India’s Pratham Books “Doubles the Fun” as it marks International Literacy Day with its annual One Day, One Story event
September 8 is International Literacy Day, and around the world events are happening to mark the...
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Category: Indigenous Languages
India’s StoryWeaver introduces first comic book as platform exceeds 15,000 titles in 200 languages
Part of India’s Pratham Books, StoryWeaver is the largest of a number of open-source platforms...
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New award announced for authors writing in te reo Māori
Appropriately in this UNESCO Year of Indigenous Languages, the Storyines Children’s Literature...
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IPA and Dubai Cares sign MoU to support African publishing, committing $800k over four years
Dubai Cares will be no stranger to those that follow global education initiatives. Part of the...
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“Reaching the World Book Market through Effective Book Distribution Networks” is the Ghana International Book Fair’s 2019 theme as Google opens an AI facility in Accra
Global publishing is a holistic affair and increasingly tech-driven at every level. The news that...
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StreetLib partners with Storyweaver to globally distribute 5,000 free multilingual stories in UNESCO’s Year of Indigenous Languages
Italy-based digital books distributor and publishing facilitator StreetLib has partnered with...
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StreetLib publishing portals now reach half the world. Makes a $5 bn African publishing market valuation for 2025
Italy-based digital books distributor and publishing facilitator StreetLib has completed the...
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Tanzania’s 2018 Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature sets the scene for the Kenya Swahili Literary Festival
Weeks before the first ever Swahili Literary Festival kicks off in Kenya in the first days of...
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StreetLib completes January tranche of global expansion. 21 countries on 6 continents
When StreetLib launched The New Publishing Standard in September 2017 we made clear the function...
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At Zee Jaipur Lit Fest French Ambassador awards Romain Rolland Prize for translation from French to Indian local languages
In our Anglophone-centric publishing world it’s easy to lose sight of the bigger picture of the...
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