More than 200 professional panels are on agenda of the 24 th Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF), the TIBF Chief Executive Bahman Dorri told the book fair's press office Saturday.   The panels, according to Dorri, have been planned to be staged at four major cultural venues, namely "Chamber of Men of Pen," "Chamber of Authors of Children and Youngsters Works," "Chamber of Publishing Records," and "Hall of Public Get-together with Authors."   The TIBF's chief executive expressed hope visitors ...

2011-04-25 08:30

IRI Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Sayyed Muhammad Husseini has penned a letter to his Iraqi counterpart Sadun al-Dulaymi inviting him to pay a visit to the 24 th International Tehran Book Fair (TIBF).   The minister has suggested his Iraqi counterpart consider spending his times in Tehran from May 3 to May 13, according to Iran Book News Agency (IBNA).   In his letter, Husseini has also invited the Iraqi Minister of Culture for some talks for the ...

2011-04-20 08:30

Chinese Minister of Culture is set to visit Tehran heading a 40-strong delegation to join and inspect the 24 th Tehran International Tehran Book Fair (TIBF).   This is the first time that China dispatches a ministerial level delegation for the major Iranian cultural event. The delegation would also be the largest ever Chinese cultural delegation to join the TIBF event, according to the book fair's press office.   Dr. Cai Wu has an agenda of promotion of bilateral ties ...

2011-04-19 08:30

Publishers from Italy are set to join the 24 th International Tehran Book Fair for a first time with a by-agenda to establish cultural relations between the two nations and to identify potentials of the Iranian publication market.   More than 30 countries worldwide have directly applied for some space within the fairground while over 70 others have delegated their applications to third parties.   The 24 th book fair would open to public on May 4 in the compound ...

2011-04-19 08:30

Several domestic publishers have been stripped of their license for having a pavilion in the 24 th International Tehran Book Fair, according to Bahman Dorri, chief executive of the cultural event.   Those barred include three publishing institutes and a few individual publishers. They have been barred from participation on different grounds.   Several publishers have been barred for failing to present the quorum number of books for exhibition as required by an internal policy, ratified and approved by the ...

2011-04-19 08:30

  IRI President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is set to lead special ceremonies for the inauguration of the 24 th edition of the Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) on May 3, according to Bahman Dorri, chief executive of the cultural event.   The chief executive was speaking on Monday, April 11 to a council of deputies of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance where he delivered a report on the latest developments and measures taken for the landmark, annual cultural event. ...

2011-04-16 08:30

  Some 1979 individual publishers without links to state or NGO bodies have applied for the 24 th Tehran International Book Fair, according to Ahmad Kamalinejad, deputy of committee in charge of domestic publishers.   Kamalinejad said 1549 such individual publishers have qualified for the cultural events and the rest of applications are under study.   He said the number of domestic publishers at hand in the book fair might grow in light of newer publications on stalls and a ...

2011-04-16 08:30

  Domestic Iranian publishers are set to put more than 189,000 titles on stalls during the 24 th Tehran International Book Fair showing a rise of 31,000 title than a previous edition (April 2010), according to Bahman Dorri, chief executive of the cultural event.   Dorri was briefing the members of the Iranian parliamentary committee in charge of cultural affairs Sunday last week on the process of staging of the landmark, annual cultural event. He invited the lawmakers to pay ...

2011-04-16 08:30

Foreign publishers have until March 2 to hand in their applications for the 24 th edition of the International Tehran Book Fair (TIBF), according to Ali Alipour, deputy TIBF in international affairs, who also said that about one hundred foreign publishers have already applied for the landmark cultural event.   Alipour said the TIBF secretariat officially started late in mid December to receive applications for the 24 th edition for the book fair, adding that the number of would-be applicants ...

2011-02-06 08:30

  Iranian publishers started on Sunday to hand in their applications for a 24 th edition of Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) to be staged early in May, 2011 in Tehran, according to chairman of committee in charge of policies of the landmark cultural event.   The deadline for application will expire on February 3, Bahmd Dorri added.   Told IRNA cultural desk Saturday that the TIBF policy setting committee has convened for an 11 th session last week which ...

2011-01-24 08:30