11, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No: 288
AED 300
Illustrating a picture book is not as complex as you might think. Join Emirati i... Read More Adult event

The Role of Literary Agents: Felicity Blunt, Jessica Papin, Luigi Bonomi & Yasmina Jraissati
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 16:00-16:50Venue: 6th Floor Emirates Library, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No: 39
AED 60
Literary agents play a vital role in the English-language publishing industry, w... Read More Adult event

How to Market Your Book: Ahmed Al Ali, Amal Farah & Qasim Saudi
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 16:00-16:50Venue: 4th Floor Conference Room 9, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: ArabicSession No: 71
AED 60
We can’t hold a Publishing Day without trying to uncover how books make it to th... Read More Children's event

Philip Reeve: Riding the Rails
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 16:00-17:00Venue: Al Baraha II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: English
Age: 10 +Session No: 123
Age: 10 +Session No: 123
AED 40
In the Railhead series, Zen Starling rides the rails on the sentient trains cris... Read More Adult event

Vex King: Closer to Love
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 16:00-17:00Venue: Al Baraha III, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 256
AED 60 - AED 75
Do you want to create stronger relationships, heal past hurts and open your hear... Read More Children's event

Wendy Meddour: Howard the Average Gecko
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 16:15-17:00Venue: Al Riwaq III, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: English
Age: 4+Session No: 55
Age: 4+Session No: 55
AED 40
Most of us have seen geckos in Dubai, but come to hear about a special one calle... Read More Children's event

The First Epic Eco-Play: Martin Kiszko with School Performers
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 16:30-18:00Venue: MBRL Theatre, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No: 113
AED 40 - AED 50
We are delighted to present the Dubai premier of Martin Kiszko’s award-winning p... Read More Adult event

Change is Coming: Avni Doshi & Tishani Doshi
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 16:30-17:30Venue: Al Baraha I, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: EnglishSession No: 221
AED 60
Tishani Doshi and Avni Doshi have both explored, in fiction, the impact of South... Read More Special Events

David Walliams: Spaceboy
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 17:00-18:00Venue: Al Riwaq II, InterContinental, Dubai Festival City
Language: English
Age: 7 +Session No: 58
Age: 7 +Session No: 58
AED 75 - AED 90
It’s 1960s America, and Ruth is obsessed with space. Join David Walliams to find... Read More Adult event

Decolonising Indian History: Manu S. Pillai & Shrabani Basu
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 17:00-18:00Venue: 4th Floor Conference Room 10, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: EnglishSession No: 149
AED 60
History: a record of the past, of a time gone by. But do we question enough who ... Read More Adult event

Culture on the Arabian Table: Khalid AlNasarallah, Jalal Barjas & Yasmina Khadra
Date/Time: Friday 3 February 2023 17:00-18:00Venue: MBRL Amphitheatre, Mohammed Bin Rashid Library, Al Jaddaf - Dubai
Language: ArabicSession No: 213
AED 60
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