International Calendar of Book Fairs Sally Taylor -- 4/17/00
(Events are listed chronologically, starting in January, with 1999, 2000 and 2001 dates listed where possible. When future dates are not available, passed dates are retained for inquiry information. To correct or add your event's dates to this list, please email: staylor.pw@bookwire.com or staylor@cahners.com)
26 January - 6 February 2000 Calcutta International Book Fair Publishers and Booksellers Guild Mr. Dwijendranath Basu, Director 5A Bhanwani Dutta Lane Calcutta 700073 INDIA Tel 91-33-241-3680 fax 91-33-245-0027 or 241-8248 guild@cal2vsnl.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.
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 or 575-6058 The largest in the Arab world, this is truly where East meets West.
5-13 February 2000 14th 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 Email: nbtindia@ndb.vsnl.net.in 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.
9-15 February 2000 Havana 2000 (9th) International Book Fair Cuban Book Chamber (Prolibro) 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 email cclfilh@artsoft.cult.cu, prolibro@artsoft.cult.cu They had 70,000 visitors in 1998, the last such event, and promise more in the year 2000.
14 -18 February 2000 MILIA '99 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://www.milia.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 MIDEM, the 'Frankfurts' of the video and TV industries.
16-21 February 2000 2000 Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE) Taipei World Trade Center Chinese Publishers Development Foundation & Senseio Business Group Contact: Carmen Huang, Exhibitors' Services B2, 465 Chung-Shiao E. Rd, Section 6 Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. tel 886-2-2786-6556 fax 886-2-2653-4145 email: info@tibe.com, cpdf@ms42.hinet.net website http://www.tibe.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. Annual event starting in 1999.
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 fax 961-1-315177
17-19 February 2000 Baltic International Book Fair - Vilnius Contact: Vincas Akelis K. Sirvydo 6, 2600 Vilnius, LITHUANIA tel 370-2-628945, 332943 fax 370-2-619696, 263157
23-27 February 2000 Foire du Livre de Bruxelles Contact: Didier Platteau, President 76, rue Lesbroussart, 1050 Bruxelles, BELGIUM tel 32-2-640-8596 fax 32-2-646-7222
10 March 2000 World Book Day 2000 Liz Sich, Coleman Getty PR Carrington House, 126-130 Regent Street, London W1R 5FE Tel 44-171-439-1783 Fax 44-171-439-1784 Email: liz@colmangettypr.demon.co.uk A major bookselling event in the UK. This has not taken off in the USA.
March 2000 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 email: 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 business, though, Guadalajara in late November is the place to be.
March 2000 International Istanbul Book Fair 98 World Trade Center, Istanbul Organizers: Itanbul Fuarcilik Ataturk Havalimani Karsisi, 34830 Yesilkoy, Istanbul tel 90-0212-663-0881 fax 90-0212-663-7573 A good place to reach into the Middle Eastern markets. Arrange for a translator.
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 email: 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 email: livre@reed-oip.fr, tdereyni@oip-reed.fr http://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.
19-21 March, 2000 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 email: shereen.murray@reedexpo.co.uk http://www.libf.com
21-31 March 2000 Bahrain International Book Fair Ebrahim Bashimi Bahrain International Exhibition Center Tel 97-3-727733 Fax 97-3-723300 Email: mailto:alayam@batelco.com
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
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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.
28-31 March, 2000 Worlddidac 2000 Zurich, Switzerland PO Box 8866, CH-3001 Bern, Switzerland tel 41-31-311-7682 fax 41-31-312-1744 email: info@worlddidac.org http://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
29 March - 1 April, 2000 Bologna Children's Book Fair Piazza Costituzione 6 40128 Bologna, Italy tel 39-51-282242, 282111 fax 39-51-282-333 email: bookfair@bolognafiere.it website: http://www.bolognafiere.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)
29-31 March 2000 (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 ñ7271 email: 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 2000 Santo Domingo Book Fair Contact: Jose Rafael Lantigua www.feriadellibro.org.do
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 Email: iwata@reedexpo.co.jp http://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
26-28 April 2000 Asia International Book Fair & International Library Expo Singapore International Convention Centre Contact: Ms. Sandy Cheung or Ms. Flora Ong tel 65-434-3669 fax 65-883-2393 email:sp@reedexpo.com.sg www.sibf.com.sg A first effort for Reed Expo Singapore to pull the Asian book publishing community together. With the 11th Congress of Southeast Asian Libraries joining in, it promises to be an excellent event for booksellers. There will also be a rights center, in the spirit of the London International Book Fair, BEA, Salon du Livre (Paris) and the Tokyo International Book Fair, all Reed Expo events.
27-30 April, 2000 (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 email: fund@libro.satlink.net web site: http://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.
1-3 May 2000 26th Congress of the International Publishers Association Sheraton Hotel, Buenos Aires Contact: Marilen Stengel, Camara Argentina del Libro Avda. Belgrano 1580, 4 piso Buenos Aires 1093, Argentina tel 54-1-4382-2726 fax 54-1-4381-9251 email: camara@editores.com, cal@editores.com
28 April to 7 May 2000 Bienal do Livro in 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 email: cbl@cbl-net.com.br Website: http://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.
