International Calendar of Book Fairs

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International Calendar of Book Fairs Sally Taylor -- 8/21/00 Events are listed chronologically, starting in January, with 2000, 2001 and 2002 dates listed where possible. When future dates are not available, past dates are retained for inquiry information. To correct or add your event (major book fairs only, please) to this list, please staylor@cahners.com. JANUARY 24 January - 5 February 2002 15th New Delhi World Book Fair New Delhi, India organized by National Book Trust A-5 Green Park, New Delhi, 110 016 Tel 91-11-656-4540 Fax 91-11-685-1795 nbtindia@ndb.vsnl.net.in www.nbtindia.com The biggest event in India for books in English. Primarily a discount book selling fair, attempts are being made to attract more of the trade beyond the library and schoolbooks markets. There is a competing event in August. 26 January - 6 February 2000 Cairo 31st International Book Fair Organizer: General Egyptian Book Organization Contact: Mr Samir Saad Khalil Corniche El Nile-Boulac, Cairo, Egypt Tel 20-2-775371 or 775000 Fax 20-2-575-4213 The largest in the Arab world, this is truly where East meets West. 31 January - 11 February 2001 Calcutta International Book Fair Publishers and Booksellers Guild Mr. Dwijendranath Basu, Director Mr Kalyan Shah, Hon. General Secretary 5A Bhanwani Dutta Lane Calcutta 700073 INDIA Tel 91-33-241-3680 Fax 91-33-241-8248 guild@cal2.vsnl.net.in The most important literary event in the country, it is more for readers than the trade. Calcutta is always something worth experiencing and the fair always begins the last Wednesday of January and runs 12 days. FEBRUARY 1-6 February 2001 2001 Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE) Taipei World Trade Center Chinese Publishers Development Foundation & Senseio Business Group Contact: Carmen Huang, Exhibitors' Services 3F, No 4-3, Lin Sen S. Rd., Taipei 100, Taiwan, R.O.C. Tel 886-2-2351-2748 Fax 886-2-2351-3400 info@tibe.com, cpdf@ms42.hinet.net http://wwtibe.com Excellent venue for the already strong Chinese language rights market in Taiwan, with 9000 titles in translation and good possibilities for expansion to the growing Chinese market in the PRC. A real trade event for the first two days, it attracted 500,000 people in 1999, with over 600 publishers and 1400 booths. US$240 per 3m x 3m stand. 2-10 February 2001 Havana 10th International Book Fair San Carlos De La Cabana Fairgrounds, Havana Cuban Book Chamber (Prolibro) Jorge Luna Mendoza, General Director Calle 15, esq C, Vedado, CP 10400, Plaza de la Revolucion, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba Tel 53-7-36034 Fax 53-7-333-441 cclfilh@cubarte.cult.cu They had 200,000 visitors in 2000 and expect 31 countries to participate. Spain is the country of honor this year. 11 - 14 February 2001 MILIA 2001 Palais des Festivals, Cannes, FRANCE Reed Midem Organization Ltd Xavier Roy, President ll, rue du Col. Pierre Avia BP 572, 75726 Paris Cedex 15 Tel 33-1-4190-4400, -4467 Fax 33-1-4190-4409, -4470 info@milia.com http://wwmilia.com An extravagant event with the high end of the electronic and art publishing worlds. Brought to you by the people who do MIPCOM and MIP-TV the "Frankfurts" of the video and TV industries. February 2000 5th Lebanon International Book Fair - Beirut Contact: Nasser Adib Jarrous PO Box 4553/11, Beirut LEBANON Tel 961-1-307327, 866067 or 866618 17-19 February 2000 Baltic International Book Fair - Vilnius Contact: Vincas Akelis K. Sirvydo 6, 2600 Vilnius, LITHUANIA Tel 370-2-628945, 332943 Fax 370-2-263-157 22 February - 4 March 2001 Mexico Book Fair 20th Feria Internacional del Libro - Mineria AP 20-515, Mexico DF 01000 Tel 52-5-512-8723 Fax 52-5-512-8956 feria@tolsa.mineria.unam.mx Really a national book fair for book fair for buyers, this event is held in the center of the city at the ancient Palacio de Mineria and is a good excuse for a visit to this historic capital and site. For international book deals, though, Guadalajara in late November is the place to be. MARCH 1 March 2001 World Book Day 2001 Coleman Getty PR Carrington House, 126-130 Regent Street, London W1R 5FE Tel 44-207-439-1783 Fax 44-207-439-1784 www.worldbookday.co.uk A major book selling event in the UK. This has not taken off in the USA. 11-15 March, 2001 3rd World Summit on Media for Children Thessaloniki, Greece European Children™s Television Centre 20 Analipseos Street, 15235 Athens, Greece Tel 30-1-685-1258 Fax 30-1-681-7987 summit@childrens-media.org www.childrens-media.org 17-22 March 2000 Salon du Livre - Paris Expo Hall 1 Organizer: Reed-OIP 11, rue du Colonel Pierre Avia, 75015 Paris (BP 571, 75726 Paris Cedex 15) Tel 33-1-4190-4740 Fax 33-1-4190-4749 livre@reed-oip.fr, tdereyni@oip-reed.fr www.salondulivre.reed-oip.fr A fabulous cultural event as only the French could imagine and implement, this is a standard for attracting buyers, the media, and the industry. Country of honor this year: Portugal. 25-27 March 2001 London International Book Fair, Olympia Reed Exhibitions, Mandy Gross Oriel House, 26 The Quadrant Richmond, Surrey TW9 1DL, UK Tel 44-20-8910-7914, -7815 Fax 44-20-8910-7930 visitor hotline: 44-1203-426-508, Fax -475 shereen.murray@reedexpo.co.uk www.libf-virtual.com 21-31 March 2000 Bahrain International Book Fair Ebrahim Bashimi Bahrain International Exhibition Center Tel 97-3-727733 Fax 97-3-723300 alayam@batelco.com.bh 23-26 March 2000 Leipzig Book Fair Contact: Oliver Zille Postfach 100-720, 04007 Leipzig, Germany Tel 49-34-1-6788240 Fax 49-34-1-6788242 email o.zille@leipsiger.messe.de www.leipziger-messe.de Or Leipsig Trade Fair Agency USA, 229 Peachtree Street, NE, suite 1104 Atlanta GA 30303. Tel 1-800-331-6134 Fax 1-404-525-6658 email inof@leipziger-messe.de or Tradefair@aol.com Includes a special program for American publishers. 