A press conference was held regarding the 8th Baku International Book Fair.

APA informs that Akif Marifli, Director of the Book Circulation and Publishing Department of the Ministry of Culture, and Farid Mammadov, representative of the CEO, answered journalists' questions at the press conference.

Akif Marifli, who gave information about the exhibition, pointed out that this year's exhibition will be held in a wider format: the exhibition is dedicated to the "Year of Glass" and more than 200 new books will be presented at the exhibition.

The representative of the ministry spoke about the invited guests: "40 publishing houses from Turkey, 4 from Russia, 4 from Iran and Uzbekistan have also been invited. In total, 109 publishing houses are expected to participate."

In response to APA's question, Akif Marifli said that quite famous guests from Turkey and other countries were invited: "Among the guests, there are famous faces such as Ilber Ortaylı, Fatih Erdoğan, Khasiyet Rüstem. We would certainly like to see Orhan Pamuk at the exhibition. But sometimes it happens that the time of the exhibition does not coincide with the time of the author".