The 45th Chennai Book Fair organised by The Booksellers and Publishers Association of South India (BAPASI) will begin on Wednesday at the YMCA grounds, Nandanam, and go on till March 6.
The fair was supposed to be held in January this year and had to be postponed owing to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the State. Recently, the Tamil Nadu government announced that book fairs and exhibitions could be held from February 16.
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin is scheduled to inaugurate the book fair at 5 p.m. and present awards including the Kalaignar Karunanidhi Porkizhi Virudhugal literary award.
