Tunis Book Fair attracts publishers from 34 countries

Tunis, April 21, 2009- The 27 th edition of the Tunis International Book Fair which is due to be held from April 24 to May 3, 2009, will attract 1064 publishers from 34 countries, 323 exhibitors and 5 regional and international organizations.

The information was given by Mr Boubaker Ben Fredj, the Fair’s director, during a press conference held in Tunis on Tuesday.

The fair which is one of the country’s main cultural events, will showcase the renewed vigor of the Tunisian publication scene, said Mr Ben Fredj.

For the first time the fair will attract participants from Yemen, Germany, Austria and Hungary.

A number of conferences will also be organised during the event including one on “Jerusalem through literature and history”. Several talks on major themes such as the electronic book, the literary text and dramatic creation and the Arab novel at the beginning of the twentieth century, will also be given.

The fair which attracts each year hundreds of thousands of visitors, will also offer poetry readings and encounters with writers and publishers.

This edition will invite among other celebrities, The – Afghani writer Atik Rahimi, Algeria’s Rachid Boujedra, Egypt’s Mekkaoui Said and the German writer Ilia Trojanov.

With some 122 activities scheduled for them, children will not be forgotten.

Last but not least, buses will be available to carry students from university residence halls to the Kram Exhibition Centre where the event is due to take place.