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November 2014

News & Reviews

Enjoyable horror ride! Book: Horrid High Author: Payal Kapadia Publisher: Puffin (Pp 315, Rs 299) Everyone loves to cherish their childhood especially one’s school days. But author Payal Kapadia talks about a school that no one would want…

Pune International Literary Festival

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…

Frankfurt Book Fair

– a fertile ground for new ideas and business deals! From October 8 to 12, 2014, the book industry met in Frankfurt for the 66th time. Over 7,000 exhibitors, 2,70,000 visitors and 9,000 journalists and bloggers were present at the biggest…

Towards a truly international NDWBF

An out-of-the-box feedback session – Publishers' Meet was held by National Book Trust, India to make New Delhi World Book Fair (NDWBF) 2015 an even better show! Over 70 people from the publishing industry participated and brainstormed on…

Publicon 2014 – publishing across platforms

The digital revolution has brought a number of changes in the world of publishing. It has not only revolutionised the publishing process, but has also brought new models of book distribution and new platforms to read and interact with the…

Delhi Book Store

–a unique paradise of valuable books Books give us knowledge, books give us light, books build our career and books give us strength to fight. In fact nothing can or should replace the book, neither the internet nor any other popular…

London Book Fair 2015

gears up for a wonderful show! Consumer engagement takes centre stage as Publishing for Digital Minds names 2015 conference chairs - Unbound co-founder and QI creator John Mitchinson and HarperCollins’ head of events Sam Missingham. The…

Events galore@Sahitya Akademi

Sahitya Akademi is working diligently to promote Indian literature and they are leaving no stone unturned. They recently signed an MoU with DMRC to offer their books at Delhi Metro stations. An update. Sahitya Akademi signs MoU with Delhi…

Training programme for young professionals

–A unique training initiative by German Book Office GBO New Delhi is set to launch a programme for young professionals in publishing that will show them what they need to know in order to stay abreast with the requisite skills in the age of…