The authors for the 2017 Emirates Airline Festival of Literature have now been announced! More than 140 top authors from around the world will gather in Dubai on March 3-12 2017 for 10 days of literary activity.
Abdullah Al Jumah
Saudi Arabian traveller, author, lecturer and legal counsel; author of three books including Read More
AbdullAziz AlMusallam
Writer, author and poet synonymous with UAE heritage; best known for rewriting hundreds of Read More
Abi Elphinstone
Author of a trilogy of young adult books featuring the irrepressible heroine, Moll PecksniffRead More
Abir Wakill
Choreographer and school administrator; appearing at the Festival as part of ArabramaRead More
Adnan Alaoda
Adnan Alaoda is a Syrian author, screenwriter, playwright and poet based in the UAE. His plays Read More
Adnan Pachachi
Veteran Iraqi politician and diplomat; was appointed Minister of State in the first Abu Dhabi Read More
Afra Atiq
First female Emirati spoken word artist and slam poetRead More
Ahmed Farooq Alawar
Ahmed Farooq Alawar is a business man in the field of Real Estate and Trading. Alawar was a Read More
Ahmed Khaled Tawfik
First Arab author to write in the horror, science-fiction and horror/ thriller genres; his Read More
Alan Titchmarsh
Gardening journalist and writer, radio and television presenter and author of numerous fiction Read More
Alex Broun
One of the world's leading experts and authors of ten-minute plays, founder of a free access Read More
Alexander McNabb
Alexander McNabb has been working as a journalist, editor and magazine publisher in the Middle Read More
Ali Khan
Ali Khan first started writing whilst living in Damascus, Syria, in 2009-2010. He spent many a Read More
Amal Farah
Amal Farah is an author, poet, literary consultant, journalist and editor. She is the Read More
Amanda Calderon
Poet based in New York whose work has been published in a number of poetry journalsRead More
Ammar Bin Hatim
Performer at the Festival's Al-Mutanabbi Street readingRead More
Andrew Davies
Author and screenwriter best known for adapting 'House of Cards' and 'Pride and Prejudice' for Read More
Andy Miller
Author of 'The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Read More
Andy Stanton
Author of the popular children's series Mr Gum, and 'The Story of Matthew Buzzington'Read More
Andy Thompson
Reverend Andy Thompson is the Senior Anglican Chaplain of St Andrew’s Church in Abu Dhabi. His Read More
Annabel Kantaria
Daily Telegraph Expat blogger and winner of the inaugural Montegrappa Writing Prize for 'Coming Read More