Posts Tagged ‘ London Book Fair ’

Eastern promise

Apr 17th, 2009 | By Leonard Fernandes | Category: Blogs & Articles

Source: thebookseller.com
Of course, the effect Indian writers have on the UK is not the main reason for India being fêted at LBF. The subcontinent is one of the fastest growing publishing markets in the world, particularly for English-language books. For British publishers in 2007, the country was the 18th most important export market. The amount [...]



Pride of place for vernacular Indian writing at London Book Fair

Mar 6th, 2009 | By Leonard Fernandes | Category: News

Source: http://www.newspostonline.com
The London Book Fair, which is focussing on India as an emerging market and literary hub this year, will take a look at not only English writing from the south Asian nation but also other vernacular languages, said Alistair Burtenshaw, group exhibition director of the event.
The April 20-22 fair will also introduce new Indian writers [...]



India focus at London Book Fair

Mar 2nd, 2009 | By Leonard Fernandes | Category: News

Source: http://bookwiseindia.blogspot.com
More than 45 leading Indian writers, translators, critics, academics and industry professionals will be coming to the London Book Fair, to take part in a varied programme of events based on themes of cultural and linguistic diversity, designed to enable better market understanding through contemporary literature between India and the UK. This is the first [...]