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While last year, the international kolkata book fair took us on a literary trip to bangladesh, this year, one gets to traverse the world of incas, as the focal theme of 2014 is the mysterious land. Jadavpur university press stall number 271, just around the corner from the biggie deys publishing, symbolises the spirit of the book fair. The 43rd kolkata book fair is getting under way on 31 january 2019. Book publishers in kolkata, get address, contact number, website, email id at yellowpages. A massive pavilion at the 42nd international kolkata book fair set up by france, the theme country in this years editio. Recent winners of the prize for oddest book title of the year, chosen by an. Mamata banerjee a bestselling author at kolkata book fair. Boi mela food stalls booked, publishers struggle to survive. The following update about perseus book group was added to the original post on 101714. This year a new event was organized during the book fair. Jan 30, 2018 the 42nd edition of the international kolkata book fair 2018 will be inaugurated today by bengal chief minister mamata banerjee and frances minister of culture and communication francoise nyssen. Academic book publishers in kolkata click to get related links.
Kolkata book fair recorded rs 16 crore sale of books. They felt that books were not commodities that could be sold in fairs. From 28012020 to 09022020 online sale of books will remain suspended. Kolkata the 38th kolkata book fair may have lost the kolkata literary meet, which has spun off into a standalone event, but it has filled the void by adding the threeday kolkata. Tridib chatterjee, general secretary of the publishers and booksellers guild, said, last year, the book fair witnessed footfall of about 20 lakh people. Paperbacks still a hit, say organisers books worth around rs 10 crore have so far been sold at the 42nd edition of international kolkata book fair, a developme. Feb 12, 2018 an estimated 17 lakh people visited the 42nd international kolkata book fair, the largest of its kind in the world in terms of visitors, in 12 days with rs 16 crore sale of books registered till yesterday, the organisers said. The seven year old kolkata book fair got a retinue of visitors from the field of literature, the world over.
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The guild started publishing names and details of all titles in print at the fair and a fair directory. Deys publishing, based in kolkata, india, ranks among the top bengali publishing houses of india. The 39th edition of the international kolkata book fair, asias largest book fair, will be held from january 28 to february 8 this year. This years kolkata book fair is significant in one particular way. The kolkata book fair 2014 would be held from january 28 to february 9 at milan mela ground in the city, state information secretary atri. The year 2014 saw new event getting added to the kolkata international book fair. Thinkstock images pegged to be a festival of ideas, the 39th edition of the international kolkata book fair that begins here jan 28.
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