Transcript International Kolkata Book Fair

International Kolkata Book Fair
The largest attended Book Fair in the World
Organised by
PUBLISHERS & BOOKSELLERS GUILD
The Book Fair started its journey in 1976
with 56 stalls of 34 publishers
In 1983, the seven year old Kolkata Book
Fair got its international accreditation
In 2006, International Kolkata
Book Fair was recognised as
largest attended book fair of
this planet
Inauguration Ceremony
Eminent personalities at International Kolkata Book Fair
Prof
Jacques
Derrida
Richard
Dawkins
& Alain
Grund
Eminent personalities at the International Kolkata Book Fair
Buddhadeb Pt
Dasgupta
Ravi Shankar
& Bhupen Hazarika
Eminent personalities at Kolkata Book Fair
Dr
Mani
Amartya
Sen Bhaumik
&Khan
Sharmila
SirImran
Gunter
Grass Tagore
Chetan Bhagat
Shabanathe
Azmi
Dominique Lapierre,
author of City of Joy
Glimpses of International Kolkata Book Fair
Gate
Theme Pavilion
International Complex
Press Corner
The only literature festival in the world
Inside a book fair for a captive audience of two million people
We have read their books, watched their films
Usha Uthup
Vikram Sampath with Ranjan
Bandopadhyay
Rupam Islam
Amit Chaudhuri and Kunal Basu
Devdutt Pattanaik
Aparna Sen
CLOSING CEREMONY
The fair comes to a close at 9pm on Sunday with the
chimes of Big Ben and with the claps of thousands of book lovers
PUBLISHERS & BOOKSELLERS GUILD
Guild House, 2B Jhamapukur Lane
Kolkata 700009, West Bengal, India
Email: [email protected]
Website www.kolkatabookfair.net
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