National Book Trust , India to organize Shimla Book Fair
National Book Trust , India to organize Shimla Book Fair National Book Trust , India ( Ministry of Education ) is organizing the Shimla Book Fair in collaboration with Department of Language Art & Culture , Himachal Pradesh . The book fair is being organized from 25 June to 03 July 2022 at the Gaiety Theater and Padam Dev Complex , Shimla . The fair will be inaugurated by Education Minister, Govt. of Himachal Pradesh Govind Singh Thakur on 25 June 2022 at 3pm in the presence of Special Guest K.R. Bharti , eminent writer and Guest of Honor , Rakesh Kanwar , Secretary ( Language & Culture ) as well as Prof Govind Prasad Sharma , Chairman NBT and Shri Yuvraj Malik Director , NBT . The fair would see participation from more than 43 reputed publishers from the length and breadth of the country across 63 stalls. Apart from Hindi and English , books published by NBT and other publishers in Himachali , Punjabi , Urdu and other Indian languages will be available at the fair . Booklovers would have the opportunity to purchase quality and cost effective books across genres for readers of all age groups on subjects such as popular science , popular social science , national biographies , autobiographies , folklore and Indian and world literature . Along with daily literary and cultural activities , many workshops and competitions for children will also be organized . NBT India will also be displaying its bilingual titles for children published as per the guidelines of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 along with its new series India @ 75 which acquaints readers with the lives and struggles of our freedom fighters. The fair will be open to visitors from 11 am to 8 pm every day. Entry to the fair will be free and a special discount of up to 10 p c on books would be provided. All writers, litterateurs, publishers and book lovers are invited to visit the book fair.
