Publishing News [National]

The 2024 Neev Book Award was presented to Andaleeb Wajid for her book, The Henna Start-Up, published by Duckbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House India at the Neev Literature Festival in Bangalore. The Neev Book Award (NBA) for…

The Federation of Indian Publishers (FIP) successfully conducted its 50th Annual General Meeting (AGM) recently. The event was honoured by the presence of the Chief Guest, Dr K. Sreenivasarao, Secretary of the Sahitya Akademi, a…

FICCI in partnership with Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) is inviting entries for the FICCI – SIBF Rights Catalogue of Indian Writing. Sharjah International Book Fair is scheduled between 6-17th November 2024 in Sharjah, UAE. FICCI -…

National Book Trust, India celebrated National Reading Day across the country in remembrance of P.N. Panicker, the father of India’s library movement. On this occasion, creative reading activities were organized for children, teachers,…

Organised by NBT, India, Chinar Book Festival was successfully held from August 17- 25 at SKICC on the banks of Dal Lake. The festival offered a rare opportunity for writers, poets and artists to engage with like-minded people outside the…

The Federation of Publishers & Booksellers Associations in India (FPBAI) recently organised a Masterclass on Book Marketing at India International Centre, New Delhi, which was inaugurated by Yuvraj Malik, Director, National Book Trust,…

Deepak Kumbhat has taken over as new Managing Director (Country Head) of Thieme India. He joins Thieme from Ramboll, a Danish consulting firm. In his new role, Deepak will particularly focus on the further development of the captive…

Balani Infotech has recently released two new tools: imagetwin, an image plagiarism detection tool and All That Stats macroeconomic data and statistical time-series platform. “In our constant endeavour to serve our user community more…

The Delhi launch of the recent Pickle Yolk Books title MOMMIES, written by Richa Jha, illustrated by Priya Sebastian and edited by Archana Atri, saw a most wholesome conversation on the multiple narratives around motherhood on July 22 at…

Pratham Books is publishing five books authored by Nobel laureate Esther Duflo and illustrated by Cheyenne Oliver. Esther Duflo has been associated with Pratham Books for an extended period. Notably, upon receiving the Nobel Prize alongside…