World Book Fair 2025; Dates, timings, tickets, and all you need to know

Every year around February, Bibliophiles all over India, especially Delhi, have a moment of delight as the World Book Fair commences. It is like paradise for book lovers, art enthusiasts, authors, and people interested in collecting books.
In 2025, the World Book Fair starts on February 1, Saturday, and will go on till Sunday, February 9, 2025. And like the last few years, the World Book Fair will be in Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
The World Book Fair is organised every year by National Book Trust, India, under the Ministry of Education, and every year there is a certain theme to the event.

The New Delhi World Book Fair 2025 has a theme that coincides with India’s year as a republic. The theme for the 2024 Book Fair was ‘Multi-lingual India; A Living Tradition’, and this year it is ‘Republic@75’. The theme is an honour to India’s journey as a Republic since 1950, and one can expect to see stalls and pavilions forwarding the message.

Tickets for the Book Fair can be purchased both online and offline at the location and at select metro stations. The ticket prices are budget-friendly and affordable, and there are also discounts for children, students, and more.
To purchase the ticket online, it can be done through the website of National Book Trust and the tickets are usually available online a day or two before the event and on the day of the event. Or there are offline tickets in major metro stations, especially on Supreme Court metro station which is the nearest to Bharat Mandapam.

Every year the New Delhi World Book Fair brings together people who love, breathe, and read books. There are stalls by different authors, and publishers, and there are book reading sessions, author-connect events, and also cultural programmes for young children and adults to keep everyone engaged and entertained.
At the Book Fair, one can expect to meet their favourite authors, especially in the initial days of the fair, and there can also be exclusive book signings in the different booths present.
In the stalls and pavilions you will also find books, brand new and old, and in some of the best prints. There are elaborate hardcovers, beautiful to look at, and also affordable paperbacks for books you have been trying to get your hands on for months. From new-releases to Classics of the century, in the New Delhi World Book Fair one can find it all.