New Delhi World Book Fair 2020
The 28th New Delhi World Book Fair (NDWBF) will be held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from January 4-12, 2020. The 2020 theme is “Gandhi: The Writers’ Writer”, which will exhibit the influence of Gandhi on Indian Literature and some major authors of India and abroad, and will also bring into focus the aspects of Gandhi as a writer, editor, journalist, publisher, printer, mass communicator par excellence. A wide range of books, and reading materials on the Theme in all Indian languages including some foreign languages, and a spectrum of programmes, conversations, events, special exhibits around the same will be part of the presentation specially organized to commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.
The Fair is organized by National Book Trust, India under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India while India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO), the nodal agency of Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, is the co-organizer of the fair and is working towards the promotion of books and the habit of reading in the country.
It is also an ideal venue for promoting titles, co-publication arrangements and trade. Besides the many literary and publishing conferences and programmes, it also opens up a gateway to the publishing and intellectual world of South Asia. The Fair attracts participation from major publishing houses of the globe.
Date: 4th – 12th January 2020
Venue: Pragati Maidan
Web Link: http://nbtindia.gov.in/newdelhiworldbookfair
