Department of Culture and Tourism, Government of Sindh has announced Book Fair 2015, in collaboration with Arts Council, Karachi. Book Fair 2015 will be held on 9th, 10th and 11th of October, 2015 from 11:00 am to 09:00 pm, at Arts Council Karachi. Inauguration ceremony of Book Fair will be held on 9th of October, Friday at 3:00 pm and Minister of Culture and Tourism Government of Sindh, Sharmila Farooqi will inaugurate the book fair. All the general public would be able to visit Book Fair without any ticket or entry pass.
During the 3 days Book Fair, large variety of books will be displayed on stalls and book lovers would be able to purchase any book of their choice. Leading publishers of Pakistan will display various books on their stalls, on several topics including identity of Sindh, Philosophy, education, culture, poetry, history and civilization. Book lovers would be able to get discounts up to 50% on the books in Book Fair.
Famous book authors will be also there to give their autograph on purchased books.
On 11th of October, which will be the last day of Book Fair 2015, book launching ceremony will be also held at Manzar Akbar Hall, Arts Council Karachi, at 05:00 pm. Several authors, writers, poets, journalists and intellectuals will also attend the book launching ceremony.