Amar Ekushey Book Fair to begin on January 7

The month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2027 will begin on January 7 and continue until February 6.

The Bangla  Academy announced the schedule in a press release signed by its Director General Mohammad Azam on Sunday (October 18).

According to the release, the dates were finalised unanimously at a consultation meeting with publishers’ representatives held on October 13 at the Shaheed Munier Chowdhury Conference Room of the Bangla Academy.

The meeting was chaired by Cultural Affairs Minister Nitai Roy Chowdhury. Cultural Affairs Adviser Dr Zahed Ur Rahman and ministry secretary Yasmin Begum were also present.

The annual fair is organised in memory of the martyrs of the 1952 Language Movement.