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The major representatives of authors and publishers around the world, IAF, IPA and STM, and IFRRO, representing the collective management organisations in the text and image-based sector worldwide, are asking South Africa President Cyril…

2024 is the year of the 61st edition of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF). BCBF is due to take place at BolognaFiere from 8 to 11 April 2024 together with its “sister” events BolognaBookPlus(BBPlus), the extension dedicated to…

Marking the 10th anniversary of the Publishing Next Industry Awards (PNIA), the winners in 11 categories of the prizes that recognise excellence in Indian publishing have been announced. Kalachuvadu Publications has won ‘Publisher of the…

Sahitya Akademi hosted its annual Festival of Letters as Sahitya Akademi completes 70 glorious years of fostering literary excellence and preserving the rich tapestry of Indian languages and literature. According to Dr. K. Sreenivasrao,…

INDIA has been designated as the Guest of Honour Country at Tehran International Book Fair, Iran (May 8–18, 2024). National Book Trust, India (under Ministry of Education, Govt. of India) is the nodal agency coordinating the Guest of Honour…

Continuing its mandate to promote Indian publishing industry and Indian publishers at various international book fairs across the world, the INDIA Stand was put up at London Book Fair 2024 (March 12-14) by NBT-India showcasing more than 500…

The shortlist for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize has been revealed today, featuring six extraordinary, emerging voices whose writing plays with formal inventiveness to explore the timeless themes of grief, identity and family.…

Rana Mitter OBE FBA, the celebrated Harvard-based historian of modern China, will chair the jury for the 2024 Cundill History Prize. A juror in 2017 and 2019, Mitter is ST Lee Chair in US-Asia Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School and the…

New Delhi World Book Fair (NDWBF) was successfully held from February 10-18, 2024,attracting more than 1000 publishers from India and abroad. The fairgrounds were brimming with over Fifteen lakh visitors and book lovers browsing books,…

FICCI recently organized the seminar “Unleashing the Potential of Libraries: Role of Publishers”, which explored the opportunities for both Libraries and Publishers to mutually leverage respective strengths. Here the Publishing Committee,…