- Top sessions have already sold more than 50% - Programme updated following changes to the working week
Tickets are now back on sale for Dubai’s annual literary extravaganza, the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, after being taken offline for programme updates following the changes to the federal working week. The Festival, which takes place from 3-13 February 2022 at its brand new canal-side home for 2022, the Habtoor City Hotels, had already seen tickets to selling fast with that more than 50% of the tickets to top sessions gone.
Big names such as Gary Vee, Nadiya Hussain, David Walliams, Iman Mersal, Indra Nooyi, Azza Fahmy and HE Omar Saif Ghobash, who will be launching his first novel, have proved popular, as well as the ‘As Seen on Screen’ strand, which features Bridgerton author Julia Quinn, House of Gucci author Sara Gay Forden, Chernobyl 1986 author Serhii Plokhy, and Ken Arto, animator of Demon Slayer, all live in-person to discuss bringing their work to world-wide attention via the spotlight of film and streaming channels.
Festival director, Ahlam Bolooki, said: “It is exciting to see which sessions resonate the most with our audiences. We know some sessions will be selling out quickly, so I would encourage anyone who is thinking about it to book your tickets now. And for those in need of a gift for the person in your life who already has everything, what could be better than tickets to something unexpected at the LitFest, such as one of our special events.”
The eclectic line-up includes experts from the worlds of science, history and art; foodie events including dinner with Italian masterchef Alessandro Borghese, and a not-to-missed Dickensian feast at Miss Havisham’s Wedding; electrifying performances from some of the world’s most accomplished spoken word artists; and exciting new authors who have captured the literary zeitgeist.
The Festival will also host acclaimed and popular crime writer Mark Billingham; actor Ben Miller, with his latest children’s book; YouTuber Ahmed El Ghandour, aka Al Da7ee7; and joining the festival virtually, the master thriller writer David Baldacci.
As always there is a vibrant and interactive programme to keep children entertained, and workshops for all ages covering poetry and poetry slam, creative writing and storytelling, drawing and illustration.
The Festival is held with Founding Partners Emirates Airline and the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the Emirate’s dedicated authority for heritage, arts, and culture.
To buy tickets and for the full list of authors, visit www.emirateslitfest.com
The Festival will comply with all current covid regulations, and visitors will be asked to wear masks and provide proof of vaccination, or a negative PCR taken within the previous 72 hours.
The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature is held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai.
For the full list of authors, visit emirateslitfest.com/authors
More information about the Emirates Literature Foundation can be found online and year-round news of #EmiratesLitFest on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. The Foundation also has two podcasts; the Best of the Emirates LitFest, and the Boundless Book Club.
