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tells Manu S Pillai, who is the author of the award-winning book The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of the House of Travancore (HarperCollins India, 2015), Rebel Sultans: The Deccan from Khilji to Shivaji (Juggernaut, 2018), and most recently The…

Promote Reading in Times of PANDEMIC Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle- offer entire catalogue free Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle are offering their entire catalogue free, till March 31st to help with social distancing. Here are the links: Amar…

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While it may sound unseemly to benefit from COVID, we (Hachette) had a rather bizarre but short lived upswing from having the three Coronavirus books that went viral (pun unintended), supposedly being prescient about the Coronavirus. First…

In the book publishing industry, Delhi Book Store is a preeminent and prominent icon for the last seven decades. In the academic world, there will hardly be anyone who has not heard their name. More recently, they have been awarded by the…

The week-long Annual Festival of Letters held from March 09-14 at Sahitya Akademi witnessed an inspiring participation from more than 170 writers and scholars from across India. They all converged at the annual festival of Sahitya Akademi…

-IRRO and FIP hold an interactive seminar On the side lines of NDWBF an interactive seminar was organised which was attended by industry professionals and addressed by eminent speakers. Speaking on the occasion, Aparna Sharma, director…

World’s largest free literary festival Electric sessions with Dr APJ Abdul Kalam and Sir VS Naipaul rocked the festival on the fourth day. Besides, there was a 40 percent increase in students visiting the Festival, with average age of…

–Interesting sessions and display of books were well received by all After the resounding success of the debut Friends Club Book Event in April 2014, the 2nd Friends Club Book Fest was organised from December 6-7, 2014 in the lawns of the…

Despite being named as the ‘Oxford of the East’ and an educational hub, Pune entered the literary festival scene this year behind the famous Jaipur and Goa fests. The Pune International Literary Festival is the brainchild of Dr Manjiri…