Among the many promising books featured in this year's Ekushey Boi Mela, the third and fourth books from the 'Metropolitan Golpo Guchcho,' series, compiled by writer Sharjil Khan, are quite popular. This year, the short stories that make up the series, were selected from the works of young previously unpublished writers who submitted their stories for a competition advertised in Somewhereinblog.net. “We chose the best out of the stories we received and the writers were given awards along with being published,” says Sharjil Khan. “Among them was Zeeshan Mahmud who received the award for the best story. The books have no particular theme and incorporate stories from all genres- horror, science fiction, romance etc,” he elaborates. “Books 3 and 4 that have come out in this year's Ekushey Boi Mela have been published by Borshadupur Publication.”

Sharjil Khan has been a published author since 2013 and this year his horror novel 'Otrishsho' has been featured in the Boi Mela among a few others. “I have been looking forward to a few books by my fellow authors this year, A.P. Mahmud's 'Dhongsho,' Maruf Rahman's 'Laboni,' and Asif Mehedi's 'Maya,' are some of them.” he informs us.