Patna Book Fair from December 4

The silver jubilee Patna Book Fair will begin at Gandhi Maidan in Patna from December 4, 2009. The fair will continue till December 15. The fair is being organised by the Centre for Readership Development.

Talking to scribes in Patna on November 25, 2009, organising committee chairman HL Gulati (second from right) said leading publishers Prentice Hal of India, Oxford University Press, Orient Blackswan, Viva, Wiley, Sage Publications, National Publishing House, Har Anand, Pustak Mahal and Sahitya Bhawan had confirmed their participation.

Bottom: Construction of Patna Book Fair site is in progress in Patna on November 25, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui