November December 2025

EDITORIAL Technology: Reimagining The Reading, Learning And Publishing Experience! PUBLISHING NEWS FACE-TO-FACE Bridging Cultures Through “The Future Of Books” Championing Freedom Of Expression: Inside Ipa’s New Defender Award K12…

BolognaBookPlus, the ever-growing general trade professional exhibition and programme that takes place alongside the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, will return from April 13-16, 2026 with a year-on-year expanded offering, fresh initiatives…

The three-day conference (2-4 November, 2026) had 1,500 publishers from 116 countries. The 31 roundtables innovatively curated and led by industry experts addressed different strategies, ideas, implementation to embrace excellence.

Modern Indian authors, while experimenting with form and thought, continue to draw consciously and often subconsciously from these classical granthas and oral traditions. To explore this remarkable continuity, Smita Dwivedi spoke to five…

With a legacy spanning more than five decades, Amar Chitra Katha has introduced generations of children to India’s vast cultural, mythological, and contemporary narrative worlds. In this insightful conversation, she reflects on the evolving…

In the presence of Her Highness Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), global icon Will Smith received a rapturous welcome as he took the stage for a sold-out conversation titled “The Power of…

Over 1.4 million visitors from 206 countries attended the 12-day Sharjah International Book Fair, with 2,350 publishers from 118 countries.

In a world where scrolling often wins over storytelling, Ink An Epic is on a mission to bring readers, especially younger ones, back to the magic of books. Ink An Epic transforms manuscripts into immersive, richly illustrated graphic…

In an industry long shaped by intermediaries, delayed payments, and opaque reader data, STCK is positioning itself as a transformative force for Indian publishing. Helmed by Co-Founders Ritesh Mehta and Samir Patil, the platform is…

Brooke Dobson, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Shimmr AI shares her views on AI for Book Marketing 2.0—what’s real, what works, and how to put it to work for your lists, large or small.