B'LORE BOOK FESTIVAL FROM OCTOBER 19 Book lovers in the City are in for a treat with the ensuing Bangalore Book Festival - 2015 scheduled to be held from October 19 to 25 at Palace Grounds, promises to be bigger and better. The festival this time will have more than 300 stalls including about 100 dedicated to Kannada books , besides many offering books in Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Telugu, Malyalam and the mainstream English book stalls with over a million book titles. The 11-year-old festival, jointly organised by the Bangalore Booksellers' and Publishers' Association and Indya Comics, this year will have many firsts including felicitation to noted Kannada writers besides quiz and painting competitions for schools and college students, and cultural bonanza every evening. Besides, there will be also an exhibition of award winning cartoons by the Karnataka Cartoonists' Associations and a similar exhibition by the Karnataka Photographers' Association, showcasing award winning pictures of wildlife and nature. Speaking at the launch of the official logo and brochure of the festival, Nitin Shah, president of the Bangalore Book Sellers' and Publishers' Association said, "Publishers and booksellers from across the country including Delhi, Ahemdabad , Chennai, Mumbai etc will be participating in the festival. This year, the festival coincides with Dasara festivities and that is why we decided to have cultural evenings." He said Kannada Development Authority is also expected to extend subsidy to Kannada book stalls that participate in the fair. "Talks are on with the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce to rope in film stars to visit the festival everyday to draw large number of crowds," he added. Veteran Kannada writer Dr Sumateendra Nadig said, "This book festival reminds me of Kolkata Book Festival which used to be like an actual festival or a celebrations where one could meet artists, writers, folk dancers all under one roof. I hope that this festival also becomes a huge success like the Kolkata Book Festival". REFLINK:http://www.deccanherald.com/content/503433/blore-book-festival-october-19.ht... Best Regards, Raghvendra R The information contained in this electronic message and in any attachments to this message is confidential, legally privileged and intended only for use by the person or entity to which this electronic message is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify the sender and system manager by return email and delete the message and its attachments and also you are hereby notified that any distribution, copying, review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this electronic transmission or the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not represent those of the Company or bind the Company. Any commitments made over e-mail are not financially binding on the company unless accompanied or followed by a valid purchase order. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Mail Scanner, and is believed to be clean. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.jubl.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.