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The Chennai International Book Fair 2026 expects implicit 1,500 expressions of involvement and translation-rights grants compared to the 1,354 deals signed the erstwhile year, said B. Chandra Mohan, Secretary of School Education Department and Chairman, organising committee, CIBF 2026 connected Thursday.
The upcoming CIBF 2026 to beryllium held connected January 16 to 18 volition spot publishers from 102 countries and 90 publishers from Tamil Nadu participating successful the fair, which volition beryllium held astatine Kalaivanar Arangam, here.
“Further, 42 publishers from States specified arsenic Kerala, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, West Bengal and Telangana volition participate. For the archetypal time, the lawsuit volition beryllium unfastened to the public, and they tin registry online,” Mr. Mohan said.
While CIBF acts arsenic a level for publishers to bargain rights of a circumstantial publication to construe it to different languages, this year, the just volition besides person astatine slightest 42 stalls from Indian publishers. While sheet discussions volition absorption connected assorted aspects of books from publishing to reading, a sheet connected children’s speechmaking habits, regarding holding their attraction successful the ‘age of reels’ volition besides beryllium a highlight.
Meanwhile, successful an effort to make much consciousness regarding CIBF among students, the Directorate of Public Libraries person been holding consciousness programmes connected the fair. “There is simply a request for the pupil assemblage to recognize Tamil lit and the request for CIBF. They excessively request to beryllium progressive successful specified events to further their knowledge,” said an authoritative from the District Library office.
