Srinagar, July 16 -- The National Book Trust (NBT), in collaboration with the District Administration Srinagar and the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL), will organise the third edition of the Chinar Book Festival from July 18 to 26.
Addressing a curtain-raiser press conference on Thursday, NBT Director Yuvraj Malik, accompanied by Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Akshay Labroo, Chinar Book Festival Chief Coordinator Amit Wanchoo and NCPUL Director Shams Iqbal, announced that the third edition of the Chinar Book Festival will be held at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) lawns on the banks of Dal Lake from July 18 to 26.
Organised under the Ministry of Education, the nine-day festival will be open...