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Visit To KL International Book Fair 2010!
Apr 2nd
Went to the Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair 2010 with my wife last Saturday. The book fair was amazing. It was huge.
All the big book publisher was there and there’s lots of great offer as well.
The Journey
We took the train at 11.40 am after more that 30 minutes waiting for it. While waiting for the train, I saw this writing on at the stairs. No wonder people don’t want to take the public transport. I think they need to upgrade it first before campaigning it to the public.
The Book Fair
We reached Putra station around 1 pm. There was lots of bus from some schools and maktab perguruan that was there for the book fair as well. There was 4 main hall plus 1 for Karangkraf and some at the front area that I don’t know what it is called. Anyway, the big publishers that were there, was Karangkraf (just imagine, 1 hall for themselves), Telaga Biru, Utusan and Grolier. I’ve registered as a StormReader member (under Telaga Biru) checkout my e-store.
When we reached there, we’re unsure to which hall that we want to go first so we decided to go to Hall 3. The deals was awesome, you can get up to 30% (if you’re a student) discount. Bought few books from here and continue our journey to Hall 2. In this hall, they have few big publication such as PTS, Grolier and Al-Hidayah. Los Copaque was there too and I took Upin & Ipin’s pictures for my son.
Below are some of the photos during the book fair.
Karangkraf Book Fair
It was nice that Karangkraf have their own hall for themselves. It was super packed. It was crazy… The best about the Karangkraf Hall is that they have their novel writers signing autograph for the fan and even Sheila Rusli was there to sign autograph for her recipe book’s fan. Below are some of the shot that was taken at the Karangkraf Book fair.
Even my wife bought the recipe book written by Sheila Rusli and asked her to sign an autograph.
Summary
The largest book fair that I’ve ever went. It was worth it. If I got more budget for the book fair, for sure I will buy more books.
The only issue that there isn’t much signage to direct people which way or where they should go or move. Sometimes, all of a sudden there’s someone restricting you from walking to certain area which we as a visitor didn’t know about because there’s no signage. Hope that they can improve on that.
Now, have to start reading the books….
KL International Book Fair 2009!
Apr 18th
Again, Putra World Trade Center will held another big event that is KL International Book Fair 2009. Organized by the Ministry of Education, Malaysia it is one of the biggest book fair in Malaysia.

I’m not sure whether I will be able to make it and do I have the cash for the event (I mean to buy the books and stuff…) Need to use a lot of money next month for my son’s “kenduri”. Anyway, I’ve never been to the KL International Book Fair but I went to the Bookfest@Malaysia at Kuala Lumpur Convention Center (KLCC) that is because KLCC is very close to my work place.
Below are the event details:
Date: 17th – 26th April 2009
Mon – Thurs: 10.00AM to 8.00PM
Fri – Sun & Public holidays: 10.00AM to 9.00PM
Venue: Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
All the book lovers will love this event and would not miss it. This is the 28th time that this event is held and it is one of the largest book fair in Malaysia. The admission is FREE.
Here are some of the highlights of the event:
17th April:
- Launch of a new product by Dr. Fazley. (3.00 pm until 5.00 pm)
- Dialogue ‘Marketing Your book In Frankfurt Book Fair’ By Mr Peter Ripken, Frankfurt Book Fair (3.30pm until 5.30 pm).
18th April:
- Opening Ceremony of KL International Book Fair 2009 (10.00 am until 12.00 pm)
- Launching of the latest books by celebrities. (12.00 pm until 2.00 pm)
- Launching of the latest books from Berita Publishing. (12.00 pm until 2.00 pm)
- PENA Short Film Awards (3.00 pm until 7.00 pm)
There are more activities that are conducted through out with the event.
Please leave some comment of this event or the event before.



