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Nat’l Book Fest to have ‘great deals’
The National Book Festival is slated to be held at the Nepal Pragya Pratisthan from February 16th.The National Book Festival is slated to be held at the Nepal Pragya Pratisthan from February 16th. Jointly organised by National Booksellers and Publishers Association of Nepal(NBPAN) and Nepal Pragya Pratisthan, this is the third iteration of the popular book fair.
With the aim of promoting Nepali books and fostering the reading habit, NBPAN has been organising the annual festival since 2014.
NBPAN’s President Padma Siwakoti said in a statement, “Since we were unable to hold the festival last year [because of the fallout from the 2015 earthquake], we are going with an even larger approach this year. There will be a lot of booksellers and distributors at the event, and some great deals on books.”
Slated to see attendance from the country’s reputed authors and publishers, organisers announced that discounts of upto 60 percent on many titles will be on offer during the festival. The festival will also see several book launches and literary panels.