Book fair at College Square opens
Sixty stalls have been set up at College Square, venue of the boi utsav. Seventy publishing houses, big and small, have taken part in the fair.
Sixty stalls have been set up at College Square, venue of the boi utsav. Seventy publishing houses, big and small, have taken part in the fair.
Books on Ramakrishna, Vivekananda and Vedanta literature worth over Rs 50 lakh were sold in the recently-concluded 47th International Kolkata Book Fair.
The 47th edition of Kolkata International Book Fair concluded this evening with great enthusiasm.
With over 600 stalls and attracting over 2 to 3 lakh visitors every day, the 47th Kolkata International Book Fair at Boi Mela Prangan in Salt Lake organised by the Publishers & Booksellers Guild, proved its great success this year too. The last Sunday of this fair recorded a quite larger crowd than expected.
In a bid to attracted young readers a new Bengali publishing house has brought out books in the shape of Iphones in the Kolkata International Book Fair.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today called upon the younger generation to spare some time for reading books although they are hard pressed for time, burdened with their studies.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will inaugurate the 47th Kolkata International Book Fair on Thursday at Boimela Prangan in Salt Lake.
The Kolkata International Book Fair will witness the release of important books on the revolutionary movement in Bengal.
The Kolkata International Book Fair will be thrown open to the book lovers on 18 January, the day it will be inaugurated by chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
Urban development and municipal affairs minister Firhad Hakim inaugurated the 10th New Town Book Fair and 8th National Poetry Festival on Thursday.
