Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature 2022 Line-Up

The Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature will return in February 2023 to celebrate 15 years of storytelling.

Name such as 'Succession's Brian Cox, master storytellers Cecelia Ahern, Mohsin Hamid, Alexander McCall Smith and Indian politician Shashi Tharoor are all in the lineup.

Other names include religious commentator Reza Aslan, Malaysian journalist and activist Marina Mahathir, Bahraini poet Qasim Haddad and Emirati author and poet Maisoon Saker Al Qassimi.

Festival will run from February 1-6, 2023, at two venues - InterContinental Dubai Festival City and Mohammed bin Rashid Library which will be connected by “an abra service”.

Ticket prices start at AED 25, with a 15% discount for general session tickets in a special early bird anniversary offer from November 15, 2022 - December 15, 2022.

There are day-long, weekend, student and publishing day passes starting at AED 199. And an all-access Crystal Pass with exclusive entry to the Green Room. Also returning is the Festival Fringe, with a host of fun free events and performances for all the family.

You can find the full list of authors here.

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