Assam was the first focal theme, followed by orissa, tripura, bihar and west bengal. The focal theme of 38th kolkata international book fair 2014 was peru. The main theme of the book fair this year is costa rica. The 42nd edition of the international kolkata book fair 2018 will be inaugurated today by bengal chief minister mamata banerjee and frances minister of. Its chief minister mamata banerjee is dubbed the bestselling author with a sales figure at par with popular. The year 2014 saw new event getting added to the kolkata international book fair. Worlds third largest famous international kolkata book fair, 2017. The 43rd kolkata book fair is getting under way on 31 january 2019. A book lovers guide to kolkata, indias literary city cnn. Organized by the publishers and booksellers guild at the milan mela ground, the annual book fair, which begins wednesday at noon and runs through feb.
Kolkata book fair 2014city and book fair meta metawiki. The example of the frankfurt book fair a commercial trade fair of books. We are also thinking of making the punishment severe this time a traditional affair 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 of peru, south america. Kolkata literature festival international kolkata book fair. Calcutta book fair in english, and officially kolkata boimela or kolkata pustakmela in romanized bengali, bengali. The kolkata book fair 2014 would be held from january 28 to. Also, book tickets for the venues where these events. The 38th international kolkata book fair 2014 was inaugurated on 28. The 39th edition of the international kolkata book fair, asias largest book fair, will be held from january 28 to february 8 this. And now, they are set to get familiar with another mega event the kolkata international book fair. This will be frances 3rd appearance as focal theme country at the ikbf. A pocket guide to the 2014 kolkata book fair the new. Litcam teamed up with the frankfurt book fair on 8 october 2014 to host the first. They have seen the u17 world cup proceedings from close quarters.
The annual kolkata book fair ended on sunday with the ringing of the ceremonial bell at the milan mela ground here. Because tomorrow is the final day of the worlds largest book fair. The theme went to praxis in the following talk between the minister of. The focal theme of 38th kolkata international book fair 2014 is peru.
Calcutta book fair in english, and officially antarjatik kolkata boimela or antarjatik kolkata pustakmela in romanized bengali, bengali. The authors write the books in sophisticated styles and manner and they forward it to publishers who publish the books with the name of particular publication and. The international kolkata book fair has been welcoming hundreds of thousands of people to the indian city of calcutta. International kolkata book fair is the largest book fair in the world, organised by. I am not a big fan of the ritualistic part of book release events at the fair. Many dignitaries, educationists, book lovers and students. International kolkata book fair jan 2020, kolkata india trade show. Kolkata book fair 2018 theme song shiladitya sarkar. International kolkata book fair the worlds biggest. The focal theme of international kolkata book fair this year france the centre of culture of europe. 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. Check the list of best upcoming events and activities happening today, tomorrow and this weekend in kolkata.
Guatemala is the theme country in this years boi mela. Kolkata literature festival to host french, scottish. Kolkata book fair welcomes international literature lovers. The fair, which runs for 12 days each winter, claims to be the largest non. In addition to the book fair, kolkata has countless havens for book lovers some shops are part of big chains, some are tiny independent operations hidden in. Top upcoming events in kolkata near you bookmyshow. This years kolkata book fair is significant in one particular way. This year a new event was organized during the book fair.
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