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Bhubaneswar, Feb 11: Book lovers and students preparing for various competitive examinations are thronging the ongoing 31st Bhubaneswar book fair that is going on in the city.
“It is really very difficult to find books of Oriya writers and novelists in local book stores. I came here to find books related to my studies and of my favourite writer Ramachand Behera,” said Sandhiyarani Behera, who is doing a masters course in Oriya at Utkal university. These books help her with her course.
“I regularly visit book fairs wherever they take place and purchase books that are mostly related to Oriya literature,” she said.
The book fair showcases works of Ruskin Bond such as his latest release A Book of Simple Living, which has been released for the first time in Bhubaneswar. The stall by Walking Books Fair, which features publishers such as Harper Collins, Speaking Tiger, Duckbill and Karadi Tales, has books of some of the prominent national and international authors.
“We have a book store near Kalinga Hospital and also have a van on the move with books of leading publishers. The main idea behind the Walking Books Fair is to promote good books and publishing houses in the state,” said Akshaya Satabdi.
“We have the latest copies of Ruskin Bond’s new release A Book of Simple Living and the soon to be released book of Mahesh Bhatt All That Would Have Been, which is not available anywhere in the city,” said Satabdi.
A Nanda, a housewife who mostly loves spiritual books said, “I love reading spiritual books and autobiographies of great thinkers and philosophers. Reading is good habit and everyone should develop this habit”.
However, stall owners and publishers are bit disappointed as there have not been few visitors to the fair, which has affected the sale of books.
The fair will continue till 22 February.