Sky Blue

Who's going to this and what are you going to see?

I am going to check out Jung Chang, Sir Ranulph Fiennes and maybe the session on literature knows no bounds...

Spugsy

what's this then?

lionheart

Anything about Harry Potter or Rupert Bear on show?

Sky Blue

Its the regions first literary festival which is happening this weekend, lots of world class authors on show...

Get yourself along big man...

Sky Blue

I believ that there are lots of childrens authors for the younger audience, your kids could take you LH

Seriously ask your kids about Anthony Horowitz...

Spugsy

ah man I would have liked to, and most certainly mrs spugsy would have, but we're in Lebanon as of this Friday fella.

Norm_uk

I'm boycotting it since they have already banned one book and many more are not available in the UAE.

It's should be called " The Abridged Festival of Literature".

N.

Sky Blue

Factually incorrect, but check out the following and make up your own mind.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009...ature-festival

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009...erary-festival

Norm_uk

So the UAE doesn't ban books then? Does that mean I can pick up a copy of the Satanic Verses, or perhaps the God Delusion?

N.

Sky Blue

Norm you live here and have lived here for a while, where you not aware of censorship issues before you came? For a start theres that place that i cannot remember for the life of me what its called, which is not recognised in this part of the world?

I was and you make your choices accordingly... No censorship in China? No censorship in the states? No censorship in the UK?

shakh your bootie

For anyone interested here's the link:

www.eaifl.com

{My sibling's one of the organizers of this, so pls excuse the shameless plug.....}

Censorship or no, it's nice that some in the UAE are keen to promote something a little loftier other than champagne brunches......

Spugsy

it is indeed fella, and I would be there if I wasn't out of the country.

Just like the art exhibition I went to the other night, I'd love to see more things like this on.

Madam Medusa

it's a real shame that what looks like a great festival has got all this bad publicity though...will do no harm to sales of Geraldine Bedell's book, mind you...

MM, xx

Slingshot

yep going on thursday