First book fair starts in Adana

ADANA - Anatolia News Agency

The 6th Çukurova book fair to host 205 publishing houses and welcomes panels, discussions, poetry events.

The first book fair of the year, the sixth Çukurova Book Fair, is set to take place at the TÜYAP Adana Fair and Congress Center this week. The fair will be organized with the support of the TÜYAP Adana Fair company and the Turkey Publishers Association, and is also supported by the Adana Municipality.

The fair will host 205 publishing houses and will welcome panels, discussions, and poetry events. It will host an overall total of 60 arts and culture events. Some 300 writers will meet with their readers at the fair.

Writers such as Ahmet Telli, Can Dündar, Behçet Çelik, Canan Tan, Gülten Dayıoğlu, Nasuh Mahruki, Mine Soysal, Oya Baydar, Onur Öymen and Semih Gümüş will take part in events over the course of six days.

Meanwhile, the Turkey Publishers Association and TÜYAP have organized an exhibition for the fair, which focuses on the covers of books for children and young adults. The fair will be held simultaneously with an education fair, and will be open to visitors between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. from Jan. 15 to Jan. 20.