16 January 2026 - Consul General Racha Aribarg and officials of the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Chennai welcomed the Thai publishers' delegation participating in the Chennai International Book Fair 2026 (CIBF 2026), an international book fair for publishers, authors, and rights agents from around the world.
The event serves as a platform for B2B negotiations on buying and selling book rights, offering Thai publishers opportunities to translate Thai works into Tamil and access the vast book-reading market in South India, one of the world's largest. CIBF 2026 is being held from January 16-18, 2026, at the Kalaivanar Arangam Convention Centre in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.