International book fair at Expo Centre UAE

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The 41st international book fair, being organised by the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), will be held from November 2-13, 2022 at Expo Centre Sharjah.

Important facts

• The book fair will host several award winning authors, intellectuals and other literary figures from across the world.

• This year's theme of the fair is 'Spread the Word'.

• The Publications Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India is participating in the Sharjah International Book Fair.

• The Publications Division will offer readers and book lovers a wide variety of books on the history of the Indian freedom struggle and freedom fighters.

• Readers will get a chance to read more than 100 books and magazines in various Indian languages on various subjects.

About Publications Division

• Established in the year 1941, the Publications Division is a premier publishing house of the Government of India.

• The Directorate of Publications Division is a repository of various types of books and magazines.

• These books highlight topics of national importance and the rich cultural heritage of India.

• It offers books and magazines in various languages on diverse subjects like Indian history, culture, literature, biography, science, technology, environment and employment.

• Its textual content is renowned for its authenticity as well as for the reasonable price of the publications.

• Its major publications include popular monthly magazines such as Yojna, Kurukshetra, Bal Bharati and Aajkal as well as the weekly employment newspaper Employment News.

• Apart from this, it also publishes the prestigious reference annuity 'India Year Book' of the government.