Tehran Int'l Book Fair to host 80 foreign publishers

The 2021 Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF), to be held online from January 20 to 25, is to host a number of 80 foreign publishers.

According to the director of the international section of the fair, Shiva Vakilnaslian, 110 publishers have registered in the international section of the festival, 80 of which are foreign publishers and 30 are Iranian publishers.

“The publishers are from different countries including Spain, Indonesia, Columbia and Senegal, some of which are attending the Tehran Book Fair for the first time,” she noted.

It is also scheduled to hold 30 different international programs with 180 experts attending the webinars organized on the sidelines of the fair.

The Iranian books will be offered with a 20 percent discount while the foreign books will have a 50 percent discount at the fair.

The books will be also delivered to all the various cities across the country for free and also the virtual fair will be open around the clock.

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