The 31st Doha International Book Fair will be held from January 13- 22, 2022, the Qatar Cultural and Heritage Events Center (QCHEC) , the organiser of the event, announced on Saturday.
The United States of America (USA) will be the guest of honour of the upcoming international event as part of the Qatar-USA Culture Year 2021, and according to a tradition that have been introduced since 2010 by selecting a country to be the guest of honour of the event, where USA was the first guest of honour followed by Turkey, Iran, Japan, Brazil, Germany, and France at the 30th round.
The organising committee said registration for participation in the fair will start today and continue until November 1, 2021 , while November 18 will be the deadline for paying the participation fees, and November 15 will be the deadline for submitting the passports of the representatives of the participants.
Receiving the cargoes of books will start on September 15, 2021 and January 2, 2022 will be the last date for receiving them. Stalls have to be cleared by January 23.
Qatar Cultural and Heritage Events Center at the Ministry of Culture and Sports has formed a number of executive committees for organising the event including the technical and the culture committees, besides, the management of institutional communications and the events management committee.
The application for participation by the publishing houses, cultural organisations, research institutes, societies, universities, the international organisations and the ministries could be made through the website of the book fair at www.dohabookfair.qa . Submitting an application indicates that the applicant accepts the terms and conditions for participation mentioned on the website.
However, the management of the fair has the right to accept or reject any application without showing any reason and without any liabilities. All participating entities should have a valid publishing or distribution licence and its publications should not be less than 50 titles.
Around 50% of the books to be exhibited should be new ones with less than five years since they were first published. Further, all the participants should be committed to strictly follow the preventive precautionary measures and protocols against the new coronavirus (Covid-19) applicable in Qatar, besides the other related regulations applicable to the fair in this regard.
The prices of the books should be posted in Qatari Riyals after deducting the 25% decided on by the management. In addition, all the books and titles on display at the fair should not conflict with the Islamic creed and principles and the values and traditions of the Qatari society.
Participation would be limited to printed books and educational means while the display of audiovisual items and toys would not be allowed at this edition of the fair.
The organising committee said registration for participation in the fair will start today and continue until November 1, 2021 , while November 18 will be the deadline for paying the participation fees, and November 15 will be the deadline for submitting the passports of the representatives of the participants.
Receiving the cargoes of books will start on September 15, 2021 and January 2, 2022 will be the last date for receiving them. Stalls have to be cleared by January 23.
Qatar Cultural and Heritage Events Center at the Ministry of Culture and Sports has formed a number of executive committees for organising the event including the technical and the culture committees, besides, the management of institutional communications and the events management committee.
The application for participation by the publishing houses, cultural organisations, research institutes, societies, universities, the international organisations and the ministries could be made through the website of the book fair at www.dohabookfair.qa . Submitting an application indicates that the applicant accepts the terms and conditions for participation mentioned on the website.
However, the management of the fair has the right to accept or reject any application without showing any reason and without any liabilities. All participating entities should have a valid publishing or distribution licence and its publications should not be less than 50 titles.
Around 50% of the books to be exhibited should be new ones with less than five years since they were first published. Further, all the participants should be committed to strictly follow the preventive precautionary measures and protocols against the new coronavirus (Covid-19) applicable in Qatar, besides the other related regulations applicable to the fair in this regard.
The prices of the books should be posted in Qatari Riyals after deducting the 25% decided on by the management. In addition, all the books and titles on display at the fair should not conflict with the Islamic creed and principles and the values and traditions of the Qatari society.
Participation would be limited to printed books and educational means while the display of audiovisual items and toys would not be allowed at this edition of the fair.