The Press Club of India (PCI) will be organizing its first ever literary festival and a book fair at its premises from February 28- March 1, an initiative aimed to offer a platform to all the members who have written books in English, Hindi,Urdu, Bengali and other Indian languages.
If Kolkata had a heartbeat, it would sound like the rustle of book pages flipping in the wind, the hushed excitement of a reader discovering a hidden gem, and the collective sigh of book lovers whispering, “Just one more”.
The state-sponsored 14th Siliguri Mahakuma Book Fair is set to take place from 30 November to 6 December 2024 at Baghajatin Park.
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.
