Minister for Water Resources Durai Murugan will inaugurate the 11-day Vellore book fair at Netaji Armed Reserve (AR) police grounds in Vellore at 10.30 a.m. on February 17.
As many as 780 stalls will display and sell books, both fiction and non-fiction, in Tamil and English till February 27 between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m. on all days. There will be a 10% discount at all the stalls upon purchase.
Apart from local publishers, 70 members of the Booksellers and Publishers Association of South India (Bapasi) have also been allocated stalls. Non-members, who approached Bapasi, have also been accommodated. The prison department will have a stall where people can donate books to the library at the Central Prison.
