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The 49th International Kolkata Book Fair is acceptable to statesman connected January 22, 2026, announced the organisers on Monday (November 3,2025). The taxable state for this variation of the yearly publication just is the Latin American country, Argentina.
The publication just will take place between January 22 to February 3, astatine the Boimela Prangan, Karunamoyee, Salt Lake. The just volition beryllium inaugurated by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in presence of authors, artists, scholars, and poets.
“Currently the International Kolkata Book Fair is the world’s largest attended non-trade publication festival. Twenty-seven lakh publication lovers visited the past publication just in 2025 and the publication income amounted to ₹23 crores,” an authoritative from the organisers said.
The focal taxable state logo was besides unveiled connected Monday. Argentina volition beryllium a portion the publication just for the archetypal clip since its beginning. “We sincerely believe that this volition lend towards building stronger bilateral taste narration betwixt the 2 countries,” the organisers said.
Mr. Andrés Sebastián Rojas, Head of the Political and Cultural Section of the Embassy of Argentina successful India and Mrs Anandi Queipo Riavitz, Head of the Consular Section of the Embassy of Argentina successful India were besides contiguous astatine the ceremonial publication just motorboat ceremony.
Countries similar Great Britain, USA, Germany, Australia, France, Spain, Peru, Colombia, Japan, Thailand and different Latin American Countries volition be participating in the upcoming publication fair. Besides, determination volition be publications from different states of India, like, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Bihar, Assam, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Odisha, Tripura, and others.
Silver jubilee year
As 2027 volition beryllium the metallic jubilee twelvemonth of the Kolkata International Book Fair, the organisers have urged photographers to stock their iconic archival photos of the just taken implicit the first 2 decades of its beingness from 1976 to 1996.
“The champion 10 uncommon and nostalgic photographs volition beryllium awarded. The selected photographs volition besides be exhibited in the Press Corner of 2026. We besides mean to people those photographs successful the 50 years’ Souvenir of the IKBF,” the organisers said.