28-30 March 2001 Bogota Feria Internacional del Libro CORFERIAS, Carrera 40, No. 22C-67 PO Box 6843, Santafe de Bogota, D.C. Colombia Tel 57-1-337-7676 Fax 57-1-337-7272 or “7271 camlibro@latino.net.co The first three days, April 27-30, are reserved for the professionals and there is nothing second rate about this fair's organization. Politics are making the location more difficult, though. The "trade" dates line up with those of Argentina and Brazil fairs this year, so you can go to all three inside a two week span without leaving the continent. A variety of countries attend but the dominant presence is Central America, from Venezuela to Cuba to Costa Rica. APRIL 4-7 April 2001 Bologna Children's Book Fair Piazza Costituzione 6 40128 Bologna, Italy Tel 39-51-282242, 282111 Fax 39-51-282-333 bookfair@bolognafiere.it http://wwbolognafiere.it/BookFair The most important event in the children's book world for rights. (For dates of International Children's Book Day...email ibby@eye.ch) April 2001 (dates not yet available) Santo Domingo Book Fair Contact: Jose Rafael Lantigua comision@feriadellibro.org.do www.feriadellibro.org.do 16-19 April 2001 26th Buenos Aires Feria Internacional Del Libro Avda Cordoba 744, PB 1, 1054 Buenos Aires, Argentina Tel 54-1-322-2165 Fax 54-1-325-5681 fund@libro.satlink.net www.el-libro.com.ar A three week long public event, with literally 800 cultural activities and nearly one million visitors, the professional days are linked this year to the IPA meeting which follows immediately at the Sheraton Hotel in Buenos Aires. This will also be the site for the roving Latin American professional publishing seminar, SILAR. And links to the Sao Paolo book fair are expected. 20-23 April 2000 Tokyo International Book Fair '99 Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan Managed by Reed Exhibitions Japan Ltd 18F Shinjuku Nomura Bldg 1-26-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-05 Japan Tel 81-3-3349-8501 Fax 81-3-3345-7929 iwata@reedexpo.co.jp www.reed.co.jp/tibf/ The second largest publishing industry in the world, Japan's international book fair is expensive, but a unique opportunity to meet the Japanese book market and some of the players in the rest of Asia. Small, compared to others in Asia, this book fair aims first to be a trade event, attracting international exhibitors for the benefit of Japanese librarians and booksellers. Costs roughly $5000 per stand. 21-23 April 2000 Budapest - 7th International Book Fair Hungarian Publishers & Booksellers Assn Katalin Balogh Vorosmatry ter 1, 1051 Budapest, Hungary Tel 36-1-118-4710, 343-2537 Fax 36-1-118-4581, 343-2541 mkke@mail.datanet.hu www.adanet.hu/mkke 25-27 April 2001 Asia International Book Fair & International Library Expo Singapore International Convention Centre Contact: Ms. Chia Boon Lay Tel 65-434-3591 Fax 65-883-2393 sp@reedexpo.com.sg www.aibf.com.sg The first effort for Reed Expo Singapore to pull the Southeast Asian book publishing community together worked like a charm. With the 11th Congress of Southeast Asian Libraries joining in, it was an excellent event for booksellers. Now if they can just get those librarians back in 2001! 25-27 April 2001 Expodidactica 2001 Mexico City, Mexico (14-16 September 2001 Worlddidac 2001 Shanghai, China) (23-26 April 2002 Worlddidac 2002 Zurich, Switzerland) PO Box 8866, CH-3001 Bern, Switzerland Tel 41-31-311-7682 Fax 41-31-312-1744 info@worlddidac.org www.worlddidac.org The international exhibition of pedagogical material and professional literacy training, supported by NGOs such as CODE, dedicated to self-sufficiency through literacy in the developing world. For more details contact Kelvin Smith at CODE Europe The Jam Factory 27 Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1HU UK Tel 44-1865-202-438 Fax 44-1865-202-439 email: 100660.2023@compuserve.com April/May 2002 17th Bienal do Livro - Sao Paulo (Brazil™s International Book Fair) Expocenter Norte, Sao Paulo Camara Brasileira Do Livro Av. Ipiranga, 1267 - 10th andar Sao Paulo, Brazil 01039-907 Tel 55-11-225-8277 Fax 55-11-229-7436 cbl@cbl-net.com.br www.cbl-net.com.br This is perhaps the biggest book fair in Latin America, though in Portuguese. There will be one professional day, April 28, and the rest of the event attracts 1.4 million book lovers. MAY May 2000 Salone del Libro - Turin Elena Bardin, Prosa srl, Via Susa 35, 10138 Turino, Italy Tel 39-11-433-7054 Fax 39-11-433-1056 salone.libro@prosaloni.com May 2000 Bookworld 2000 - Prague Association of Czech Booksellers and Publishers Dr Dana Kalinova, Director Jana Masaryka 56, 12000 Praha 2, Czech Republic tel/Fax 420-2-9003-0151 book@login.cz www.bookworld.cz May 2000 CHISCI - Pan African Childrens Book Fair PO Box 61301, Nairobi, Kenya Tel 2-44-90-53, Fax 2-44-24-69 7-11 May 2001 20th Jerusalem International Book Fair Jerusalem International Convention Ctr Zev Birger, Chairman and MD PO Box 775, Jerusalem 91007, Israel Tel 972-2-629-7922 Fax 972-2-624-3144 jer_fair@netvision.net.il www.jerusalembookfair.com In USA, Ms Michal Meryn tel 212-744-2818, Fax 212-734-9727 Accommodations, tel 972-3-520-999, Fax 972-3-523-9099, meetings@unitours.co.il US$1450 for minimum 10 sq m. unbuilt floorspace. Expecting 46,000 visitors in 1999. 18-22 May 2000 44th Warsaw International Book Fair ARS POLONA Foreign Trade Entreprise Monika Bialecka, MD Krakowskie Przedmiescie 7, PO Box 1001, 00-950 Warszawa, Poland tel. 48-22-826-1201 Fax 48-22-826-9256 arspolona@arspolona.com.pl www.arspolona.com.pl 25-27 May 2001 Shanghai Book Copyright Exchange Salon Shanghai International Convention Centre, Pudong Organizers: Shanghai Book Traders Mr Chen Weiye or Mr Xu Jiakang 390 Fuzhou Road, Shanghai 200001 Tel 86-21-6322-3200 Fax 86-21-6351-6864 cnsbtb@online.sh.cn www.sbt.com.cn A repeat of the first event in 1999, this seeks to bring rights sellers directly to China for making deals. Sponsored by the Shanghai Press & Publication Administration and the Shanghai Copyright Bureau. The venue is in the most technologically advanced new part of Shanghai. Booth fee: $850 minimum. 31 May - 1 June 2001 Asian Pacific Publishers Association Meeting Seoul, South Korea JUNE 1-3 June, 2001 BookExpo America - Chicago Contact: Beth Ringler Reed Exhibitions USA 383 Main Avenue, Norwalk CT 06851 USA Tel 1-203-840-5476 (In USA only 1-800-840-5614) Fax 1-203-840-9476 inquiry@bookexpo.reedexpo.com www.bookexpo.reedexpo.com For hotel & travel reservations: Tel 1-312-527-7300 Fax 1-312-329-9513 Including seminars for book publishers on the days before the event, a Literary Agents and Scouts Center and a focus on the Latino markets. This show is a must for those getting into the USA markets. For visitors from Europe, hotel and travel arrangements can be made through Eurowest in Paris, tel 33-1-5353-0130, Fax 33-1-5353-0140. grand@esavoy.world.net 1-5 June 2001 Seoul International Book Fair 2001 Korean Exhibition Center (K X) Korean Book Publishers Association Jee Won Bae, Manager Seung Hyun Moon, Assist. Dir of Dept of Intl Coop. 105-2 Sagan-dong, Chongno.