EPA opens new horizons for UAE publishers at 2 book fairs

Young visitors at the ongoing Sharjah Children's Reading Festival (SCRF) are enthralled by a number of educational activities besides discovering more than colourful bookshelves and vivid storytelling corners.

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Besides these, the students and visitors are also delighted to meet the Emirates Publishers Association (EPA), the driving force behind a vibrant home-grown publishing scene that promotes Emirati voices.

The EPA continues its drive to propel the UAE's publishing industry to ever-wider horizons, intensifying its ongoing efforts to support its members by maintaining a strategic presence at the Sharjah Children's Reading Festival and the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair 2025 - two of the region's, and indeed the world's, premier cultural events.

This participation forms part of the Association’s strategy to empower Emirati publishers and open new pathways for literary and knowledge-based creativity.

Rashid Al Kous, Executive Director of the Emirates Publishers Association, said: “Our participation in these major events underscores our commitment to keeping pace with the transformations sweeping the publishing sector and to enabling Emirati publishers to build a sustainable, competitive presence regionally and internationally.

“We believe that knowledge exchange and cross-cultural partnerships are the keys to a resilient, ever-evolving publishing industry.