Following reports in the New York Times and The Guardian on the filtering of LGBTQ+ related search results in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), affecting books among other products, Kristenn Einarsson, Chair of the IPA’s Freedom to Publish…

Sharjah Book Authority has announced that registration is open for the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) Publishers Conference 2022, which will take place in Sharjah (UAE) from October 30–November 1, 2022. A key event in the…

The Africa Publishing Innovation Fund (APIF) – a grant-giving program co-led by Dubai Cares, a UAE-based global philanthropic organization, and the International Publishers Association (IPA) – has selected five new projects across Africa to…

A new dual English and Sanskrit edition of Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote is finally completed and will be presented at the Instituto Cervantes in Delhi, after the original translation languished untouched for almost sixty years in a…

National Book Trust, India (Ministry of Education)recently organised the Shimla Book Fair in collaboration with Department of Language Art & Culture, Himachal Pradesh from June 25 to July 3, 2022 at the Gaiety Theatre and Padam Dev…

DC Books has recently released Tharakans Granthavari (The Chronicles of Tharakan) written by the JCB Prize winner Benyamin (Author of Jasmine Days).This book, its production and publication is a one of a kind endeavour. “While during our…

Digital Education adoption and growth have significantly increased in the last couple of years. In June 2022,PhysicsWallah a Noida-based was the 7th Edtech platform which entered the unicorn club. The others being Byju’s, Eruditus,…

The Prabha Khaitan Foundation and Zubaan have collaborated to bring feminist literature into the Indian languages. Generous support provided by the PK Foundation allows the Zubaan Trust (a not-for-profit NGO that works to document and…

The first literary event of Bonjour India, the Goncourt Choice of India Award, was held in New Delhi recently. The winner is Mohamed Mbougar Sarr for his book La plus secrète mémoire des hommes. The Goncourt Choice of India Award is an…