-ku Seoul 110-190 South Korea Tel 82-2-735-2702 Fax 82-2-738-5414 sibf@kpa21.or.kr, jwbae@kpa21.or.kr www.sibf.co.kr 2-10 June 2001 Singapore World Book Fair World Trade Centre, Singapore Contact: Ms Christina Ng Times Conferences and Exhibitions, Pte Ltd Times Centre, 1 New Industrial Road, Singapore 536196 Tel 65-380-7427, 380-7195 Fax 65-286-5754 or 284-4733 christineng@tpl.com.sg www.tpl.com.sg/wbf This event is primarily a book sale, in spite of attempts to make it into a trade fair for the region. However, in April 2000, an Asian International Book Fair was launched successfully in Singapore by Reed Exhibitions and hopes to become a "Frankfurt" for Asia. See their 2001 listing. 11-12 June 2000 Art Book Fair Metropolitan Pavilion, New York Contact: Karen Lunstead Tel 1-914-297-0003 Fax 1-914-297-0068 June 2000 Petersburg Book Salon 2000 Ms Marija Andrejewa nab. Fonkanti, 59, 190000 St Petersburg, Russia tel/Fax 7-812-310-4111 14-16 June 2000 The Australian Book Fair Sydney Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour David Dal Santo, Expertise Events PO Box 295, Brookvale, NSW 2100 Australia Tel 61-2-9939-4445, 9281-9788 Fax 61-2-9939-4229, 9281-1073 expertiseevents@bigpond.com, blackwel@magna.com.au, www.apa.magna.com.au www.expertiseevents.com.au Basic Floor space is $325. June 2001 ALA Conference - New Orleans American Library Association Ms Elisabeth Martinez, Executive Director 50 East Huron Street, Chicago IL 60611-2795 USA tel 1-312-944-6780 Fax 1-312-440-9374 June 2000 Bucharest International Book Fair Mr Mihai Oroveanu, Director Bd N. Balcescu No. 2, Sector 1, 70121 Bucharest, Romania Tel 40-1-613-9115, Fax 40-1-613-6308 artexpop@tag.vsat.ro JULY July 2001 12th Hong Kong Book Fair Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong Contact: Winsome Chan Hong Kong Trade Development Council 38F, Office Tower, Convention Plaza 1 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong Tel 852-2584-4333 Fax 852-2824-0026 exhibitions@tdc.org.hk www.hktdcfairs.com July 2000 11th Buenos Aires International Children's and Youth Book Fair Avda Cordoba 744, PB 1, 1054 Buenos Aires, Argentina Tel 54-1-322-2165 Fax 54-1-325-5681 fund@libro.satlink.net www.el-libro.com.ar 28 July-5 August 2000 Zimbabwe International Book Fair Sculpture Gardens, Harare, Zimbabwe Contacts: David Brine or Margaret Ling, ZIBF(UK), P O Box 21303, London WC2E 8PH Tel/Fax 44-20-7836 8501 zibf.kingstreet@dial.pipex.com Or Zimbabwe International Book Fair Trust P O Box CY1179 Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe Tel/Fax 263-4-702104; -702108; -0707352; -705729; -704112 Fax 263-4-702129 zibf@samara.co.zw http://www.zibf.org The most important annual book event in Africa, the theme this year is Women and the focus country is South Africa. The event encourages South-South and South-North interchange. Base price: US$750 per stand. Keynote Indaba conference is entitled Women's Voices - Gender, Books and Development. Over 60 of the continent™s major writers will attend. AUGUST 3-6 August 2000 Second REFORMA National Conference (National Association to Promote Library Services to the Spanish-Speaking) Tucson Conference Center, AZ Contact Susana Hinojosa, ALA 50 East Huron St., Chicago IL 60611 Tel 510-643-9347, Fax 312-944-7298 email shinojos@library.berkeley.edu, ala@ala.org www.ala.org 12-20 August 2000 6th New Delhi World Book Fair Federation of Indian Publishers and the India Trade Promotion Organization 18/1-C Institutional Area (Near JNU), New Delhi 110067 Tel 91-11-696-4847, 685-2263 Fax 91-11-686-4054 india.lfb@aworld.net.in, itpo@giasdlo1.vsnl.net.in Fee $800 for 9 sq meter stand. 13-18 August IFLA 2000 Jerusalem, Israel Contact Marita B kelman, Rose International PO Box 93260, 2506 AG, The Hague, The Netherlands Tel 31-70-383-8901 Fax 31-70-381-8936 Roseint@euronet.nl 15-26 August 2001 Bienal do Livro in Rio de Janeiro Sindicato Nacional dos Editores de Livros (S.N.E.L.) Contact: Lilia Maria Miranda Alves Avenida Rio Branco, 37, 15 andar, Rio de Janeiro 20090-003 Brasil Tel 55-21-233-6481 Fax 55-21-253-8502 snel@rio.nutecnet.com.br www.snel.com.br The traditional event in Brazil switches each year between Rio and Sao Paolo. 30 August to 4 September, 2000 8th Beijing International Book Fair CNPIEC (China National Publications Import & Export Corp) Contact: Ms. Wang Feng, Mr Wyu Guojing (PO Box 88) 16 Gongti East Road, Chaoyang Dist., Beijing 100020 PRC Tel 86-10-6586-6995 Fax 86-10-6506-3101 cnpiec@public3.bta.net.cn or Mr Feng Guoxiong Beijing Book Company (CNPIEC USA Office) 701 E. Linden Ave., Linden NJ 07036 Tel 908-862-0909 Fax 908-862-4201 Biennial event, with 900 exhibitors from 35 countries. Raw spaces start at $180 per square meter, with 9 meter minimum. SEPTEMBER 6-11 September 2000 Moscow International Book Fair 99 Mr Nickolay Ph. Ovsyannikov, General Director 16 Malaya Dmitrovka St, Moscow 103006, Russia Tel 70-95-299-4034, -9790, -0373 Fax 70-95-973-2132 exhibitions@elnet.msk.ru 14-17 September 2000 GÃ¶teborg International Book Fair Exhibition manager: Ms Anna Falck Bok & Bibliotek i Norden AB, SE-412 94 GÃ¶teborg, Sweden Tel 46-31-708 8400 Fax 46-31-209103 info@bok-bibliotek.se www.bok-bibliotek.se The major book fair in Scandinavia for the book trade and the public, with 700 exhibitors, 17 participating countries. Focal theme 2000: Scandinavian literature. September 2000 Uruguay International Book Fair La Camara Uruguaya Del Libro, Calle Jackson 1118, Montevideo, Uruguay aletea@adinet.com.uy 9-17 September 2000 11th Philippine Book Fair Megatrade Hall, Ortigas Center Complex Mandaluyong City Primetrade Asia, Inc Maria Irene Lioren, President Suite 304, Secretariat Bldg., Philippine Intl. Conventional Ctr, CCP Complex, Roxas Blvd, Pasay City 1307, Metro Manila, The Philippines Tel 63-2-831-3834 ext 7775 or 7570 or 63-2-551-3983 Fax 63-2-831-0175 ptrade@philonline.com.ph, tsc@philonline.com Organized by the Association of Philippine Booksellers, the Book Development Association of the Philippines, the Asian Catholic Publishers, Inc. and the Publishers' Representatives Org. of the Phils. This market is the best in Asia for USA trade titles in English. 