First held in 1963, The Jerusalem International Book Fair is a unique biennial event, renown not only as a business Fair but also as a prestigious and important cultural event. Many heads of renowned publishing houses, agents, sales personnel, foreign rights representatives, editors and authors participate there. With the attendance of 600 publishers and authors from more than 30 countries, it displays more than 100,000 books in different languages.

One of the Fair's important events is the awarding of the prestigious Jerusalem Prize to a writer whose work best expresses and promotes the idea of the ''freedom of the individual in society''. The Jerusalem Prize has in fact been awarded to five writers who afterwards received the Nobel Literary Prize. The 2013 Jerusalem Prize was awarded to Antonio Muñoz Molina.

One of the Fair's top event for the general public - The Literary Cafe - offers open encounters between Israeli and foreign writers in a place designed as an actual coffee shop and, like all the Book Fair events, is free of charge.

The Fair's unique Editorial and Agent Fellowship Programs invite a group of young promising and talented editors and agents to attend the Fair providing them a unique opportunity to meet their international contemporaries, exchange ideas, learn from each other about challenges they are facing and professional problems they have to deal with every day. The Program includes also seminars and international symposia on publishing today; social events and tours.

Registration for exhibitors and non-exhibiting participants is now open.