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 email arspolona@arspolona.com.pl www.arspolona.com.pl
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 email: 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 email: book@login.cz http://bookworld.cz
23-27 May 2000 World Education Market - Vancouver B.C. Vancouver Trade and Convention Center. (http://www.wemex.com) Eva Obadia US/Canada PR contact/WEM tel. 212 595 9801 e-mail: evaobadia1@aol.com WEM is a first one of a kind annual event that will bring together the world's leading players in the international business of education. Over 320 companies, government representatives and universities from over 40 countries will be exhibiting and over 4000 participants are expected to converge at WEM.
6-11 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 email: jer_fair@netvision. net.il http://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, email: meetings@unitours.co.il US$1450 for minimum 10 sq m. unbuilt floorspace. Expecting 46,000 visitors in 1999.
May 2000 CHISCI - Pan African Childrens Book Fair PO Box 61301, Nairobi, Kenya tel 2-44-90-53, fax 2-44-24-69
June 2000 Singapore World Book Fair World Trade Centre, Singapore Contact: Ms Ng Siew Wai or Michael Liew 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 email: tplecml@corp.tpl.com.sg or tcensw@corp.tpl.com.sg http://www.tpl.com.sg/wbf This event has superceded the Festival of Books in September as the place for major English language booksellers to do business in Singapore. It 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 Book Fair is being launched in Singapore to try again for a 'Frankfurt' for Asia.
1-3 June, 2000 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 email: inquiry@bookexpo.reedexpo.com website: http://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. Email: grand@esavoy.world.net
2-7 June, 2000 Seoul International Book Fair 2000 Korean Exhibition Center (K X) Korean Book Publishers Association Jennifer Lee, Manager 105-2 Sagan-dong, Chongno.-ku Seoul 110-190 South Korea Tel 82-2-735-2702 Fax 82-2-738-5414 email: kpasibf@soback.kornet21.net www.sibf.co.kr
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 email: expertiseevents@bigpond.com, mailto:blackwel@magna.com.au www.expertiseevents.com.au Basic Floor space is $325.
June 2000 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 email: artexpop@tag.vsat.ro
28-30 June, 1999 Shanghai Book Copyright Exchange Salon Sponsored by the Shanghai Press & Publication Administration and the Shanghai Copyright Bureau. Contact: Mr Chen Weiye or Mr Xu Jiakang Shanghai Book Traders 390 Fuzhou Road, Shanghai 200001 PRC tel 86-21-6322-3200 fax 86-21-6351-6864 email: cnsbtb@online.sh.cn The first event of its kind in China, offering 40 top publishers from Shanghai and elsewhere plus several book wholesalers. A remarkable chance to get a feeling for the China book market, see China's most international city, and maybe even sell some rights.
19-24 July 2000 11th Hong Kong Book Fair, Asian Publishing Conference and International Copyright Exchange 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 email: exhibitions@tdc.org.hk website: http://hkbookfair.tdc.org.hk They launched Hong Kong's first ICE, International Copyright Exchange in 1997 as part of the "trade only" days of the event, to help make Hong Kong the center for Chinese language rights deals, including those between Taiwan and the PRC, both of whom traditionally have large numbers of publishers present at this book fair. It is a good idea and some publishers in the PRC are working through their Hong Kong offices to get the rights deals they want. But whether Hong Kong can be as important as the Beijing and Taipei events remains to be seen.
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 email: fund@libro.satlink.net web site: http://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 Email zibf.kingstreet@dial.pipex.com Or Zimbabwe International Book Fair Trust P O Box CY1179 Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe Tel/Fax 263-4-702104/702108/707352/705729/704112 Fax 263-4-702129 Email 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.
3-6 August 2000 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
12-20 August 2000 6th Delhi 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 email: 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 Rosein@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 http://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 email 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.
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 email: exhibitions@elnet.msk.ru
14-17 September 2000 Gˆteborg International Book Fair Exhibition manager: Ms Anna Falck Bok & Bibliotek i Norden AB, SE-412 94 Gˆteborg, Sweden Tel 46-31-708 8400 Fax 46-31-209103 e-mail: 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
11-19 September, 1999 10th Philippine Book Fair Primetrade Asia, Inc Ms 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 email: ptrade@philonline.com.ph 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. For the professionals only the first day, and since this market is the best in Asia for USA trade titles in English, competition is strong, inspite of the difficult economic conditions here and elsewhere in Asia. People continue buying books.
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 http://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
4-7 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 email: liber@ifema.es , fgee@fujitsu.es website: www.liber.ifema.es
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 mailto:sekretariat@ikapi.or.id http://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 email: 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.
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 femial: 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 email: c3mundos@tmx.com.ni
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
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 Email: 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 e-mail: 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 2000-03-05 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 Email: daucc@cunyvm.cuny.edu or sirenay@aol.com or Iparedes@udgserv.cencar.udg.mx or fil@fil.com.mx http://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 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 email: facon@po.jaring.my A new organizer for a promising market. Base price $1400 per stand.
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