The Bookfest Chișinău International Book Fair opened its doors to visitors on August 29. According to the organizers, the fair is a good occasion for parents and children to acquire the textbooks and auxiliary books needed for the school year. The fair also provides a wide range of volumes from various areas. The discounts on some of the books will represent even 60% of the library price. The events that will be staged as part of the five-day fair in Chisinau are another reason for visiting this, IPN reports.

Attending the inaugural event, Minister of Education, Culture and Research Monica Babuc said the Bookfest Chișinău International Book Fair is a cultural project that annually unites publishers, book distributors, cultural institutions and associations that contribute to promoting the Romanian culture by favoring access to a rich editorial offer. According to a press release of the Ministry of Culture, the minister noted this is also one of the special events that develops annually and attracts an increasing number of readers, especially because it is held around two most important national holidays – Independence Day and Romanian Language Day.

More than 50,000 volumes from the most important publishing houses of Romania and Moldova will be exhibited on 60 stands at the Bookfest International Book Fair during August 29 and September 2.

According to the organizers, Bookfest Chișinău 2018 will include book launches and exhibitions, meetings and autograph sessions with writers and people of culture, mind and interactive games, performances of music and literary events. There will be launched the campaign “Save the world by donating a book”.

Publishing houses from both sides of the Prut will donate about 3,000 books to Moldovan public libraries. This will be possible thanks to the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute and the Eudoxiu Hurmuzachi Institute for Romanians Everywhere.

The fair can be visited daily between 10am and 8pm until September 2. Entrance at the fair and the events that will be staged as part of this is free of charge.