Hyderabad Book Fair 2026 Logo Launch

Hyderabad: The much awaited 39th edition of Hyderabad Book Fair will be held from December 18 to 28, jointly organised by the state government’s Department of Cultural Affairs and the Hyderabad Book Fair Committee. The committee unveiled the event’s logo on Sunday at Desoddharaka Bhavan in Hyderabad. Committee advisors K. Ramachandra Murthy and Rama Melkote, general secretary P. Narayana Reddy, treasurer K. Suresh, vice-presidents K. Bal Reddy and Shobhan Babu, joint secretary Rajani, former president Yakub and executive member Sajaya shared details of the fair.

They said 320 stalls will be set up at the book fair, which will be held at Telangana Kala Bharathi in NTR Stadium. Applications for stalls are being accepted through a Google Form until the 14th of this month.
The organisers said the fair will include ten days of literary and cultural exhibitions, along with children’s programmes in collaboration with the National Book Trust (NBT). The venue will be named “Jilani Bano Pranganam” after the Telugu and Urdu writer and Padma Shri awardee-J
ilani Bano, a distinguished author of short stories and novels in Indian Urdu literature. She also worked for the rights of women and children who used literature as a tool for social change. Her works have been translated into Telugu by the noted writer Mehek Hyderabadi. She received many awards, including the Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi Award, the Soviet Land Nehru Award and the Qaumi Himmat Award.

The number of stalls has been capped at around 320 in total, and the ground design has been finalised, and we have submitted a memorandum to the Telangana Sahitya Akademi requesting it to partner in conducting the cultural programme, Rampalli Ramesh, President, Hyderabad Book Fair stated. Committee advisor Rama Melkote said reading books builds knowledge and scientific thinking, and urged people to gift books to children.


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