18-22 September 2000 27th IBBY Congress Cartegena de Indias, Colombia Contact: Silvia Castrillan, Fundalectura Av. (Calle) 40, No. 16-46, Santafe de Bogota, Colombia Tel 571-320-1551, -1511 Fax 57-1-287-7071 fundalec@impsat.net.co www.fundalectura.org.co The second time this major event of the Children™s book world has been held in Latin America. Cartegena is one of the designated "world treasures" by the United Nations. 15-25 September 1999 Arabic Book Fair - Damascus Dr Chassan Darsam, General Director Assad National Library, Malki Street, PO Box 3639, Damascus, Syria Tel 963-11-332-0806 Fax 963-11-332-0804 OCTOBER 10-13 October 2000 LIBER - Feria Internacional del Libro - Barcelona Contact: Ana Molto, FGEE Apto. de Correos 67.067, 28080 Madrid, Spain Tel 34-91-722-5176, 350-9105 Fax 34-91-722-5804, 345-4351 liber@ifema.es, fgee@fujitsu.es www.liber.ifema.es Guest country this year is Mexico. 18-23 October, 2000 (10-15 October, 2001) 51st Frankfurt International Book Fair PO Box 100116, Reineckstrasse 3, 60313 Frankfurt am Main 1, Germany Tel 49-69-210-2000 Fax 49-69-210-2227 marketing@book-fair.com www.frankfurt-book-fair.com THE event in the world of books. 24-20 October 2000 44th Belgrade International Book Fair Mr Ognjen Lakicevic, General Director Association of Yugoslav Publishers & Booksellers PO Box 883, 11000 Belgrade, Yougoslavia Tel 381-11-642248 Fax 381-11-646339 ognjenl@eunet.yu October 2000 Muscat International Book Fair Mr Hassan Mosafer PO Box 117, Seeb Airport, Muscat 111, Sultanate of Oman Tel 968-510-900 Fax 968-510-909 October 2000 Indonesian International Book Fair Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia IKAPI (Indonesian Publishers Association) Jl Kalipasir 32, Jakarta Pusat 10330, Indonesia Tel 62-21-314-1907 Fax 61-21-314-6050 sekretariat@ikapi.or.id www.ikapi.or.id 24 October to 5 November 2000 19th Santiago International Book Fair Camara Chilena del Libro (Prolibro) Xavier Gomez Av. Lib. Bernardo O'Higgins, 1370, Oficina 501 Santiago, 13526, Chile Tel 56-2-698-9519, 672-4088 Fax 56-2-698-9226 prolibro@ctcreuna.cl, Falcon@rdc.cl While not one of the biggest markets in Latin America, it is a vital one. And the trip to Chile is worthwhile, just to see what amazing efficiencies exist in Latin America. Unlike most fairs, this one has its professional days November 2-3. Cost $2550 per stand, full equipped. NOVEMBER 1-11 November 2000 Flanders Book Fair 2000 - Antwerpen VBVB, Mr Wim de Mont, General Secretary Hof ter Schriecklaan 17, 2600 Berchem-Antwerpen, Belgium Tel 32-3-230-8923 Fax 32-3-382-2240, 381-2240 Wim.DeMont@ping.be November 2000 18th Sharjah World Book Fair Dr Yousuf Aydabi, Managing Director Dept of Culture and INformation PO Box 5119, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Tel 971-6-541116 or 543139 Fax 971-1-636-2126 shjbookfair@sharjah-welcome.com November 2000 18th Instanbul International Book Fair Contact: Ms Sunay Girgin Gazeteciler Mah. Saglam Fikir Sok, No 19, 80300 Esentepe, Istanbul, Turkey Tel 90-212-3107 Fax 90-212-3109 November 2000 Feria Internacional del Libro en Centroamericana (FILCEN) Mr Kelvin Wallace, Presidente Camara Nicaraguiense del Libro Casa de Los Tres Mundos, Antigua Casa de Los Leones Granada, Nicaragua Tel 505-552-5497, 278-1210 Fax 505-228-1212, 278-0825 c3mundos@tmx.com.ni 11-19 November 2000 Feria Internacional del Libro-Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico Coliseo Roberto Clemente Contact: Dalia Nieves. Tel 1-787-721-0884 Fax 1-787-725-0861 feriapr@caribe.net www.filpuertorico.org 15-17 November, 2000 Library Fair 2000 - Japan Exhibition Hall, Tokyo International Forum The first attempt to offer librarians a look at the international offerings of the book world in a single location. The theme will be the Library in the 21st Century. Cost approximately US$200 per meter. For details contact: Quantum Inc 3F, YU Bldg., Hongo 3-19-6, Bunkyo-ku, TOkyo 113-0033 Japan Tel 81-3-5684-1636 Fax 81-3-5684-1650 QYP06456@niftyserve.or.jp PR Contact: Yoshichika Matsumoto YUSHODO CO., LTD. 29 San-ei-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0008 Japan Tel 81-3-3357-1411 Fax 81-3-3351-5855 antiq@yushodo.co.jp 16-21 November 2000 Salon du Livre de Montreal Ms Francine Bois, General Director 480, Blvd. Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec H2Y 3Y7, Canada Tel 1-514-845-2365 Fax 1-514-845-7119 slm.info@videotron.ca 12-19 November 2000 Miami Book Fair International A multi-ethnic event drawing huge crowds and over 200 authors in both English and Spanish. An important event now for the Latin American publishers interested in the USA market. 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Room 1515 Miami, Florida 33132-2296 Tel 1-305-237-3258 Fax 1-305-237-3645 bookfair@mdcc.edu www.miamibookfair.com 25 November - 3 December 2000 XIII Feria Internacional Del Libro de Guadalajara (FIL) A.P. 39-130 Guadalajara 44190 Jalisco MEXICO Tel 52-3-610-0331 Fax 52-3-812-2841 daucc@cunyvm.cuny.edu or sirenay@aol.com or Iparedes@udgserv.cencar.udg.mx or fil@fil.com.mx www.fil.com.mx Already the most important trade event for US publishers interested in Latin America, this year will offer the greatest number of other countries in the region to date. Professional days are 25 - 27 November which attract 8000 members of the industry. November 2000 5th Saigon International Book Fair Contact: Tran Phu Son, General Director Xunhasaba Cp (Vietnam Corp for Export-Import of Books and Magazines) 32 Hai Ba Trung St., Hanoi, Vietnam Tel 84-4-824-9906 Fax 84-4-825-2860 There are hopes to take this annual in 2000. DECEMBER December 2000 2nd International Book Fair - Athens, Greece Contact: Mr. Costas Hadziotis Exhibitions and Conferecnes "Kapa" 39 Halandriou Str., 15125 Maroussi Athens, Greece Tel 30-1-6898-400 Fax 30-1-6898-413 (In UK, Peter Rogers, tel/Fax 44-1562-887-223) December 2000 Malaysia International Book Fair Malaysia International Exhibition & Showroom Organizer: Facon Exhibition & Trade Fairs 10B, Jalan Desa Jaya, Taman Desa, 58100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tel 60-3-781-8766 Fax 60-3-781-8771 facon@po.jaring.my A new organizer for a promising market. Base price $1400 per stand.

