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British author and rare book expert Edward Brooke-Hitching trawls through the history of literature, hunting down the strangest books ever written.
His decade-long research has uncovered scores of bizarre tomes down the ages including Captain Cook’s ‘atlas of cloth’, a Qur’an written in the blood of Saddam Hussein and a book so small it’s invisible to the human eye.
Duration: 19min 31sec
Top authors, officials and creative talent to lead onsite, virtual sessions Acclaimed author Elif Shafak is among the big names at this year s Emirates Festival of Literature Image Credit: Supplied
Dubai: The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature in Dubai is set for its big weekend (Thursday to Saturday) with a line-up that includes Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, acclaimed authors Elif Shafak and Amin Maalouf, and a day dedicated to Emirati talent (on Thursday), sponsored by Dubai Culture and Arts Authority.
The events at the annual festival at InterContinental Hotel Dubai Festival City will see live sessions featuring home-grown writers, poets and experts combined with virtual appearances from international authors. Tickets for some events are already sold out, but the festival’s Dh100 digital ticket, giving access to at least 10 live streamed sessions, including Malala and Elif Shafak, means that fans can still catch the action virtuall
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