Celebrated writers, translators, and cultural influencers are scheduled for discussions, literary sessions, and leadership panels across two weekends.
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates — Leading Indian authors, translators, and cultural influencers will headline specialized weekend panel discussions and interactive sessions at the 45th Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF).
The weekend programming opens on Saturday, November 7, with a dedicated session featuring lyricists and poets P. K. Gopi and B. K. Harinarayanan. Running from 7:15 PM to 9:30 PM at the Intellectual Hall, the discussion, titled “When Poetry Becomes a Song,” will explore the creative transition of poetic verses into musical lyrics. Later that evening, from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM at Forum 3, acclaimed author and International Booker Prize-winning translator Daisy Rockwell will lead a session titled “Beyond Languages: Daisy Rockwell on the Art of Literary Translation.”
Literary events resume the following weekend on Saturday, November 14. Novelist Durjoy Datta will join author and independent journalist Rhea Chopra for a panel titled “Love, Life: Stories We Tell,” scheduled from 7:15 PM to 8:15 PM at Forum 3. Concurrently, from 7:15 PM to 9:30 PM at the Intellectual Hall, Malayalam fiction writers Ashokan Cheruvil and Ambikasuthan Mangad will discuss “Stories Rooted in the Soil: Narratives of People, Nature, and Life.”
Leadership and organizational strategy will also feature on November 14 from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM at Forum 3, where Vineet Nayar, former CEO of HCL Technologies, entrepreneur, and author, will conduct a session titled “Employees First: Vineet Nayar on the Leadership Style Shaping Organizations.”
On Sunday, November 15, travel writer, biographer, and presenter Shenaz Treasurywala will lead a travel-focused discussion titled “Journeys, Stories, Memoirs: An Evening with Shenaz Treasurywala” from 7:15 PM to 8:15 PM at Forum 2.
