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Geetanjali Shree's Hindi Novel 'Ret Samadhi' wins The International Booker Prize 2022 Renowned Novelist Geetanjali Shree's novel 'Ret-Samadhi' published by Rajkamal Prakashan has been selected for the International Booker Prize 2022. This…

International Booksellers Conference (May 16 – 17, 2022)

The first International Booksellers Conference was organised by the Sharjah Book Authority from May 16- 17, 2022 at the Sharjah Publishing City. It was a 2-day event, packed with keynote speakers, panel discussions, networking and…

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The Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival  The 13th Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival, 2022, is all set to open its gate after the pandemic. This year it is running from May 11-22, takes as its theme “Create Creativity”, and one of the…

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London Book Fair started with 500+ International Exhibitors The London Book Fair 2022 (5-7 April), this year started with figures that may surprise some world publishing professionals. Andy Ventris, the director of London Book Fair,…

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Seale Ballenger, new V-P of Publicity for Scholastic Seale Ballenger has been named vice president of publicity for Scholastic Trade Publishing, effective February 28. Ballenger will report to Erin Berger, senior VP of marketing for…

BolognaBookPlus announces programme of events for 2022 fair

BolognaBookPlus, the exhibit, conferences and training programme, aimed at the general trade publishing market, and soft launched in June 2021, announces its 2022 events line-up. Situated in the centre of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair,…

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The 15th edition of JLF will now begin on 5th March 2022 Teamwork Arts, the producer of the iconic Jaipur Literature Festival, rescheduled the Festival, which was previously scheduled for the end of January, the festival has now been…

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New Delhi World Book Fair 2022 postponed The New Delhi World Book Fair 2022, which was scheduled to be held from 08th-16th January 2022 at the new International Exhibition Centre at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi has been postponed. In view of…

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Not All Social Media Followers Are Potential Book Buyers A self titled book by Billie Eilish, one of the most famous pop stars in the world, with over 97 million followers on Instagram and another 6 million on Twitter has sold only 64,000…