The Katara Art Center is holding its first annual book fair this weekend, closing tonight at 10pm. The fair will be held in Building 5 at Katara Cultural Village.

During the free family-friendly event, several Doha-based book sellers are supposed to be offering their wares at discount prices, as well as presenting new publications.

Don’t expect to make a day out of the fair, though – blogger Turknoy visited the event with her family, and had this to say:

It was not that big event similar to the International Book Fair which is held annually at the Qatar Exhibition Centre. It’s an event specially arranged for book lovers or more specifically kids book lover.

The books we saw were mainly for kids as well as the activities are for kids only. Visit to the book fair could only last 45 minutes MAXIMUM! And maybe that’s just us who look through all the books on display.

Find more information about the fair here.