Speaking at the inauguration of the 40th international kolkata book fair the worlds largest non trade fair banerjee batted strongly for physical books claiming that it was no match for. Demonetization hits kolkata book fair, sales down by 20%. Amol palekar panel discussion badal sircar and his theater 40th international kolkata book fair milan mela complex kolkata 20160204 0841. Flavours of costa rica in kolkata as 41st book fair opens.
High hopes for little magazines at the international kolkata book fair. The 42nd edition of the international kolkata book fair 2018 will be inaugurated today by bengal chief minister mamata banerjee and frances minister of. They also help in promoting the trade and economy of the country. It started from 25th january and will be be over on 5th february,2017. The international kolkata book fair has been welcoming hundreds of thousands of people to the indian city of calcutta. Alls not fair at 2017 boimela tnn dec 14, 2016, 09. Kolkata has a prominent place in the history of little magazine. Books in kolkata form an integral part of the life in kolkata. Sales from the international kolkata book fair, which had dropped in 2017 as a fallout of demonetisation, are likely to witness a rebound in. Location, central park mela ground, saltlake, kolkata map. Kolkatans are ardent fans of books be it fiction, fairy tales, short stories, novels, poetry, prose, novella, epistolary pieces. After her checkups and consultations at apollo gleneagles hospital, on february 2, we decided to go for the kolkata book fair.
Have you planned a visit to the kolkata international book fair. Kolkata book fair latest breaking news, pictures, videos, and special reports from the economic times. The kolkata boi mela kolkata book fair is a book lovers paradise which. Kolkata book fair welcomes international literature lovers. On any given day there are more book fairs and festivals happening around the world than anyone could keep track of, where readers, authors. Ikbf theme country 2020 russia participants 2020 events. Kolkata book fair blogs, comments and archive news on.
The annual kolkata book fair ended on sunday with the ringing of the ceremonial bell at the milan mela ground here. The international kolkata book fair and officially antarjatik kolkata boimela or antarjatik. Name of the event dates products contact information fair officer attachment. Many dignitaries, educationists, book lovers and students. About us kolkata book fair history publishers and booksellers guild. Wikipedia, worlds largest multilingual free internet encyclopaedia, is set to make its debut at the 38th international kolkata book fair beginning here on january 29, its organisers said on.
Kolkata book fair declared open the hindu businessline. Because tomorrow is the final day of the worlds largest book fair. December 2017 november 2017 october 2017 september 2017. The 41st international kolkata book fair was held from 25 january 5 february 2017. Calcutta book fair in english, and officially antarjatik kolkata boimela or antarjatik kolkata.
Kolkata book fair kolkata literary meet 20 showing 12. International kolkata book fair the worlds biggest international. International kolkata book fair is the largest attended book fair in the world with an average record footfall of 2. The annual fair, which will be held from january 29 to february 9, will host about 600 books stalls and 200 little magazine kiosks. International kolkata book fair, the largest attended book fair of the world, organised by publishers. With 56 stalls of 34 publishers, the first kolkata book fair was organised on march 5, 1976, at the ground opposite academy of fine arts, beside victoria memorial. One of the special attractions for the 2017 edition is the 200 little magazine stalls.
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