Chandigarh Book Fair 2013 will be organised in the city after a gap of over a decade.
The UT Administration in collaboration with National Book Trust of India, Union Ministry of HRD, will organize Chandigarh Book-Fair 2013 in the month of November this year. Eminent authors will be invited to attend the book fair. And, children activities like holding quiz, competitions and organizing various workshops has been proposed during the book fair.
A Facebook page in the name of chandigarhbookfair has also been created for the city denizens. And, the UT Administration has invited people’s suggestions on the e-mail chandigarhbookfair2013@gmail.com for the big event. A meeting of the core committee was chaired by UT Deputy Commissioner Mohammed Shayin on Thursday regarding the book fair. The meeting was attended by Joint Director, National Book Trust, Deputy Director (Exhibition) NBT, Director Higher Education, Chairman Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi, Principals, librarians and
others. The Deputy Commissioner Shayin said that the Chandigarh Book Fair-2013, is being held after a gap of about fifteen years by the UT Administration.
The activities during the book fair would be author interaction, sit and draw area, Illustrator’s corner, Calligrapher’s corner, seminars, children corner among others.
Soon, a decision on the theme of the fair will be taken. And, the venue would be the leisure Valley, Sector 10 here, he added.