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Emirati-German
venture brings
seven allEmirati picture
books to fair.
Emirati-authored books.
You always need books from your own
culture, Sporrer said. You can only enjoy
childrens books from another culture when
you have your own.
The seven books were written by six Emirati
authors and illustrated by seven Emirati
artists. The group included more veteran
authors, such as Maitha al-Khayat and Reem
Al Gurg, but there were also several who had
never been published.
Noura Al-Khoori, author of the sweet Fanteer,
the Fluffy Flamingo (forthcoming November
2013) and the playful Golden Dates, joined
the project at its inception. She said that she
was interested in writing childrens books,
but I went in knowing nothing about it.
Al-Khoori came to the first set of workshops
with drafts of her two books. But, she said,
they changed significantly through the talks
and critique sessions and through test
readings with children.
In the workshops, the authors and illustrators
critiqued one anothers work. But al-Khoori
said these critiques didnt end with the
workshops. The authors and illustrators
have formed a core group that continues
to comment on and support one anothers
work.
The seven books can be seen at the Made
in UAE
Acclaimed Ukrainian writer Andrei Kurkov was a selfpublisher long before it became trendy. Kurkov wanted to
publish his novel The World of Mr. Big Forehead, as well as
a childrens book, The Adventures of Baby Vacuum Cleaner
Gosha, and borrowed $16,000 to buy six tons of paper form
a supplier in Kazakhstan. Not book paper, but paper for
wrapping up food. And instead of a traditional book printer,
he was forced to enlist the services of a sheet music printer.
What I did as a self-publishers was probably
never repeated, he explains. It was 1992
and we had a unique situation a total crisis
in Russia. Instead of police and courts, the
mafia was replacing the state a scenario
reflected in his 1996 novel Death and the
Penguin.
He continues, From one side it was crazy
easy to organize things, but on the other hand
it was incredibly risky. The biggest risk: not
getting paid.
One night, after he collected 10,000 copies
of his books from a distributor whod failed
to pay for the books, he paid a funeral home
to cart the books away. But since he couldnt
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by Olivia Snaije
Have Pen,
Ink and
Brushes...
Will Travel
by Olivia Snaije
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When you
publish books
written by young
authors, winning
becomes much
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