Chief Minister M.K. Stalin inaugurated the 45 th Chennai Book Fair here on Wednesday and presented awards to authors and publishers. Mr. Stalin also announced that he will release the first part of his autobiography by the end of February.
Speaking at the inaugural, Mr. Stalin said just like in Chennai, the Booksellers and Publishers Association of South India (BAPASI) had been conducting a book fair in Madurai for 14 years and in Coimbatore for four years. “Our government will make efforts to provide assistance through the district administrations to hold such book fairs in all the districts of the State,” the Chief Minister said.
Similar to the Anna Centenary Library in Chennai, a library named after former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi was being set up in Madurai at a cost of ₹114 crore, and work on the project had begun, he said.
