1. 2018 BIBF Ananas Illustration Exhibition is currently accepting submissions

Call for Entries to BIBF Ananas Illustration Exhibition & Awards

The BIBF Ananas Illustration Exhibition is going to be held concurrently with Beijing International Book Fair(BIBF), from August 22nd to 26th 2018 in Beijing, China. The exhibition will cover an area of 400 square meters and bring together several program including Illustrators Club, Editors Meeting and activities, giving professionals of illustration and publication an excellent opportunity to establish cooperation or deepen contacts.

Last year, the organizing committee received 2524 titles of works, 411 titles of works have been selected to exhibit at BIBF and printed in the Catalogue. Eyeballs from publishing houses, media, exhibitors and visitors from home and abroad have been attracted.

If you are looking for cooperation with international publishers, or you want to attract overseas media attention, then don’t miss this opportunity. You will also get a chance to win prize money and a paid trip to the Beijing International Book Fair!

The 2018 Beijing Fellowship will be held in summer, during the BIBF. This year's Fellowship will be split into two parts: one aimed at adult fiction and literary non-fiction, another aimed at children's publishing.

The program will pay for:

1、international flights (economy class)

2、hotel rooms in Beijing during the 2018 fellowship

3、some lunch and meals within our daily program schedule and daily transportation.

Last but not least, we will provide an official invitation letter for applying for the visa, but fellows will need to pay for their own visa application fees, international insurance if desired, and other personal expenses.

2. The 2018 Beijing Publishing Fellowship

During BIBF, 20 fellows from different countries joining the Beijing Fellowship family will participate in various activities:

1、Business visits and meetings with local publishing companies, including several major state-owned publishing groups and their frontline companies, great private companies, book & reading related social media / online retail companies, visits to bookstores, spaces promoting reading, etc.;

2、A couple of meals with people exclusively invited from publishing and culture fields, including writers, poets, editors, publishers, artist, etc.;

3、A public event about publishing;

4、A training workshop for local Chinese editors (two days in total);

5、One-on-one meetings (can be arranged according to your needs);

6、A city tour and cultural experiences;

7、A reception/farewell party.

8、More importantly, 20 participants will be invited to each forum according to categories and each fellow is expected to deliver a main speech of twenty minutes.

3. 2017 BIBF Literary Salons——Speaking the Global Language of Literature

As the 2017 BIBF prepares to welcome publishing industry representatives from 89 countries around the world to Beijing, the Literary Salons held from August 20-27 will provide platforms to showcase the best of Chinese and international literary talent and unite writers and readers in the global language of literature.

Taking center stage will be some of China’s cutting-edge contemporary literary voices including Cao Wenxuan, Feng Tang, Lu Min, Liu Zhenyun, Xi Chuan, Yu Hua among others. And they will be joined by a fascinating selection of leading novelists, poets, children’s writers, illustrators, translators and sinologists from more than 10 nations around the world, including Czech, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Sweden.

Together they will present us with a delectable literary banquet that will include a wide range of readings, discussions, launches, illustrator events, storytelling sessions, screenings and more.

As we welcome these countries to China – and to the vibrant Chinese literary scene – the Literary Salon sessions shall bring together writers and readers to engage in cultural discussions, to embrace the beauty of the written word in its many forms, and to communicate in the universal language of literature.

Please pull up a chair and join us for this delightful, Beijing literary feast!

4. UAE Country of Honor Program

Through its wise and creative leadership and its culture-loving people, the United Arab Emirates carries its own creative vision that promotes the principles of prosperity and development in its pioneering cultural renaissance, as well as its never-ending quest toward achieving a unique place among other countries in the different fields of sustainable development, mainly creative industries, culture and arts.

Choosing the United Arab Emirates as a guest of honor at the Beijing International Book Fair 2015 represents an exceptional achievement in the history of the cultural relationships between the United Arab Emirates and the People’s Republic of China. The two countries have deep-rooted civilization achievement that is thousands of years old represented by the Chinese civilization in Southeast Asia and the Arab-Islamic one in central and western Asia.

Being a guest of honor, the United Arab Emirates’ delegation will have the opportunity to bring to the light the culture, art and heritage of the Emirati people and familiarize the Chinese audiences with the characteristics of the Emirati cultural identity so as to build bridges of knowledge exchange and openness to the other through the values of tolerance, knowledge and human brotherhood.

We in the United Arab Emirates greatly value and appreciate the journey that Beijing International Book Fair has achieved over its long history which reflects the substantial richness and diversity of the different Asian cultural groups in general and the Chinese one in particular. We are also very grateful for choosing the United Arab Emirates as a guest of honor in this very important cultural event.