No one will sit in Suhrawardy Udyan from tomorrow, arranging books. Writers-readers-buyers will not jam. One cannot be heard discussing literature on a green carpet or by the lake. The wrapper will be removed and the writer’s stage will be removed. We have to wait for almost a year to get such days back. If all goes well, Akushe’s book fair will start in February 2023.
This time the fair was quite crowded. Sales are also better than the last two years. However, there are more visitors than buyers. However, the writers, publishers, and concerned people think it is positive. They say, ‘Where words are practiced, knowledge spreads among the masses.
As the last day of the book fair, the fair will start at 11 am today and will end at 9 pm. Meanwhile, on the last day of the fair, Bangla Academy has undertaken various programs on the occasion of the 102nd birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Children’s Day. These programs started at 8:30 am today with the laying of wreaths by the Bangla Academy on the portrait of the Father of the Nation.
A discussion on the life and work of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be held on the main stage of Omor Akushe at 3 pm. The President of Bangla Academy, Fiction Writer Selina Hossain will preside over the function. Professor Harun-or-Rashid will present the essay. Nazrul Islam, Swadesh Roy, and Mizanur Rahman will discuss.
.A cultural program will be held with the participation of children and teenagers at Bahashaheed Muktamancha at 4 pm. Meanwhile, the Gunijan Smriti Award 2022 has been announced at the Omor Akushe Book Fair on Wednesday. The awards will be officially presented at the closing ceremony of Omor Akushe Book Fair 2022 today. The Artist Qayyum Chowdhury Memorial Award 2022 was given to Nobanno Prokashoni, Nymphea Publication, and Readers’ Gathering as the best organization for aesthetic makeup among the publishing houses participating in the 2022 Omor Akushe Book Fair.
.In addition, Agamee Prakashani was awarded the Chittaranjan Saha Memorial Award 2022 for publishing the largest number of books on the subject and quality published in 2021Munier Choudhury to Prothoma Prokashon for Bengal Publications, Jalal Firoj’s Londone Bangabadhur Ekdin for Journeyman Books, and Syed Abul Maksud’s Khwaja Salimullah and Tar Somoy for Bangabandhu’s centenary The Memorial Award 2022 was awarded. Kathprokash was awarded the Rokanuzzaman Khan Memorial Award 2022 for publishing the most quality Sisutos book published in 2021.
