The event is being organised on Saturday, May 13 in celebration of Mother’s Day, at The Bookworm located in Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed Park in Gulshan 2.

Last week, one of Dhaka’s oldest bookstores announced that they will be closing shop after running for 60 years

Zeenat Book Supply, a New Market staple for book lovers since 1963, will close shop on May 1, 2023. 

On Saturday, March 18, UPL will inaugurate its new sales centre in Chittagong at Jamal Khan Road’s Sanmar Spring Garden.

“The books launched and discussed at the Dhaka Lit Fest are on their way”, store owner Amina Rahman informed Daily Star Books.

This year a ticketing system was imposed. As such, sales were lower than expected.

Spectacular is the bookstore in Buenos Aires El Ateneo Grand Splendid; a former opera house built in 1903 and now shelved with books in a massive remodelling exercise.

For avid readers, bookshops hold a special place in their lives.