Rabat to host 28th international book fair
Rabat’s Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication announced that it will organize the 28th edition of the International Book and Print Fair (SIEL) 2023, scheduled between June 1-11.
The fair will see the participation of over 660 Moroccan and foreign authors and poets. Over the 10-day period, the participants will take part in book signings, debates, and workshops, moroccoworldnews.com reported. The fair area will extend over 35,000 square meters in the Souissi area in Rabat and will include over 700 exhibitors, 139 of whom are from Morocco.
The SIEL is an opportunity for the general public to meet authors and discover new publications from Morocco and around the world.
The list of new publications includes Abdellatif Laabi’s ‘The Earth Is a Bitter Orange,’ set to be published by Le Castor Astral Editions on June 8. Other notable events at the fair include a meeting on self-translation led by Abdelfattah Kilito on June 4, with participation from Abdesslam Benabdellah and Aissa Makhlouf.
Quebec will be the event’s guest of honor, with a meeting on Quebecois literature being set for June 5. The meeting will bring together Jeremie McEwen, Etienne Beaulieu, and Mustapha Fahmi.
Over 220 cultural activities will be organized as part of SIEL 2023, as well as 660 activities in the children area, which aim to strengthen children’s relationship with books.
Last year’s book fair welcomed over 200,000 visitors, featuring 712 exhibitors from 55 countries with 100,000 titles and two million copies covering all disciplines.