RIYADH – Under the auspices of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, the current session of the Riyadh International Book Fair is scheduled to be held from March 14-24, 2018 under the title “Books – the future of transformation.”

The book fair will be held at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center.

Minister of Culture and Information Awwad Al-Awwad announced that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be the guest of honor at the Riyadh International Book Fair 2018.

He said choosing the UAE as the guest of honor shows the strong relations between the two countries.

The Ministry of Culture and Information supervises the organization of the book fair every year.

Over 500 Arab and international publishing houses will take part in the book fair and more than 80 cultural activities will be held.