The 32nd Chennai Book Fair was inaugurated at St George's Anglo-Indian School, Poonamallee High Road, Chennai, by former President of India Abdul Kalam on 8 January 2009.
and lasted ten days.
The 2009 edition had over 600 stalls and was attended by over one million people, amongst whom were Chennai historian S. Muthiah, businessman Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti and Gnani.
Second-hand pavement shops outside the fair also did a good business.
Book publishers made a cumulative sale of approximately ₹ 70 million.

The 14-day fair was held at St. George's Anglo Indian School on Poonamallee High Road.
The fair included 646 stalls, spread over 1.5 lakh sq.ft.
Over 1 million titles were on sale.
Book publishers from New Delhi, Agra, Hyderabad, Bangalore and various parts of Tamil Nadu participated in the fair.

The 36th Chennai Book Fair was held between 11 and 23 January 2013, at YMCA Physical Education College Ground, Nandanam due to the construction of CMRL (Chennai Metro Rail) at E.V.R Periyar Salai.
It had 747 stalls in a 180,000-square-foot area, with 450 participants and 1 million titles.

The 39th edition of Chennai Book Fair was not conducted in January 2016 due to the flood happened in Dec 2015.
The planned venue (Y.M.C.A, Nandanam) was still inundated during the last weeks of December and the organisers did not have enough time to replan the venue to keep up with the schedule.
Many book sellers and distributors got affected as their valuable stocks were damaged in the floods.
The local publishers suffered a loss of approximately Rs.
25 crore.
The Book Fair was postponed initially to April 2016 and then rescheduled to 1–13 June 2016.
A book fair was however held between 13–24 January 2016 at Y.M.C.A Royapettah organised by Tamil Nadu Book Sales and Promotions Association with 225 stalls.
The 32nd Chennai Book Fair was inaugurated at St George's Anglo-Indian School, Poonamallee High Road, Chennai, by former President of India Abdul Kalam on 8 January 2009. and lasted ten days. The 2009 edition had over 600 stalls and was attended by over one million people, amongst whom were Chennai historian S. Muthiah, businessman Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti and Gnani. Second-hand pavement shops outside the fair also did a good business. Book publishers made a cumulative sale of approximately ₹ 70 million.
The 14-day fair was held at St. George's Anglo Indian School on Poonamallee High Road. The fair included 646 stalls, spread over 1.5 lakh sq.ft. Over 1 million titles were on sale. Book publishers from New Delhi, Agra, Hyderabad, Bangalore and various parts of Tamil Nadu participated in the fair.
The 36th Chennai Book Fair was held between 11 and 23 January 2013, at YMCA Physical Education College Ground, Nandanam due to the construction of CMRL (Chennai Metro Rail) at E.V.R Periyar Salai. It had 747 stalls in a 180,000-square-foot area, with 450 participants and 1 million titles.
The 39th edition of Chennai Book Fair was not conducted in January 2016 due to the flood happened in Dec 2015. The planned venue (Y.M.C.A, Nandanam) was still inundated during the last weeks of December and the organisers did not have enough time to replan the venue to keep up with the schedule. Many book sellers and distributors got affected as their valuable stocks were damaged in the floods. The local publishers suffered a loss of approximately Rs. 25 crore. The Book Fair was postponed initially to April 2016 and then rescheduled to 1–13 June 2016. A book fair was however held between 13–24 January 2016 at Y.M.C.A Royapettah organised by Tamil Nadu Book Sales and Promotions Association with 225 stalls.
Chennai Book Fair