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International Calendar of Book Fairs
Sally Taylor -- 8/21/00

Events are listed chronologically, starting in January, with 2000, 2001 and 2002 dates listed where possible. When future dates are not available, past dates are retained for inquiry information. To correct or add your event (major book fairs only, please) to this list, please staylor@cahners.com.

JANUARY

24 January - 5 February 2002
15th New Delhi World Book Fair
New Delhi, India
organized by National Book Trust
A-5 Green Park, New Delhi, 110 016
Tel 91-11-656-4540
Fax 91-11-685-1795
nbtindia@ndb.vsnl.net.in
www.nbtindia.com
The biggest event in India for books in English. Primarily a discount book selling fair, attempts are being made to attract more of the trade beyond the library and schoolbooks markets. There is a competing event in August.

26 January - 6 February 2000
Cairo 31st International Book Fair
Organizer: General Egyptian Book Organization
Contact: Mr Samir Saad Khalil
Corniche El Nile-Boulac, Cairo, Egypt
Tel 20-2-775371 or 775000
Fax 20-2-575-4213
The largest in the Arab world, this is truly where East meets West.

31 January - 11 February 2001
Calcutta International Book Fair
Publishers and Booksellers Guild
Mr. Dwijendranath Basu, Director
Mr Kalyan Shah, Hon. General Secretary
5A Bhanwani Dutta Lane
Calcutta 700073 INDIA
Tel 91-33-241-3680
Fax 91-33-241-8248
guild@cal2.vsnl.net.in
The most important literary event in the country, it is more for readers than the trade. Calcutta is always something worth experiencing and the fair always begins the last Wednesday of January and runs 12 days.

FEBRUARY

1-6 February 2001
2001 Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE)
Taipei World Trade Center
Chinese Publishers Development Foundation & Senseio Business Group
Contact: Carmen Huang, Exhibitors' Services
3F, No 4-3, Lin Sen S. Rd., Taipei 100, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel 886-2-2351-2748
Fax 886-2-2351-3400
info@tibe.com, cpdf@ms42.hinet.net
http://wwtibe.com
Excellent venue for the already strong Chinese language rights market in Taiwan, with 9000 titles in translation and good possibilities for expansion to the growing Chinese market in the PRC. A real trade event for the first two days, it attracted 500,000 people in 1999, with over 600 publishers and 1400 booths. US$240 per 3m x 3m stand.

2-10 February 2001
Havana 10th International Book Fair
San Carlos De La Cabana Fairgrounds, Havana
Cuban Book Chamber (Prolibro)
Jorge Luna Mendoza, General Director
Calle 15, esq C, Vedado, CP 10400,
Plaza de la Revolucion, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
Tel 53-7-36034
Fax 53-7-333-441
cclfilh@cubarte.cult.cu
They had 200,000 visitors in 2000 and expect 31 countries to participate. Spain is the country of honor this year.

11 - 14 February 2001
MILIA 2001
Palais des Festivals, Cannes, FRANCE
Reed Midem Organization Ltd
Xavier Roy, President
ll, rue du Col. Pierre Avia
BP 572, 75726 Paris Cedex 15
Tel 33-1-4190-4400, -4467
Fax 33-1-4190-4409, -4470
info@milia.com
http://wwmilia.com
An extravagant event with the high end of the electronic and art publishing worlds. Brought to you by the people who do MIPCOM and MIP-TV the "Frankfurts" of the video and TV industries.

February 2000
5th Lebanon International Book Fair - Beirut
Contact: Nasser Adib Jarrous
PO Box 4553/11, Beirut LEBANON
Tel 961-1-307327, 866067 or 866618

17-19 February 2000
Baltic International Book Fair - Vilnius
Contact: Vincas Akelis
K. Sirvydo 6, 2600 Vilnius, LITHUANIA
Tel 370-2-628945, 332943
Fax 370-2-263-157

22 February - 4 March 2001
Mexico Book Fair
20th Feria Internacional del Libro - Mineria
AP 20-515, Mexico DF 01000
Tel 52-5-512-8723
Fax 52-5-512-8956
feria@tolsa.mineria.unam.mx
Really a national book fair for book fair for buyers, this event is held in the center of the city at the ancient Palacio de Mineria and is a good excuse for a visit to this historic capital and site. For international book deals, though, Guadalajara in late November is the place to be.

MARCH

1 March 2001
World Book Day 2001
Coleman Getty PR
Carrington House, 126-130 Regent Street, London W1R 5FE
Tel 44-207-439-1783
Fax 44-207-439-1784
www.worldbookday.co.uk
A major book selling event in the UK. This has not taken off in the USA.

11-15 March, 2001
3rd World Summit on Media for Children
Thessaloniki, Greece
European Children™s Television Centre
20 Analipseos Street, 15235 Athens, Greece
Tel 30-1-685-1258
Fax 30-1-681-7987
summit@childrens-media.org
www.childrens-media.org

17-22 March 2000
Salon du Livre - Paris Expo Hall 1
Organizer: Reed-OIP
11, rue du Colonel Pierre Avia, 75015 Paris
(BP 571, 75726 Paris Cedex 15)
Tel 33-1-4190-4740
Fax 33-1-4190-4749
livre@reed-oip.fr, tdereyni@oip-reed.fr
www.salondulivre.reed-oip.fr
A fabulous cultural event as only the French could imagine and implement, this is a standard for attracting buyers, the media, and the industry. Country of honor this year: Portugal.

25-27 March 2001
London International Book Fair, Olympia
Reed Exhibitions, Mandy Gross
Oriel House, 26 The Quadrant
Richmond, Surrey TW9 1DL, UK
Tel 44-20-8910-7914, -7815
Fax 44-20-8910-7930
visitor hotline: 44-1203-426-508, Fax -475
shereen.murray@reedexpo.co.uk

www.libf-virtual.com

21-31 March 2000
Bahrain International Book Fair
Ebrahim Bashimi
Bahrain International Exhibition Center
Tel 97-3-727733
Fax 97-3-723300
alayam@batelco.com.bh

23-26 March 2000
Leipzig Book Fair
Contact: Oliver Zille
Postfach 100-720, 04007 Leipzig, Germany
Tel 49-34-1-6788240
Fax 49-34-1-6788242
email o.zille@leipsiger.messe.de
www.leipziger-messe.de
Or
Leipsig Trade Fair Agency USA,
229 Peachtree Street, NE, suite 1104
Atlanta GA 30303.
Tel 1-800-331-6134
Fax 1-404-525-6658
email inof@leipziger-messe.de or Tradefair@aol.com
Includes a special program for American publishers.

28-30 March 2001
Bogota Feria Internacional del Libro
CORFERIAS, Carrera 40, No. 22C-67
PO Box 6843, Santafe de Bogota, D.C. Colombia
Tel 57-1-337-7676
Fax 57-1-337-7272 or “7271
camlibro@latino.net.co
The first three days, April 27-30, are reserved for the professionals and there is nothing second rate about this fair's organization. Politics are making the location more difficult, though. The "trade" dates line up with those of Argentina and Brazil fairs this year, so you can go to all three inside a two week span without leaving the continent. A variety of countries attend but the dominant presence is Central America, from Venezuela to Cuba to Costa Rica.

