Organised by the National Book Trust, India (Ministry of Education) in association with the Government of Goa, Samarth Yuva Foundation, and Lokmanya Cultural Foundation, the festival promises a five-day celebration of books, ideas and culture.
The state government will provide Rs 10 crore to the Publishers and Booksellers Guild to set up Boi Tirtha to commemorate the golden jubilee of the Kolkata International Book Fair (KIBF), Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced today.
Senior officials from the Culture Department, the Chhattisgarh Sahitya Akademi, and the organising committee were present during the inspection.
At a time when Bangladesh is once again in turmoil and India–Bangladesh relations are passing through a visibly strained phase, a quietly powerful book at the ongoing Cooch Behar Book Fair is drawing the attention of serious readers and researchers alike.
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.
