Monthly Archives

June 2014

Practise makes a writer perfect: Anand Neelakantan

Growing up in a village in Cochin with more temples than was necessary, it was no wonder that the Ramayana fascinated him. Ironically, he was drawn to the anti-hero of the epic – Ravana, and to his people, the Asuras, and that became the…

Let’s go ‘Bonkers!’

Indian book Bonkers! has recently won the 2014 Crystal Kite Award. Here, we met with the author Natasha Sharma and the illustrator Deepti Sunder to know more about the book that has created waves in the children world. Bonkers!, published…

Kids hooked to books for a day at Friends Club

Friends Club, Friends Colony (West), New Delhi, in association with All About Book Publishing, recently organised a Children’s Books Day, a library event for children (4-14 years). This fun-filled event for children and their parents aimed…

Helping children read and learn at ease!

–Apple Publishing celebrates 12 years of excellence! Apple Publishing International (P) Ltd is celebrating the 12th year of excellence in the field of publishing for children. The publishing house is firm in their policy of publishing and…

“Books teleport a child to fantasy land”

shares the dynamic and successful children illustrator Nancy Raj. Nancy Raj graduated with a master’s degree in Fine Arts and specialization in Graphic Design from Stella Maris College, Chennai. She has been in the field of illustrations…

Inside an author’s mind – Dr Ira Saxena

How does an author thinks? Is he/she different from us? Does he/she faces day-to-day challenges like us? Here Dr Ira Saxena, popular child psychologist and a well-known children author, discusses her journey as an author, her triumphs and…

News & Reviews

Book aimed at healthy children! Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, has acquired worldwide rights to publish a new baseball-themed book series by Major League Baseball first baseman Ryan Howard and his…

DBS: books galore!

With more than 2,00,000 titles under one roof, Delhi Book Store has been the number one choice for book lovers for more than five decades. Their publishing wing DBS Imprints has also created ripples. Here’s more on this book lovers’…

New Saraswati House: another feather added to S. Chand Group

Mergers and acquisitions seem to be a buzzword in the publishing industry. More recently, a major acquisition has been that of Saraswati House by a major conglomerate – S. Chand Group. Here, Varsha Verma talks to Shammi Manik — business…

Preserving culture through literature… academies in Delhi

With a view to promote and revive consciousness about different languages, culture and literature, various academies were set up in Delhi and they all are doing commendable job. Here Smita Dwivedi brings a brief about Punjabi Academy, Urdu…