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The Forum
The JIBF is a project of the Municipality of Jerusalem, produced by the Ariel Municipal Company.
Since its inception in 1963, the JIBF – originally established as the Jerusalem International Book Fair, renamed and restructured in 2019 as the Jerusalem International Book Forum –has been bringing together members of the international publishing community for a week of professional and intellectual as well as informal gatherings.
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The Zev Birger Editorial Fellowship Program
The Zev Birger Editorial Fellowship program, sponsored by the George von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group since its inception in 1985, is a week-long professional seminar bringing together leading editors agents and scouts from around the world to discuss significant issues of interest to the international publishing community.
Owing to a wave of airlines temporarily suspending their flights to Israel, the 2025 JIBF had to be cancelled. The Writers Festival of Mishkenot Sha’ananim will proceed as planned.
The 2025 Jerusalem Prize recipient
French Author Michel Houellebecq
The Jerusalem Prize will be awarded this coming May (2025) to French Author Michel Houellebecq. Michel Houellebecq, author, poet, essayist, and filmmaker, is the author of over a dozen books….
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