Kandy Book Fair 2018
View(s):The ‘Kandy Book Fair’, proudly presented by the Sri Lanka Book Publishers Association, will come alive for June 27 to July 1 at the Kandy City Centre premises.
As an annual event featuring stalls of bookstores and book publishers from around the island, the event will offer a wide range to choose from. There will be up to 20% discounts on a plethora of categories including educational publications and other genres such as religion, literature, fiction and non-fiction.
Kandy Book Fair 2018 is scheduled for June 27 to July 1 from 9.00am to 7.00pm on all days at the Kandy City Centre premises.
The Book Publishers Association extends its sincere gratitude to all the sponsors for assistance towards this vital endeavour of inculcating the reading habit among young and old alike. Samudra Book Publishers is the proud Principal Sponsor while the Platinum Sponsors are Sarasavi Book Shop, Akura Publishers, M D Gunasena and Godage. The Gold Sponsors are Vijitha Yapa Book Shop, Ashirwada Publishers, Panther and Wasana Publishers while the Print Media Sponsor is Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. Kandurata FM–SLBC is the official radio partner and Northwood Consulting (Pvt) Ltd joins as official communications partner. The event is co-organised by Kandy City Centre.
The event is guaranteed to be an attraction considering the lineup of entertainment items that have been arranged with the participation of a number of schools. On the first day of the event there will be a Bakthi Gee performance conducted by St. Sylvester’s College from 4pm to 5pm. The 28th will bring forth three performances – the Orchestra of Pushpadana Balika Vidyalaya will take stage from 10am to 12noon followed by a performance by the Orchestra of Rahula Vidyalaya Katugastota from 1.30pm to 3.30 pm and the final item will be held from 3pm to 5pm with Girls High School Kandy taking the spotlight. The 29th will be adorned by a performance by the Orchestra of Hemamali Balika Vidyalayawhich will take place from 4.30pm to 5.30pm. The final performance of the event will be by the Orchestra of Mahamaya Balika Vidyalaya which will be staged by 3pm to 4pm on the 1st of July.
In addition, the organizers have taken special efforts in putting together a series of panel discussions that will feature a number of academics and experts in the field of literature: