Sweden's laws require libraries to serve citizens in their native languages, a project supported by a donation of thousands of Arabic books from Sharjah's Kalimat Foundation.
'To get as much exposure as possible across borders and cultures,' say experts, discoverability of titles written in India's many languages requires a database, sorely needed.
The free-speech advocacy organization PEN America says that online harassment is a threat to free speech and now offers a new guide the help writers deal with this issue.
Ahead of the official award ceremony on April 30 in Abu Dhabi, download a rights list of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award winners that are eligible for translation funding.