First national book fair opened in Aden [Archives:2005/905/Local News]

The Yemeni Book Authority and the Book friends' forum have successfully collaborated in launching the first national book fair in Aden, which was inaugurated on Saturday Dec 17, 2005, with the participation of many national publishing houses and featuring over 20 thousand books on politics, economics, literature and sciences such as autobiographies, and diaries as well as poems and novels.

Head of the Book Authority Dr. Faris al-Saqqaf is one of the main promoters of the fair and he made sure that the fair includes the complete publications of the Book Authority, he also added that the fair aims to enhance the relationship between books and readership so that readers can get books at affordable prices, which are sold at a discounted rate of 70% of retail pricing.

The fair is set up at the Aden-based National Library and will extend until Dec 25, 2005. Yemen annually organizes international book fairs in the capital city of Sana'a. The last one was in last September, 2005. However, the most recent book fair in Aden is solely devoted to display locally published books.
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