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 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.
For the first time a Bengali book stall will have a permanent entry into the annual International Book Fair, organized by the Dubai government. It is a matter of great pride for the people from the state as well as Bengalis living in Dubai.
After witnessing a massive footfall of 26 lakh bibliophiles last year, the International Kolkata Book Fair is all set to woo the book lovers once more.
