Category: South Asia
Bangladesh Amar Ekushey Boi Mela now set for late February-early March
Ramadan is due to start mid-April, and after that the rains will be underway… But at the same time...
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India: 39th Agartala Book Fair to be held in Tripura in February as Kolkata Int. Book Fair delayed until June
A June Kolkata fair pre-supposes the pandemic will be under a semblance of control by then, but as...
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Big Bad Wolf Myanmar starts its online mega-sale of English-language books. Publishers look the other way
For both domestic and international publishers the event is a watershed moment, adding Myanmar to...
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India’s Kolkata International Book Fair now most likely for June, but the only guarantee seems to be there won’t be an online event in lieu
In a country of 560 million internet users that ought to come as a surprise, but sadly does not....
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Amar Ekushey Boi Mela pivots to digital and back to in-person in the space of a week amid publisher objections. Bangladeshi consumers pay the price
To state that “A virtual book fair can never be an alternative to our historic tradition” is to...
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New publishing house in Pakistan aims to deliver “world-class” but locally-affordable and Pak-orientated textbooks and fiction
World class books, local content is the them behind the launch of a new publishing house in...
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Bangladesh: 91st birthday of poet Shamsur Rahman
A key figure in Bengali literature from the latter half of the 20th century, Rahman was regarded...
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Sri Lanka Govt. said Colombo Int. Book Fair can go ahead, then advised the public not to attend, leaving event and exhibitors facing losses
This year’s Colombo International Book Fair faces close scrutiny from health authorities to ensure...
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Sri Lanka’s Colombo International Book Fair bucks the trend and will be in-person from September 18, but at what cost?
While Big bad Wolf opted out of an in-person event for Sri Lanka this year and prepares an online...
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In Bangladesh bookstores face ruin amid the pandemic. But with 5 ebook stores, myriad online book stores, and 96 million internet users, all is not lost
With internet penetration at just 58% digital might seem like a no-hope option right now, but...
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Iran’s Tehran International Book Fair cancelled for 2020
Originally scheduled for April, it was announced in February that the 2020 Tehran International...
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Mapping the new normal: India ebook and audiobook consumption up 50%. 6/10 booklovers expect to buy from bricks & mortar stores. 7/10 will buy online – Nielsen
20% of respondents are reading more print, while 50% are consuming more digital books, with women...
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