Welcome to nbt the national book trust, india is an apex body, established by the government of india in the year 1957 to develop reading. The chennai book fair is the second largest book fair in the country. Indias chennai book fair a huge success, with over 800,000. Explore chennai book fair profile at times of india for photos, videos.
The wait for the book lovers in the city is over as the 17th edition of the national book fair will be held in the city from september. For last 3 to 4 years i see lot of religious propaganda is going on during the chennai book fair with the aim of conversion, i feel it is happening with the blessings of bapasi or. That is exactly what is happening at the 4th chennai book fair which has seen a spurt in the number of stalls selling secondhand english books. All major tamil and english publishing houses participate in this fair. Bringing in some cheer for both publishers and readers alike, the fourth edition of the chennai book festival will be held from august 17 to 27 at the ymca grounds in royapettah. Book fair to kick off on january 4 the new indian express. The mega book exhibition, chennai book fair, has been happening in the city for almost four decades. Chennai book fair news latest news on chennai book fair. Many books are even finding their official release at the exhibition.
I visited chennai book fair on 15th i saw lot religious propaganda was taking place in the book fair. The 44th chennai book fair, organised by the booksellers and publishers association of south india bapasi, which has been witnessing overwhelming footfalls is. Itpo aahar chennai india trade promotion organisation. Chennai book fair kicks off, treat in store for citys bibliophiles the. Devadasigal ambedhkar chennai book fair 2018 youtube. India to be guest country at paris book fair 2020 in a bid to strengthen indofrench ties, india has been designated as the guest of honour at the paris book fair in 2020, while france will be the guest country at the new delhi world book fair ndwbf in 2022. Organised by tamil nool veliyeedu matrum nool virpanai membaattu kuzhumam, the fair is home to both technical and leisure reads. One can never see this many collection in one place. Chennai book fair 2020 january 921, 2020 one of the. The 17day chennai book fair hosted by the booksellers and publishers association of south india bapasi, for the year 2019, is all set to kick off from january 4 to 20. Chennai book fair kicks off, treat in store for citys.
New delhi world book fair welcome to national book trust. Devadasigal ambedhkar chennai book fair 2018 comrade durai shanmugam introduces some books in chennai book faire 2018. The 2018 fair had over 708 stalls representing most major publishing companies in india and was held for days, drawing over 1. Visitors browse books at one of the stalls set up at the chennai book fair in ymca. Now is the perfect time to shop the scholastic dollars catalog to gift new books to kids during school closures. Book fair in chennai events, tickets, activities and.
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