QNL organises workshop for ‘Books-Made in Qatar’ initiative

Qatar National Library (QNL), in collaboration with Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press), and the Goethe-Institut Gulf Region, has conducted the second workshop of the ‘Books – Made in Qatar’ initiative. The exercise, dedicated to the development of Qatari illustrators, was organised as part of the official Qatar-Germany 2017 Year of Culture programme.The five-day workshop, which concluded on Thursday, gave participating illustrators the opportunity to work on sketches and storyboards with one of Germany’s best-known children’s and young adults’ book authors and illustrators, Ute Krause. The illustrators’ works were based on stories created and developed during the first workshop of the initiative, which involved Qatari writers. Workshop instructor Ute Krause shared her excitement in returning to Doha for the illustrators’ workshop, especially after the first workshop, during which she spent a wonderful week working with Qatari authors.  The completed illustrated stories from the project will be presented to the public at the Doha International Book Fair in December 2017 and one or more of the stories will be published by HBKU Press.