A 10-day 17th Brahmapur Book Fair would be held at the Khallikote College playground here starting from December 16, said Revenue Divisional Commissioner of Southern Division and Book Fair Committee president Bikas Chandra Mahapatra while presiding over its preparatory meeting last week.
The committee decided to organise various programmes, including, seminars, poem recitations, question-answer hours, cultural programmes, debate competitions among rural meritorious students at the fair premises every evening to attract more visitors to the event and provide financial assistance to encourage such competitors at divisional, block and dis-trict levels.