Category: India
India – Germany will be the focus country at the 48th International Kolkata Book Fair
Kolkata is the biggest public-facing industry event in India, typically attracting footfall of over two million.
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India – Kalinga Literary Festival Book Awards Announces Longlisted Titles in English and Hindi
The festival is recognised as one of the largest literary events globally, attracting over half a million attendees over four days.
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India – Assam Book Fair Clocks 500,000 Visitors, $842,000 Sales
We are at the height of the South Asia book fair season, and India is wall-to-wall literary events as usual.
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India – Awards Ceremony at Chennai Book Fair Honours Literary and Publishing Achievements
The event highlighted the Muthamizharignar Kalaignar M Karunanidhi Porkizhi awards alongside the Booksellers’ and Publishers’ Association of South India (BAPASI) awards.
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Indian Comics Association Appoints Actress Ruhi Singh as Brand Ambassador
This is not just a matter grabbing a famous face to promote comics. Singh has genuine interest in the field.
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India – Pune Book Festival Statistics Questioned
“Achieving such sales would mean the Pune Book Festival has outperformed even the New Delhi World Book Fair and the International Kolkata Book Fair—events globally renowned for their scale and impact” – Pranav Gupta.
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India’s Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi Honoured with the 2024 Asom Prakashan Parishad Literary Award
Thongchi’s recognition by the Asom Prakashan Parishad highlights the rich tapestry of Indian literature and underscores the importance of regional literary contributions on the global stage.
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Indian Mangaka Aparna Chaurasia at Comic Con Delhi 2024
Growing Interest in Japanese and Korean Art Forms.
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India – 27th Kochi International Book Festival underway. 8th Kochi Literature Festival set for 4th-8th. 100,000 visitors expected
India remains, for TNPS, the most exciting publishing prospect on the planet.
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India’s Amdavad Book Fair morphs into the Ahmedabad International Book Festival
The choice of name, styling itself as a book festival rather than an international book fair suggests a pragmatic approach towards the event’s future, with focus on readers over rights and the industry’s needs.
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All India Gandhi Library project digitises 12,000 historical documents and recordings
In a country of 800 million internet users, getting historical documents digitised and online is essential not just for posterity by preserving valuable historical texts, but for the future of the country.
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India – Tamil children’s books to be translated to other Indian languages
India is at just 52% internet penetration, meaning around 630 million Indians have not yet begun using the internet. But that’s to miss the exciting point that anywhere between 750 million to 800 million Indians are already online.
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