It’s organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and is Asia’s biggest book fair. It’s a major event in Hong Kong, with visitor numbers growing year on year. The Hong Kong Book Fair aims to promote literary culture from within its immediate geographical hinterland. It also exhibits the very best of world literature and showcases the latest publishing innovations. rn

From 07/15/2020 until 07/21/2020

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he SAN DIEGO COMIC CONVENTION (Comic-Con International) is a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation organized for charitable purposes and dedicated to creating the general public’s awareness of and appreciation for comics and related popular art forms, including participation in and support of public presentations, conventions, exhibits, museums and other public outreach activities which celebrate the historic and ongoing contribution of comics to art and culture.

From 07/22/2020 until 07/26/2020

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It is the most important international trading venue for content of all kinds - from novels and children's books to scientific databases. Here, experts from global publishing meet partners from the technology industry and related creative industries such as film and games, from where new cooperations and business models take their course. At the same time, the fair is a major cultural event: around 7 500 exhibitors from over 100 countries, more than 285 000 visitors, over 4 000 events, around 10 000 journalists and bloggers make Frankfurter Buchmesse the world's largest trade fair for publishing every year - and Frankfurt, the metropolis on the Main, the centre of the international media world.

From 10/14/2020 until 10/18/2020

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YALLFest Young Adult Book Festival happens annually the second weekend of November and features the best young adult authors aroundrn

From 11/13/2020 until 11/14/2020

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Interview with Jonathan Shapiro or Zapiro winner of the 2019 Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres one of France's highest cultural honors

South Africa's most famous and most awarded political cartoonist, Jonathan Shapiro, better known as Zapiro, will soon be speaking on Zoom with the LiteraryGlobe. Watch us interview him live on May 28th at 19:00 hrs CET (Cape Town 19:00 SAST; United Kingdom 18:00 UTC+1 hour; New York, USA 13:00 EDT)

Born in Cape Town, the 62-year-old cartoonist got his start as an activist in the 1980s. Shortly after studying architecture, Zapiro was conscripted into the army for two years, where he refused to carry arms and in 1983, he became active in the newly formed anti-Apartheid movement, the United Democratic Front.

His work as a cartoonist began in earnest with a wide range of political and progressive organizations. Zapiro’s cartoons to date, often reflect his independent thinking and rebel actions, particularly those satirising South Africa’s former disgraced President, Jacob Zuma.

Zapiro was the first cartoonist to win a category prize in the CNN African Journalist of the Year Awards in 2001. Previously he was published in Mail & Guardian, Sowetan, Sunday Times, Independent Newspapers, and The Times. He has also won numerous International and South African awards and has two honorary doctorates.

Join the Zoom Meeting:

Meeting ID: 731 1666 1735 Password: 5Q3afh

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/73116661735?pwd=NGxBNmhMdVRJVVBZY2RQTTIrZCtOZz09

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