“I came here all the way from Bengaluru just to buy ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ at the book fair,” says V. Kathiresan, holding the hardbound copies of the famous Tamil epic series.
He was at the sixth edition of the 10-day Coimbatore Book Festival (CBF) 2022 that began at the Codissia Trade Fair Complex here on Friday. The fair was inaugurated by Electricity Minister V. Senthil Balaji and was presided over by Collector G.S. Sameeran and CBF chairman B. Vijay Anand. Over 200 publishers have put up 280 stalls at the fair that will be held till July 31.