The District Library Council development committee will organise a book fair at Prasannalakshmi Kalyana Mandapam here from October 16 to 18, featuring more than 100 stalls by over 60 publishers. Writer Vaishakhan will inaugurate the fair at 10 a.m. on Friday. District Library Council president C.P. Chitrabhanu will preside over the function. Fifteen books by local writers will be released on the occasion.
V.K. Sreekandan, MP, will inaugurate a cultural seminar in the evening. Writer Ashokan Charuvil will speak on the theme ‘The power of resistance through the written word’. One-person plays by library activists will also be staged. P.P. Sumod, MLA, will inaugurate the Vyloppilli poetry festival on October 17. A discussion titled ‘What remains to be said’ featuring writers from Palakkad will follow.
On October 18, Mohammed Muhsin, MLA, will felicitate former leaders of the district’s library movement. K. Radhakrishnan, MP, will inaugurate the closing ceremony at 4 p.m. Books in Malayalam and other languages will be available at discounted prices for libraries, educational institutions and the public. The council will also organise discussion forums at all 630 libraries in the district as part of efforts to strengthen the ‘Vayanavasantham’ reading initiative and plan activities for the coming year.
Published - October 14, 2026 07:45 pm IST