The 49th International Kolkata Book Fair is set to begin on January 22, 2026, announced the organisers on Monday (November 3,2025). The theme country for this edition of the annual book fair is the Latin American country, Argentina.
The book fair will take place between January 22 to February 3, at the Boimela Prangan, Karunamoyee, Salt Lake. The fair will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in presence of authors, artists, scholars, and poets.
“Currently the International Kolkata Book Fair is the world’s largest attended non-trade book festival. Twenty-seven lakh book lovers visited the last book fair in 2025 and the book sales amounted to ₹23 crores,” an official from the organisers said.
The focal theme country logo was also unveiled on Monday. Argentina will be a part the book fair for the first time since its beginning. “We sincerely believe that this will contribute towards building stronger bilateral cultural relationship between the two countries,” the organisers said.
Mr. Andrés Sebastián Rojas, Head of the Political and Cultural Section of the Embassy of Argentina in India and Mrs Anandi Queipo Riavitz, Head of the Consular Section of the Embassy of Argentina in India were also present at the formal book fair launch ceremony.
