chennai a stall with books in braille a theme celebrating an issue every day and a space which allows readers to meet their favourite authors the 39th chennai book fair which begins on june 1 is all set to get more inclusive and excitingthis year the focus isnt merely on books we have made it more interactive says gandhi kannadhasan president of the book publishers and sellers association of india bapasi organisers of the eventthe fair with more than 700 stalls will have a dedicated stall for blind people for the first time everything from epics to childrens literature and academic text books will be available this is probably the first time that an exclusive book stall for the blind people is being put up by the association says v sankaranarayana vicepresident of bapasimaduraibased indian institute for the blind iab which has one of the biggest braille printers in the state is exhibiting the books with the demand for braille books going up and supply being restricted to libraries the idea for the stall is to help blind people get access to more books we can print any book and deliver it if a special request is made a wide variety of books in audio format will also be available at the stall said s nagasundari programme managerthe floods may have delayed the fair but the organisers are expecting the usual rush with at least 10 lakh visitors from celebrating women to entertaining children each day will have something for everyone one of the days is dedicated to children when publishers will prominently display childrens books elocution and essay competitions are also lined up says kannadhasan the expected footfall is around 10 lakh the fair will also make way for readers to interact with their favourite authors some of the writers would be poet sukir tharani rajathi salma and a r venkatachalapathy says kannan of kalachuvadu publications which will have one of the biggest stalls in the fair with nearly 600 titles on displaythe exhibition will also have stalls by harper collins and penguin books among 200 other english publishers those tempted to sign up for a library membership can go to the british councils stall the fair will also have writers from singapore along with the members of the national arts council as the guest of honour for the eventthe book fair is from june 1 to 13 at the island grounds anna salai