The planning committee for the ghana international book fair gibf has postponed the 18th edition of the fair from initial date of august 2730, 2020 to august 2629, 2021 due to the global. Aug 24, 2017 20170824 the 15th ghana international book fair dubbed. Secure a spot exhibit at nibf 2021 an opportunity to promote your business as a stakeholder in the book industry. Mr elliot agyare, president of gbpa, said the event was characterised with rich arrays of workshops and seminars to help grow their businesses and urged all participants and the public to take advantage. Ghanas 2020 international book fair cancelled rather than prolong. Ghana international book fair is a platform where both local and international book industry players come together to trade books and negotiate deals. Last year, the accra international conference centre hosted over 100 exhibitors from ghana, nigeria and other west african countries, as well as from india, china, usa. It serves as a rallying point for all book publishers in the country.
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Select book conferences, fairs, and festivals in 2020. Ghana international book fair postponed to next year news ghana. Ghana international book fair aug 2020, accra ghana. Chairman of the ghana international book fair, asare konadu yamoah, issued a statement this week explaining that the steady growth of the. The committee said it considered the current circumstances regarding the pandemic and its. Ghanainternationalbookfair postponedtonextyear through books. Jul, 2010 welcome speech at ghana international book fair 2009 welcome good morning chairman, the representative of the nigerian high commissioner, members of the diplomatic core, mr samuel kola wale, president of the nigeria publishers association, our distinguished invited guests, colleagues book industry practitioners, our friends from the media. This year, the 15th edition of the ghana international book fair gibf which comes off from thursday 24th august to sunday, 27th august, 2017 at the accra international conference centre, focuses on the linkage between books and culture with the theme. The ghana international book fair 2017 was hosted at the accra international conference centre from august 2427. The planning committee for the ghana international book fair gibf has postponed the 18th edition of the fair from the initial date of august 2730, 2020 to august 2629, 2021 due to the global pandemic. May 01, 2020 the planning committee for the ghana international book fair gibf has postponed the 18th edition of the fair from the initial date of august 2730, 2020 to august 2629, 2021 due to the global pandemic.
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