Over 100 writers to attend Dubai literature festival

More than 100 writers have confirmed their presence for the 2016 Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, said Isobel Abulhoul, CEO and trustee of the Emirates Literature Foundation and festival director of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature.

Organisers say monthly announcements of writers participating in the upcoming festival, which will take place from March 8 to 12 next year, will continue up until the launch in October of this year. They have released the first set of 12 writers, which has drummed up great deal of excitement among book lovers.