49th Cairo Book Fair’s press conference to be held on Jan 10

CAIRO – 2 January 2018: Head of the Egyptian General Authority for Books, Haitham el-Hag, announced that the 49th Cairo International Book Fair press conference will be held on Wednesday, January 10.

“The Fairs Authority suggested launching a second round of the book fair in October, from our side as the Egyptian General Authority for Books, we are ready to cooperate in the launching of any book fair, we are currently discussing this proposal,” Hag recounted.

Hag announced that the press conference will discuss all the details and preparations of the next edition; they will also announce the winning poster of the 49th edition.

It is worth mentioning that the 49th Cairo International Book Fair will kick off on January 27 and will continue till February 10. Algeria will be this edition’s guest of honor, and the person of the year will be the late veteran writer Abdel Rahaman el-Sharakawy. The 49th CIBF slogan is “Soft Powers… How?”

The 49th edition will host a lot of new activities for the first time like establishing theaters, cinema halls and fine arts halls, in addition to increasing the number of books dedicated to children.