{
  "id": 17923357,
  "title": "1,500 events and a Thriller Festival: What to know before the Sharjah Book Fair",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/1-500-events-and-a-thriller-festival-what-to-know-before-the-sharjah-17923357",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-03T05:24:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/uae/1500-events-and-a-thriller-festival-what-to-know-before-the-sharjah-book-fair-1.500733659"
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  "summary": "Dubai: The Sharjah International Book Fair opens on Wednesday, November 4 till 15, for 12 days of books, talks, workshops and performances at Expo Centre Sharjah. Now in its 45th edition, the fair carries the theme Made of Stories. It brings together 2,673 publishers and exhibitors from 124 countries, along with 106 writers, artists and intellectuals from 25 countries. More than 1,500 cultural,…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}