The New Delhi World Book Fair concluded with much fanfare recently where authors, teachers, children and parents came together to participate in literary activities and talk about their love for books.
From reading sessions, fun activities for the children, book launches to display of all genres of book especially in audio and digital format attracted a lot of book lovers. On the last day of World Book Fair, an estimated 80,000 book lovers visited the book fair.
The programme—NBT Express: A Journey to the World of Children’s literature was organised by NBT in association with Consortium Octet. In this programme, Dr Shekhar Sarkar asked children questions related to Indian literature, authors, characters belonging to different states of the country.
The book—During the Journey and Other Stories, authored by A Sethumadhavan, renowned author and Chairman of NBT and published by lifi Publications was released by Pavan K Verma, advisor to the chief minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar’s cultural advisor. The book One Day in Kaziranga authored by Sharada Koliluru and published by Macaw Books was released by Sethumadhavan.