The Untapped Potential of Arabic Literature
Date October, 21 2021
Location Frankfurt Studio Stream
As part of our cultural programme at the 2021 Frankfurt Book Fair, we hosted a virtual webinar titled ‘Untapped Potential of Arabic Literature, with poet, critic, translator, and Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature at Brigham Young University Kevin Blankinship, Editorial Director of Library of Arabic Literature Chip Rossetti, and Publishing Manager of Storytel, Dubai and Founder of Raya Literary Agency Yasmina Jraissati.
In the webinar co-hosted by Publishing Perspectives and moderated by Porter Anderson Editor-in-Chief of Publishing Perspectives, the panelists of Arabic literary experts addressed the underrepresentation of Arab literature in translation and how publishers may discover the deep canon of great classic and modern works from the diverse Arab world. Co-hosted by Publishing Perspectives.
Speakers
Porter Anderson
Porter Anderson has been named International Trade Press Journalist of the Year in London's Book Fair 2019 International Excellence Awards. He is Editor-in-Chief of Publishing Perspectives. He co-founded The Hot Sheet, a newsletter for trade and indie authors, which now is owned and operated by Jane Friedman. He formerly was Associate Editor for The FutureBook at London's The Bookseller. Anderson also has worked as a senior producer, editor, and anchor with CNN.com, CNN International, and CNN USA, and as an arts critic (National Critics Institute) with The Village Voice and Dallas Times Herald.
Chip Rossetti
Editorial Director, Library of Arabic Literature
Yasmina Jraissati
Publishing Manager of Storytel, Dubai and Founder of Raya Literary Agency
Kevin Blankinship
Poet, Critic, and translator, Professor of Arabic Literature at Brigham Young University