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- Festa Literaria Internacional de Parati
1-5 July
This year's festival featured a stunning array of talent from across the globe, including Portugal's Antonio Lobo Antunes, Afghanistan's Atiq Rahimi, Ireland's Anne Enright and China's Xinran and Ma Jian. Notable Brazilians in attendance included novelist and songwriter Chico Buarque and movie director Domingos de Oliveira.
Each year the event honours a single author and this year highlighted Brazilian poet Manual Bandeira. - Tokyo International Book Fair
9 - 12 July
The Tokyo International Book Fair (TIBF) is the gateway to the massive Japanese and Asian markets. At TIBF, 770 exhibitors and 58,000 visitors from around the world conduct effective rights and sales negotiations.
With increasing number of international exhibitors, TIBF is becoming a core event for the publishing trade in Asia. - Hong Kong Book Fair
22 - 28 July
The Hong Kong Book Fair marks its 20th anniversary in 2009 – and there is certainly plenty to celebrate. This astonishingly successful event continues to go from strength to strength, and is establishing itself as a platform for cultural exchange, not just for Hong Kong but the globe as a whole.
