The International Kolkata Book Fair 2025 attracted a record 27 lakh visitors over 12 days, generating sales of Rs 25 crore. Despite fewer days compared to 2024, the event marked an all-time high in ...

People buying books worth Rs 1,000 or more can take part in a daily lucky dip, to take place at 6pm. The cash memos have to ...

The International Kolkata Book Fair, which is celebrating its 48th edition, has introduced its first official mascot — two ducks named Haso and Hasi. Mascots are a popular feature at book fairs around ...

The 48th International Kolkata Book Fair kicked off on Tuesday (January 28, 2025) with a record 1,000-odd book, magazine and cultural stalls, but without the participation of Bangladesh.

At the 48th International Kolkata Book Fair, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched three new books. The standout was 'Lipiboddo Kichu Kaaj', detailing anecdotes from her political career ...

Despite the surge in digital reading platforms, books still rule the heart, she said referring to the good business witnessed in the 2024 edition of the fair. "The International Kolkata Book Fair ...

Hours after the Calcutta High Court dismissed a petition by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), seeking a stall at the International Kolkata Book Fair this year, organisers of the fair in a surprise ...

The 50th edition of the iconic Kolkata Book Fair was inaugurated on Tuesday. However, breaking a nearly three-decade-long tradition, Bangladesh will not be represented at this year’s fair—deeply ...

For the first time in the Indian book fair's history, the spotlight is on Germany, with guest authors invited to update the country's literary image. Describing the International Kolkata Book Fair ...

Kolkata: The first weekend of the 48th International Kolkata Book Fair (IKBF) saw a huge crowd. Guild officials said there were around 4 lakh visitors to the book fair on Saraswati Puja.

After hours of exploring the 48th International Kolkata Book Fair, nothing satisfies quite like a plate of crispy bhetki fish fry, some spicy telebhaja, melt-in-the-mouth nolen gurer rosogolla ...

Describing the International Kolkata Book Fair requires many superlatives: It is one of the largest book fairs in Asia and the most well-visited in the world, with a record 2.9 million literature fans ...