Celebrating 50 years of NDWBF!

With India celebrating 75 years of Independence, Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav is an initiative of the Government of India to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of progressive India and the glorious history of its people, culture and achievements. This Mahotsav is dedicated to the people of India and is an embodiment of all that is progressive about India’s socio-cultural, political and economic identity. With various activities marking the Festival across the country, the NDWBF 2023 has chosen Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav as its theme, and there will be many literary and cultural activities around the theme during the fair days.

A number of activities promoting children’s literature and reading habit such as skits, dramas, street plays, musical presentations, storytelling sessions, workshops, panel discussions etc. are organized in a specially designed Children’s Pavilion. Conducted by renowned writers and illustrators as also professionals from education and publishing fields, these activities see huge participation by teachers and children from government and private schools/non-governmental organizations as well as those associated with the children’s literature or reading promotional activities

To mark the celebrations of India@75 and pay tribute to heroes of India’s freedom struggle, the Ministry of Education (Government of India) launched a scheme called ‘YUVA-Prime Minister’s Scheme for Mentoring Young Authors’ with the objective of training young and budding authors. The 75 young writers thus chosen through an All India Contest and mentored by established authors, will have their books ready for launch. These authors will interact with booklovers, visitors and other panelists in the specially-designed YUVA corner

One of the first of its kind, NBT will put up Corner for published Child Authors, who will discuss their books, their inspiration to write, their role model authors, etc

It is an engaging platform for sharing ideas and enhancing literary understanding. The foreign Exhibitors / Missions /Embassies/Cultural Centres/Book Promotion Agencies are encouraged to book slots at the Events Corner for organizing Book Launches, Panel Discussions, Literary Programmes and Workshops for children as well as adults.

The CEOs and Senior Executives are welcome to participate in the B2B event CEO Speak over Chairman’s Breakfast organized by National Book Trust, India, and FICCI, on the sidelines of the Fair to share and exchange ideas about Indian and International book trade.

Aesthetically designed Authors’ Corners created in various halls of the Fair provide the right platform for dialogues, panel discussions, book launches for the domestic publishers, authors and book lovers. Aptly named Reflections & Conversations, Lekhak Manch and Sahitya Manch, these Corners have become synonymous with lively literary activities, and also serve as meeting place for the visitors.

It is one of the exciting features of NDWBF which will take place on 27 and 28 February 2023. The New Delhi Rights Table offers B2B match making sessions among publishers in a refreshingly new business ambience. The unique format of this event enables exhibitors to book their own Rights Table, meet each other, present their products and ideas, and also finalize their interests and agreements for transfer of translation and other rights of books available in English, Hindi and other Indian languages.

On the sidelines of the New Delhi World Book Fair, and adding to the festivities, NBT also organizes cultural presentations by leading organizations in the field such as Song and Drama Division, Sahitya Kala Parishad, etc. at the Fair. Cultural programmes organized on the occasion have received wide appreciation from all quarters, particularly from foreign participants.