THE WEEK FOR BOOK LOVERS AND BOOK SELLERS..!!
The Chennai Book Fair is considered to be one of the biggest events in the Chennai cultural calendar along with the Chennai music season In addition to book stalls, there are food and refreshment stalls to serve the needs of hungry visitors. Regular debates, contests and speeches are held at the venue. In recent times, movie clippings of films of international renown are filmed at the venue of the fair. Annual awards to the best writer and the best publisher are given at the fair.
Various varieties of books were made available this year as usual. People in Chennai visited the place daily and made it a grand success. Rs.10 was made as the entry fee. There was nearly 700 stalls put up at the fair.
Spread over two lakh sq.ft., the book fair will have publishers and sellers from across the country, including Malayalam publishers.
“We expect 10 lakh to 11 lakh visitors this year. It was quite challenging to organise this book fair in six months. Last year, we had to postpone the fair to June due to the December 2015 floods,” said one of the organizers.
Booksellers and Publishers Association of South India (BAPASI) organised a book fair at Chennai on the first week of the year. The book fair at Chennai was held from Jan 6 to Jan 19 2017, at St.George Anglo Indian Hr. sec . School , Amanthakarai, Chennai.
The Chennai Book Fair is considered to be one of the biggest events in the Chennai cultural calendar along with the Chennai music season In addition to book stalls, there are food and refreshment stalls to serve the needs of hungry visitors. Regular debates, contests and speeches are held at the venue. In recent times, movie clippings of films of international renown are filmed at the venue of the fair. Annual awards to the best writer and the best publisher are given at the fair.
Various varieties of books were made available this year as usual. People in Chennai visited the place daily and made it a grand success. Rs.10 was made as the entry fee. There was nearly 700 stalls put up at the fair.
Spread over two lakh sq.ft., the book fair will have publishers and sellers from across the country, including Malayalam publishers.
“We expect 10 lakh to 11 lakh visitors this year. It was quite challenging to organise this book fair in six months. Last year, we had to postpone the fair to June due to the December 2015 floods,” said one of the organizers.
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