Come on, let’s face it - no matter how much we like to roam the bookshops, picking through the titles and holding each one in our hands, nothing can take the place of the Istanbul International Book Fair or even get close to its atmosphere. At the Istanbul International Book Fair, you will find hundreds of publishers all in one place, and easily lay your hands on any book you want and even buy it at a discount; but that’s not all. You can also attend book-signing days with your favourite authors, listen to their talks and get to know them more closely, so you can better enjoy the real spirit of their works. The fair, which hosts successful authors not just from Turkey but from many other countries as well, takes place at the TÜYAP Fair and Congress Centre in Büyükçekmece. If you are a keen reader, you might want to take a suitcase with you, because you will most probably buy every book you can think of at the Thirty-Fifth Istanbul International Book Fair, then struggle to get them home. At this juncture, we’d like to point out that this will be the biggest, and most likely the only, problem you will come across. Hey, but the fair wouldn’t be the same without it!

The Istanbul International Book Fair is the perfect place to max out on books and for all the details please visit www.istanbulkitapfuari.com.