APRIL

4-7 April 2001
Bologna Children's Book Fair
Piazza Costituzione 6
40128 Bologna, Italy
Tel 39-51-282242, 282111
Fax 39-51-282-333
bookfair@bolognafiere.it
http://wwbolognafiere.it/BookFair
The most important event in the children's book world for rights.
(For dates of International Children's Book Day...email ibby@eye.ch)

April 2001
(dates not yet available)
Santo Domingo Book Fair
Contact: Jose Rafael Lantigua
comision@feriadellibro.org.do
www.feriadellibro.org.do

16-19 April 2001
26th Buenos Aires Feria Internacional Del Libro
Avda Cordoba 744, PB 1, 1054 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel 54-1-322-2165
Fax 54-1-325-5681
fund@libro.satlink.net
www.el-libro.com.ar
A three week long public event, with literally 800 cultural activities and nearly one million visitors, the professional days are linked this year to the IPA meeting which follows immediately at the Sheraton Hotel in Buenos Aires. This will also be the site for the roving Latin American professional publishing seminar, SILAR. And links to the Sao Paolo book fair are expected.

20-23 April 2000
Tokyo International Book Fair '99
Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan
Managed by Reed Exhibitions Japan Ltd
18F Shinjuku Nomura Bldg
1-26-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-05 Japan
Tel 81-3-3349-8501
Fax 81-3-3345-7929
iwata@reedexpo.co.jp
www.reed.co.jp/tibf/
The second largest publishing industry in the world, Japan's international book fair is expensive, but a unique opportunity to meet the Japanese book market and some of the players in the rest of Asia. Small, compared to others in Asia, this book fair aims first to be a trade event, attracting international exhibitors for the benefit of Japanese librarians and booksellers. Costs roughly $5000 per stand.

21-23 April 2000
Budapest - 7th International Book Fair
Hungarian Publishers & Booksellers Assn
Katalin Balogh
Vorosmatry ter 1, 1051 Budapest, Hungary
Tel 36-1-118-4710, 343-2537
Fax 36-1-118-4581, 343-2541
mkke@mail.datanet.hu
www.adanet.hu/mkke

25-27 April 2001
Asia International Book Fair & International Library Expo
Singapore International Convention Centre
Contact: Ms. Chia Boon Lay
Tel 65-434-3591
Fax 65-883-2393
sp@reedexpo.com.sg
www.aibf.com.sg

The first effort for Reed Expo Singapore to pull the Southeast Asian book publishing community together worked like a charm. With the 11th Congress of Southeast Asian Libraries joining in, it was an excellent event for booksellers. Now if they can just get those librarians back in 2001!

25-27 April 2001
Expodidactica 2001
Mexico City, Mexico
(14-16 September 2001
Worlddidac 2001
Shanghai, China)
(23-26 April 2002
Worlddidac 2002
Zurich, Switzerland)
PO Box 8866, CH-3001 Bern, Switzerland
Tel 41-31-311-7682
Fax 41-31-312-1744
info@worlddidac.org
www.worlddidac.org
The international exhibition of pedagogical material and professional literacy training, supported by NGOs such as CODE, dedicated to self-sufficiency through literacy in the developing world. For more details contact Kelvin Smith at CODE Europe
The Jam Factory
27 Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1HU UK
Tel 44-1865-202-438
Fax 44-1865-202-439
email: 100660.2023@compuserve.com

April/May 2002
17th Bienal do Livro - Sao Paulo
(Brazil™s International Book Fair)
Expocenter Norte, Sao Paulo
Camara Brasileira Do Livro
Av. Ipiranga, 1267 - 10th andar
Sao Paulo, Brazil 01039-907
Tel 55-11-225-8277
Fax 55-11-229-7436
cbl@cbl-net.com.br
www.cbl-net.com.br
This is perhaps the biggest book fair in Latin America, though in Portuguese. There will be one professional day, April 28, and the rest of the event attracts 1.4 million book lovers.

MAY

May 2000
Salone del Libro - Turin
Elena Bardin, Prosa srl, Via Susa 35, 10138 Turino, Italy
Tel 39-11-433-7054
Fax 39-11-433-1056
salone.libro@prosaloni.com

May 2000
Bookworld 2000 - Prague
Association of Czech Booksellers and Publishers
Dr Dana Kalinova, Director
Jana Masaryka 56, 12000 Praha 2, Czech Republic
tel/Fax 420-2-9003-0151
book@login.cz
www.bookworld.cz

May 2000
CHISCI - Pan African Childrens Book Fair
PO Box 61301, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel 2-44-90-53, Fax 2-44-24-69

7-11 May 2001
20th Jerusalem International Book Fair
Jerusalem International Convention Ctr
Zev Birger, Chairman and MD
PO Box 775, Jerusalem 91007, Israel
Tel 972-2-629-7922
Fax 972-2-624-3144
jer_fair@netvision.net.il
www.jerusalembookfair.com
In USA, Ms Michal Meryn tel 212-744-2818, Fax 212-734-9727
Accommodations, tel 972-3-520-999, Fax 972-3-523-9099,
meetings@unitours.co.il
US$1450 for minimum 10 sq m. unbuilt floorspace. Expecting 46,000 visitors in 1999.

18-22 May 2000
44th Warsaw International Book Fair
ARS POLONA Foreign Trade Entreprise
Monika Bialecka, MD
Krakowskie Przedmiescie 7, PO Box 1001, 00-950 Warszawa, Poland
tel. 48-22-826-1201
Fax 48-22-826-9256
arspolona@arspolona.com.pl
www.arspolona.com.pl

25-27 May 2001
Shanghai Book Copyright Exchange Salon
Shanghai International Convention Centre, Pudong
Organizers: Shanghai Book Traders
Mr Chen Weiye or Mr Xu Jiakang
390 Fuzhou Road, Shanghai 200001
Tel 86-21-6322-3200
Fax 86-21-6351-6864
cnsbtb@online.sh.cn
www.sbt.com.cn
A repeat of the first event in 1999, this seeks to bring rights sellers directly to China for making deals. Sponsored by the Shanghai Press & Publication Administration and the Shanghai Copyright Bureau. The venue is in the most technologically advanced new part of Shanghai. Booth fee: $850 minimum.

31 May - 1 June 2001
Asian Pacific Publishers Association Meeting
Seoul, South Korea

JUNE

1-3 June, 2001
BookExpo America - Chicago
Contact: Beth Ringler
Reed Exhibitions USA
383 Main Avenue, Norwalk CT 06851 USA
Tel 1-203-840-5476
(In USA only 1-800-840-5614)
Fax 1-203-840-9476
inquiry@bookexpo.reedexpo.com
www.bookexpo.reedexpo.com
For hotel & travel reservations:
Tel 1-312-527-7300
Fax 1-312-329-9513
Including seminars for book publishers on the days before the event, a Literary Agents and Scouts Center and a focus on the Latino markets. This show is a must for those getting into the USA markets. For visitors from Europe, hotel and travel arrangements can be made through Eurowest in Paris, tel 33-1-5353-0130, Fax 33-1-5353-0140. grand@esavoy.world.net

1-5 June 2001
Seoul International Book Fair 2001
Korean Exhibition Center (K X)
Korean Book Publishers Association
Jee Won Bae, Manager
Seung Hyun Moon, Assist. Dir of Dept of Intl Coop.
105-2 Sagan-dong, Chongno.-ku
Seoul 110-190 South Korea
Tel 82-2-735-2702
Fax 82-2-738-5414
sibf@kpa21.or.kr, jwbae@kpa21.or.kr

www.sibf.co.kr

2-10 June 2001
Singapore World Book Fair
World Trade Centre, Singapore
Contact: Ms Christina Ng
Times Conferences and Exhibitions, Pte Ltd
Times Centre, 1 New Industrial Road, Singapore 536196
Tel 65-380-7427, 380-7195
Fax 65-286-5754 or 284-4733
christineng@tpl.com.sg
www.tpl.com.sg/wbf
This event is primarily a book sale, in spite of attempts to make it into a trade fair for the region. However, in April 2000, an Asian International Book Fair was launched successfully in Singapore by Reed Exhibitions and hopes to become a "Frankfurt" for Asia. See their 2001 listing.

