CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker JCD Prabhakar on Friday unveiled the logo and launched the website of the 50th edition of the Chennai Book Fair, which will be held from Jan 7-19 at YMCA Grounds, Nandanam.

Organised by Booksellers and Publishers Association of South India (BAPASI), the golden jubilee edition will feature a series of special programmes aimed at attracting readers, students, writers and publishers.

BAPASI plans to invite and honour Nobel Prize-winning authors in literature as special guests, and also representatives of Tamil associations from different countries to strengthen their association with the Chennai Book Fair, as a way to promote Tamil books and reading among younger generations living abroad. The association will also honour senior scholars and writers from different Indian languages, particularly those aged above 60, for their contribution to literature and languages.

Another initiative is the appointment of school and college students as Book Fair Ambassadors. They will encourage reading and promote book fair events through social media.

BAPASI president RS Shanmugam, said “The golden jubilee edition will feature several new programmes for readers, students, teachers, writers and publishers.”