TiBE 2022 Yearly Theme: Reading and Publishing Beyond the Pandemic

TiBE 2022 Guest of Honor: France

After two years of impact under the pandemic, the 30th Taipei International Book Exhibition (TiBE) in 2022 received welcoming responses from publishers and readers.

In total, 364 publishing houses from 31 countries attended to organize over 500 events for 621 local and international authors. As the Ministry of Culture distributed 200,000 copies of NT$100 vouchers, visitors and revenues were higher than expected. With 61 rights meetings and 5 professional forums, TIBE 2022 had 250,000 visitors, or 60% compared to 2019.

The Guest of Honor France exhibited 2,000 books and held 52 events, from author talks, book launches, translation award title sessions, silence film screenings, to editor meetings. France Pavilion also curated the special Marcel Proust exhibition to commemorate 100 years since the author passed away. Besides rare manuscripts, it also presented 12 audio excerpts in Mandarin and French from seven volumes of In Search of Lost Time.

In response to the recent war between Ukraine and Russia. TiBE arranged the Ukraine booth to advocate peace. Through book recommendations and illustration exhibition, it reminded visitors to pay more attention to latest atrocities in Ukraine.

TiBE 2022 also maintains its online presence. Online BooK Show recommends over 600 exhibiting titles. Reading Salon contains 96 videos from publishing houses, and will accommodate at least 20 TIBE event videos for playback.