11-12 June 2000
Art Book Fair
Metropolitan Pavilion, New York
Contact: Karen Lunstead
Tel 1-914-297-0003
Fax 1-914-297-0068

June 2000
Petersburg Book Salon 2000
Ms Marija Andrejewa
nab. Fonkanti, 59, 190000 St Petersburg, Russia
tel/Fax 7-812-310-4111

14-16 June 2000
The Australian Book Fair
Sydney Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour
David Dal Santo, Expertise Events
PO Box 295, Brookvale, NSW 2100 Australia
Tel 61-2-9939-4445, 9281-9788
Fax 61-2-9939-4229, 9281-1073
expertiseevents@bigpond.com, blackwel@magna.com.au, www.apa.magna.com.au
www.expertiseevents.com.au
Basic Floor space is $325.

June 2001
ALA Conference - New Orleans
American Library Association
Ms Elisabeth Martinez, Executive Director
50 East Huron Street, Chicago IL 60611-2795 USA
tel 1-312-944-6780
Fax 1-312-440-9374

June 2000
Bucharest International Book Fair
Mr Mihai Oroveanu, Director
Bd N. Balcescu No. 2, Sector 1, 70121 Bucharest, Romania
Tel 40-1-613-9115, Fax 40-1-613-6308
artexpop@tag.vsat.ro

JULY

July 2001
12th Hong Kong Book Fair
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Contact: Winsome Chan
Hong Kong Trade Development Council
38F, Office Tower, Convention Plaza
1 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Tel 852-2584-4333
Fax 852-2824-0026
exhibitions@tdc.org.hk
www.hktdcfairs.com

July 2000
11th Buenos Aires International Children's and Youth Book Fair
Avda Cordoba 744,
PB 1, 1054 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel 54-1-322-2165
Fax 54-1-325-5681
fund@libro.satlink.net
www.el-libro.com.ar

28 July-5 August 2000
Zimbabwe International Book Fair
Sculpture Gardens, Harare, Zimbabwe
Contacts: David Brine or Margaret Ling,
ZIBF(UK), P O Box 21303, London WC2E 8PH
Tel/Fax 44-20-7836 8501
zibf.kingstreet@dial.pipex.com
Or
Zimbabwe International Book Fair Trust
P O Box CY1179 Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel/Fax 263-4-702104; -702108; -0707352; -705729; -704112
Fax 263-4-702129
zibf@samara.co.zw
http://www.zibf.org
The most important annual book event in Africa, the theme this year is Women and the focus country is South Africa. The event encourages South-South and South-North interchange. Base price: US$750 per stand. Keynote Indaba conference is entitled Women's Voices - Gender, Books and Development. Over 60 of the continent™s major writers will attend.

AUGUST

3-6 August 2000
Second REFORMA National Conference
(National Association to Promote Library Services to the Spanish-Speaking)
Tucson Conference Center, AZ
Contact Susana Hinojosa, ALA
50 East Huron St., Chicago IL 60611
Tel 510-643-9347, Fax 312-944-7298
email shinojos@library.berkeley.edu, ala@ala.org
www.ala.org

12-20 August 2000
6th New Delhi World Book Fair
Federation of Indian Publishers and the India Trade Promotion Organization
18/1-C Institutional Area (Near JNU), New Delhi 110067
Tel 91-11-696-4847, 685-2263
Fax 91-11-686-4054
india.lfb@aworld.net.in, itpo@giasdlo1.vsnl.net.in
Fee $800 for 9 sq meter stand.

13-18 August
IFLA 2000
Jerusalem, Israel
Contact Marita B kelman, Rose International
PO Box 93260, 2506 AG, The Hague, The Netherlands
Tel 31-70-383-8901
Fax 31-70-381-8936
Roseint@euronet.nl

15-26 August 2001
Bienal do Livro in Rio de Janeiro
Sindicato Nacional dos Editores de Livros (S.N.E.L.)
Contact: Lilia Maria Miranda Alves
Avenida Rio Branco, 37, 15 andar,
Rio de Janeiro 20090-003 Brasil
Tel 55-21-233-6481
Fax 55-21-253-8502
snel@rio.nutecnet.com.br
www.snel.com.br
The traditional event in Brazil switches each year between Rio and Sao Paolo.

30 August to 4 September, 2000
8th Beijing International Book Fair
CNPIEC (China National Publications Import & Export Corp)
Contact: Ms. Wang Feng, Mr Wyu Guojing
(PO Box 88) 16 Gongti East Road, Chaoyang Dist., Beijing 100020 PRC
Tel 86-10-6586-6995
Fax 86-10-6506-3101
cnpiec@public3.bta.net.cn
or
Mr Feng Guoxiong
Beijing Book Company (CNPIEC USA Office)
701 E. Linden Ave., Linden NJ 07036
Tel 908-862-0909
Fax 908-862-4201
Biennial event, with 900 exhibitors from 35 countries. Raw spaces start at $180 per square meter, with 9 meter minimum.

SEPTEMBER

6-11 September 2000
Moscow International Book Fair 99
Mr Nickolay Ph. Ovsyannikov, General Director
16 Malaya Dmitrovka St, Moscow 103006, Russia
Tel 70-95-299-4034, -9790, -0373
Fax 70-95-973-2132
exhibitions@elnet.msk.ru

14-17 September 2000
GÃ¶teborg International Book Fair
Exhibition manager: Ms Anna Falck
Bok & Bibliotek i Norden AB, SE-412 94 GÃ¶teborg, Sweden
Tel 46-31-708 8400
Fax 46-31-209103
info@bok-bibliotek.se
www.bok-bibliotek.se
The major book fair in Scandinavia for the book trade and the public, with 700 exhibitors, 17 participating countries. Focal theme 2000: Scandinavian literature.

September 2000
Uruguay International Book Fair
La Camara Uruguaya Del Libro,
Calle Jackson 1118,
Montevideo, Uruguay
aletea@adinet.com.uy

9-17 September 2000
11th Philippine Book Fair
Megatrade Hall, Ortigas Center Complex
Mandaluyong City
Primetrade Asia, Inc
Maria Irene Lioren, President
Suite 304, Secretariat Bldg., Philippine Intl. Conventional Ctr, CCP Complex, Roxas Blvd, Pasay City 1307, Metro Manila, The Philippines
Tel 63-2-831-3834 ext 7775 or 7570 or 63-2-551-3983
Fax 63-2-831-0175
ptrade@philonline.com.ph, tsc@philonline.com
Organized by the Association of Philippine Booksellers, the Book Development Association of the Philippines, the Asian Catholic Publishers, Inc. and the Publishers' Representatives Org. of the Phils. This market is the best in Asia for USA trade titles in English.

