Palestinian author Adania Shibli will be invited as a guest at the 12th Shepherd Festival in Mount Semmama, due in Aparil 18-24, said activist and head of the Semmama Cultural Centre of Arts and Crafts Adnene Helali. The festival's founder indicated that Shibli will be Tunisia's guest after that a ceremony scheduled for the Frankfurt Book Fair at which she was to receive the 2023 LiBeraturpreis award for her novel Minor Detail, had been cancelled. The writer expressed "delight at receiving this invitation, which is an unparalleled gesture of support at a time when there is no longer any joy," said Helali. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse