TEHRAN -- A total of 55 publishers from Britain, the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, and India have so far announced readiness to participate in the 5th Tabriz International Book Fair.

The 5th Tabriz International Book Fair will be held from October 25 to 30 at the Tabriz Permanent Fairground.
The executive manager of the fair Mohammad Mohammadpur said that as registration is still in progress the number of Iranian and foreign publishers participating will have increased by the time the fair takes place.
Mohammadpur went on to say that several publishers from Syria and Lebanon will probably be participating in this year’s event.
He continued that so far 850 Iranian publishers have applied to exhibit their books in the fair and that this number will increase