Chennai: The 45th Chennai Book Fair organised by The Booksellers and Publishers Association of South India (BAPASI) is beginning today at the YMCA grounds, Nandanam, and go on till 6 March.
Chief Minister MK Stalin is inaugurating the book fair, which will begin with the CM presenting the ‘Kalaignar Karunanidhi Porkizhi Virudhugal’ literary award along with other BAPASI awards to eminent writers and Tamil scholars.
The fair will be open for public from 11 am to 8 pm everyday. With over 790 stalls and books of almost one lakh topics, book lovers are in for a treat.
BAPASI secretary SK Murugan said due to the pandemic, the number of stalls has been reduced from 1,000 to 800, as per State government order. The secretary added that over one lakh titles are expected to be displayed and arrangements are underway at YMCA ground for setting up the bookstalls.
BAPASI has also begun selling tickets online for the fair at https://bapasi.com/ . An entry ticket is priced at Rs 10 and season passes can be availed for Rs 100. School and college students can enter free of cost by showing their ID cards.