18-22 September 2000
27th IBBY Congress
Cartegena de Indias, Colombia
Contact: Silvia Castrillan, Fundalectura
Av. (Calle) 40, No. 16-46, Santafe de Bogota, Colombia
Tel 571-320-1551, -1511
Fax 57-1-287-7071
fundalec@impsat.net.co
www.fundalectura.org.co
The second time this major event of the Children™s book world has been held in Latin America. Cartegena is one of the designated "world treasures" by the United Nations.

15-25 September 1999
Arabic Book Fair - Damascus
Dr Chassan Darsam, General Director
Assad National Library, Malki Street, PO Box 3639, Damascus, Syria
Tel 963-11-332-0806
Fax 963-11-332-0804

OCTOBER

10-13 October 2000
LIBER - Feria Internacional del Libro - Barcelona
Contact: Ana Molto, FGEE
Apto. de Correos 67.067, 28080 Madrid, Spain
Tel 34-91-722-5176, 350-9105
Fax 34-91-722-5804, 345-4351
liber@ifema.es, fgee@fujitsu.es
www.liber.ifema.es
Guest country this year is Mexico.

18-23 October, 2000
(10-15 October, 2001)
51st Frankfurt International Book Fair
PO Box 100116, Reineckstrasse 3, 60313 Frankfurt am Main 1, Germany
Tel 49-69-210-2000
Fax 49-69-210-2227
marketing@book-fair.com
www.frankfurt-book-fair.com
THE event in the world of books.

24-20 October 2000
44th Belgrade International Book Fair
Mr Ognjen Lakicevic, General Director
Association of Yugoslav Publishers & Booksellers
PO Box 883, 11000 Belgrade, Yougoslavia
Tel 381-11-642248
Fax 381-11-646339
ognjenl@eunet.yu

October 2000
Muscat International Book Fair
Mr Hassan Mosafer
PO Box 117, Seeb Airport, Muscat 111, Sultanate of Oman
Tel 968-510-900
Fax 968-510-909

October 2000
Indonesian International Book Fair
Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia
IKAPI (Indonesian Publishers Association)
Jl Kalipasir 32, Jakarta Pusat 10330, Indonesia
Tel 62-21-314-1907
Fax 61-21-314-6050
sekretariat@ikapi.or.id
www.ikapi.or.id

24 October to 5 November 2000
19th Santiago International Book Fair
Camara Chilena del Libro (Prolibro)
Xavier Gomez
Av. Lib. Bernardo O'Higgins, 1370, Oficina 501
Santiago, 13526, Chile
Tel 56-2-698-9519, 672-4088
Fax 56-2-698-9226
prolibro@ctcreuna.cl, Falcon@rdc.cl
While not one of the biggest markets in Latin America, it is a vital one. And the trip to Chile is worthwhile, just to see what amazing efficiencies exist in Latin America. Unlike most fairs, this one has its professional days November 2-3. Cost $2550 per stand, full equipped.

NOVEMBER

1-11 November 2000
Flanders Book Fair 2000 - Antwerpen
VBVB, Mr Wim de Mont, General Secretary
Hof ter Schriecklaan 17, 2600 Berchem-Antwerpen, Belgium
Tel 32-3-230-8923
Fax 32-3-382-2240, 381-2240
Wim.DeMont@ping.be

November 2000
18th Sharjah World Book Fair
Dr Yousuf Aydabi, Managing Director
Dept of Culture and INformation
PO Box 5119, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Tel 971-6-541116 or 543139
Fax 971-1-636-2126
shjbookfair@sharjah-welcome.com

November 2000
18th Instanbul International Book Fair
Contact: Ms Sunay Girgin
Gazeteciler Mah. Saglam Fikir Sok, No 19,
80300 Esentepe, Istanbul, Turkey
Tel 90-212-3107
Fax 90-212-3109

November 2000
Feria Internacional del Libro en Centroamericana (FILCEN)
Mr Kelvin Wallace, Presidente
Camara Nicaraguiense del Libro
Casa de Los Tres Mundos, Antigua Casa de Los Leones
Granada, Nicaragua
Tel 505-552-5497, 278-1210
Fax 505-228-1212, 278-0825
c3mundos@tmx.com.ni

11-19 November 2000
Feria Internacional del Libro-Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Coliseo Roberto Clemente
Contact: Dalia Nieves.
Tel 1-787-721-0884
Fax 1-787-725-0861
feriapr@caribe.net
www.filpuertorico.org

15-17 November, 2000
Library Fair 2000 - Japan
Exhibition Hall, Tokyo International Forum
The first attempt to offer librarians a look at the international offerings of the book world in a single location. The theme will be the Library in the 21st Century. Cost approximately US$200 per meter.
For details contact: Quantum Inc
3F, YU Bldg., Hongo 3-19-6, Bunkyo-ku, TOkyo 113-0033 Japan
Tel 81-3-5684-1636
Fax 81-3-5684-1650
QYP06456@niftyserve.or.jp
PR Contact: Yoshichika Matsumoto
YUSHODO CO., LTD.
29 San-ei-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0008 Japan
Tel 81-3-3357-1411
Fax 81-3-3351-5855
antiq@yushodo.co.jp

16-21 November 2000
Salon du Livre de Montreal
Ms Francine Bois, General Director
480, Blvd. Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec H2Y 3Y7, Canada
Tel 1-514-845-2365
Fax 1-514-845-7119
slm.info@videotron.ca

12-19 November 2000
Miami Book Fair International
A multi-ethnic event drawing huge crowds and over 200 authors in both English and Spanish. An important event now for the Latin American publishers interested in the USA market.
300 NE 2nd Avenue, Room 1515
Miami, Florida 33132-2296
Tel 1-305-237-3258
Fax 1-305-237-3645
bookfair@mdcc.edu
www.miamibookfair.com

25 November - 3 December 2000
XIII Feria Internacional Del Libro de Guadalajara (FIL)
A.P. 39-130 Guadalajara 44190 Jalisco MEXICO
Tel 52-3-610-0331
Fax 52-3-812-2841
daucc@cunyvm.cuny.edu or sirenay@aol.com or Iparedes@udgserv.cencar.udg.mx or fil@fil.com.mx www.fil.com.mx
Already the most important trade event for US publishers interested in Latin America, this year will offer the greatest number of other countries in the region to date. Professional days are 25 - 27 November which attract 8000 members of the industry.

November 2000
5th Saigon International Book Fair
Contact: Tran Phu Son, General Director
Xunhasaba Cp (Vietnam Corp for Export-Import of Books and Magazines)
32 Hai Ba Trung St., Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel 84-4-824-9906
Fax 84-4-825-2860
There are hopes to take this annual in 2000.

DECEMBER

December 2000
2nd International Book Fair - Athens, Greece
Contact: Mr. Costas Hadziotis
Exhibitions and Conferecnes "Kapa"
39 Halandriou Str., 15125 Maroussi
Athens, Greece
Tel 30-1-6898-400
Fax 30-1-6898-413
(In UK, Peter Rogers, tel/Fax 44-1562-887-223)

December 2000
Malaysia International Book Fair
Malaysia International Exhibition & Showroom
Organizer: Facon Exhibition & Trade Fairs
10B, Jalan Desa Jaya, Taman Desa, 58100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel 60-3-781-8766
Fax 60-3-781-8771
facon@po.jaring.my
A new organizer for a promising market. Base price $1400 per stand.