March April 22

Scheduled from March 5-14 2022, the Jaipur Literature Festival will bring a brilliant line-up of sessions on climate change and environment as well. As climate change continues to be the centre of multiple debates and policies, the Festival…

National Book Trust, India recently organised an interactive session on ‘Importance of Creating an inclusive Reading Society’ in collaboration with Hansraj College, Delhi University. A Reading Corner was set up by NBT, India in the college…

Penguin Random House India has acquired two new titles by award-winning writer and filmmaker Satyajit Ray. These previously unpublished titles by artiste extraordinaire will be released under the aegis of The Penguin Ray Library from 2023…

The 45th edition of the Chennai Book Fair, organized by the Booksellers and Publishers Association of South India (BAPASI), has successfully being held at YMCA Grounds in Nandanam, Chennai from February 16- March 6, 2022. The book fair was…

The British Council and the Art X Company have released ‘India Literature and Publishing Sector Study’, a pioneering primary research project aimed at understanding the challenges faced by Indian publishers, agents, authors, translators,…

In a surprise move, Amazon has announced the closure of Indian publishing company Westland Books, which it had acquired from Trent Limited, a subsidiary of the Tata Group in 2016. Westland has Context, Tranquebar, Eka (for non-English…

Waterstones have acquired Blackwell’s, an iconic academic and specialist bookseller in the UK. This follows the acquisition of the Foyles bookshops in September 2018. James Daunt, Waterstones’ Managing Director, said, “Blackwell’s and…

In its efforts to step up India play and accelerate its growth plans as the global digital powerhouse of learning, Pearson India has announced Bollywood youth icon and superstar, Vicky Kaushal as its new Brand Ambassador. India is a…

The International Publishers Association created the IPA Academy to support publishers and their associations as they adapt to commercial changes catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic.Today, success for publishers depends on being comfortable…

On 24 February 2022, at 5 am the armed forces of the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine, launching a full-scale invasion on our country. This is a war of a scale unseen in Europe since 1945, and the whole world is watching it happen. We…