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Wed, 04/03/2009 - 11:20
Writing back in the wet, as opposed to sandstorm heat of Dubai, it’s extraordinary how significant a mere five days in Dubai feels. There were, of course, a few teething problems – anybody who’s ever launched anything or run anything, knows one learns through trial and error – but the success of EAIFL is...
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Tue, 03/03/2009 - 00:06
The Emirates Airline International Festival of Literature session on censorship did not actually discuss the novel that prompted the debate, according to reports from the Dubai-based event.
The event, held in partnership with International PEN, was arranged after author Margaret Atwood pulled out of the show because of reports stating...
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Mon, 02/03/2009 - 14:00
I think I must be a rare kind of traveller. When I'm there, I like to stay still. The destination doesn't have to be tarted up with trips to monuments or the partial remains of another time – when the place was another place. So I am quite happy moving from event to event within the Festival City.
Some of the speakers have left to...
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Mon, 02/03/2009 - 08:39
The Welcome Ceremony session of the inaugural Emirates Airline International Festival of Literature spoke for itself. East met West, in an audience of UAE ministers, sponsors, speakers and authors in their Sunday best. Participants had flown in from Nigeria and Morocco, Syria and the UK, Lebanon and America, with the aim of meeting...
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Thu, 26/02/2009 - 16:00
‘Saba’a al khayr,’ I said. There was a chorus of reply: ‘Saba’a an-nur!’ There were other things said too but I didn’t catch them. ‘Merhaban,’ I persisted. Welcome. Then, the unvarnished truth: ‘Ana matsut fi Dubai.’ I am pleased to be here in Dubai.
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Wed, 25/02/2009 - 16:05
On Thursday (26th) the inaugural Emirates Airline International Festival of Literature (EAIFL) will launch with more than 60 authors attending what is being described as a four day celebration of the “world of books”, with 51 events to be held across three days, followed by an “education day...
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Mon, 23/02/2009 - 07:25
Canadian author Margaret Atwood has expressed reservations about her decision to pull out of the Emirates Airline international festival of literature after believing reports that Geraldine Bedell's novel The Gulf Between Us had been "banned" and "censored" for containing—among other thing—the...
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Sun, 22/02/2009 - 10:00
The Emirates Airlines International Festival is to hold a debate with International PEN on free speech and censorship. It follows its decision to prevent Penguin author Geraldine Bedell from launching her book at the Dubai-based event because it featured a gay character. The bar provoked an outrage among some authors, but The Bookseller...
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Fri, 20/02/2009 - 15:10
After pulling out of the Emirates Airlines International Festival (EAIF) earlier this week, Margaret Atwood has said she plans to attend the event "virtually". Atwood has said she will appear via video link as a participant in a panel on censorship at the festival. Yesterday International PEN released a statement saying that a forum...
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Wed, 18/02/2009 - 17:41
Children's writer Anthony Horowitz has joined a growing chorus of outrage at the decision by the Emirates Airline International Festival to prevent a Penguin author from launching a book at the event because of a gay character. Horowitz has written to fair director Isobel Abulhoul saying he cannot be associated with a literary festival that...
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