‘Porunai Nellai Book Fair 2022’ to commence on March 18th

on Feb 24, 2022

The much-awaited 10-day ‘Porunai Nellai Book Fair 2022’ is to be held from March 18th. It will be organized by the district administration at VOC Ground, Palayamkottai from March 18th to March 27th. The district administration in association with the Booksellers and Publishers Association of South India (BAPASI) organized the event. It will majorly showcase the ancientness and uniqueness of Tamirabharani, the lifeline of southern districts, besides displaying books from a variety of topics for sale with a 10% discount.

District Collector V. Vishnu said released the book fair logo contest notification at the Collectorate on Wednesday and announced that the motive behind organizing the event is to educate the younger generation about the famous writers and Sahitya Akademi winners of this region. It aims to encourage and revive the waning reading habits among them. Since the Tamirabharani had been the cradle of ancient civilization, the event had been named ‘Porunai Nellai Book Fair 2022’ and hence is going to highlight the ancient civilization of Tamirabharani.

Experts from various parts of Tamil Nadu and the neighboring states are going to speak in the seminars organized at the venue on different topics. More than 100 publishers are going to participate and display lakhs of books on a range of topics. Stalls highlighting the ancientness of Tamirabharani are going to be set up with various other stalls for awareness of the protection of rivers from getting polluted and climate change.

Training on traditional handicrafts would be given to the students visiting the book fair apart from organizing cultural and literary competitions, interaction with leading writers, entrepreneurs, sportsmen, etc. Students of visual communication would be trained in digital movie making. Besides this, the State Government's welfare schemes are going to be explained to the public at the fair. Performance by the folk artists and the lectures by experts would be a major attraction and the visitors could enjoy the traditional food to be served in the food court at the venue during the book fair.

“Since the book fair should be conducted with the active participation of the public, especially the students, they are invited to participate in the contest for designing the logo of the book fair with the themes ‘Clean Tamirabharani, the pride of Tirunelveli’, ‘Books’ and ‘Excellence of Reading’” Mr. Vishnu said.