DC Book's 10,000 book release on Aug 12

DC Books would release its 10,000th book Dinantham (End of the day) at a function in Thrissur on August 12, its Chief Executive Officer, Ravi Kizhakemuri said on August 6.

Speaking to reporters here, he said the book would be released as part of the publication house's 36th anniversary celebrations. A 11-day book fair would be held here as part of the celebrations from Aug 12, he said. Former Chief Election Commissioner, Navin Chawla would deliver the 12th memorial lecture on D C Kizhakemuri, founder of South India's largest Book store chain, on Aug 12 here, he said.

'Dinantham' is an anthology by poet and film lyricist O N V Kurup and would be released by noted literateur Dr Sukumar Azhikode. Over 300 reputed national and international publishers would participate in the event, which would feature daily entertainment shows, book releases and informative programmes, he added.

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Reading makes their life bearable

Most of the nearly 800 convicts of the Central Prison at Viyyur, near here, are not book lovers. Nor are they in the habit of reading.

In fact, with the criminal background, till they had landed behind the bars, they were allergic to books and reading. But the confinement in the prison had attracted many of the prisoners to the world of reading.
Now many of the prisoners here are regular visitors of the jail library, housed in a separate building in the jail compound.

Ramu (name changed), a prisoner undergoing life term, said he enjoyed reading novels."Now, I spent my entire free time reading the books borrowed from the library.

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