Bangladesh Amar Ekushey Boi Mela set for March as govt. minister dismisses digital and urges printing more books to sustain industry
Bangladesh began 2021 with just 58.4% of its population online, which sounds pitiful until you...
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As Bangladesh Boi Mela sells books to the value of $9.7 million during a month-long event, TNPS invites the country’s government and publishers to explore the digital advantage
If it’s March 1 then the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela, the annual book fair that takes place for...
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As excitement builds for the annual Amar Ekushey Boi Mela in Bangladesh, the Bangla Academy Literary Awards are announced
The Bangla Academy is the centre of all things literary in Bangladesh, and this week in the...
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Bangladesh Amar Ekushey Boi Mela just misses $10 million in book sales despite floods and chaos
It was touch and go whether the national book fair of Bangladesh, the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela, could...
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Call for Ekushey Boi Mela to be place under control of Bangladeshi publishers guilds
If the final numbers for the month long Amar Ekushey Boi Mela actually compared favourably with...
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Bangladesh Ekushey Boi Mela winds down after a two-day extension, but has it been enough?
The month-long Amar Ekushey Boi Mela, aka the Dhaka Book Fair, has wound up for another year, and...
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Over 5 million visitors spend over $5 million at India's 2019 book fairs. And we're only halfway through February
India’s Kolkata International Book Fair wound up earlier this week and the numbers are in:...
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As the London Book Fair looms, invisible millions attend book fairs and festivals around the globe
If it’s February it must be the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela in Bangladesh, an annual festival of...
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Bangladesh's month-long national book fair "to be bigger than ever" this year. Publishers promote on social media while ebook retailers look the other way
When one thinks of the worlds biggest book fairs its unlikely Bangladesh is on the list of prime...
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Bangladesh Book Fair in Kolkata sets the scene for Kolkata IBF and the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela
On any given day there are more book fairs and festivals happening around the world than anyone...
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Another Bangladeshi author and publisher killed by extremists
After a lull of a couple of years it looks like Islamic extremists have returned to their most...
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Six weeks after the world's longest book fair ended Bangladesh is at it again
Happy New Year! In Bangladesh, that is, where 1425 has just begun, and among myriad celebrations...
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