Book fairs are all about authors, new book launches and publishers exhibiting their ware! It is every book lover’s dream to attend these events. Thanks to the age of the Internet you can visit them virtually and get all the updates! I wanted to share the highlights of the London Book Fair that was held on 21st and 22nd April 2009 as the focus was on India and Indian authors. Here are some interesting snippets to feed the curiosity of the budding author in you!
The London Book Fair hosted over 40 Indian authors this year and there were over 30 events around the Indian publishing industry! Check out this link: http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/page.cfm/Link=344/t=m/goSection=30
You will even see the names of the all the Indian authors who attended the Fair– please note – I said Indian authors – meaning people who have a published book in their name!
Folks, what are you waiting for? Now is the time to get started on that book of yours! Test your ideas by publishing your first works as eBooks on Chillibreeze and get feedback from your peers, before you launch yourself on a more ambitious project.
The world seems to be ready to read the works of Indian authors –including those of newbie writers’. A write-up on the Fair in The Hindu dated 5th May highlighted the fact that works of new Indian writers are as much in demand as those of established ones’. “In the West, we continue to associate Indian writing with Amitav Ghosh and Arundhati Roy. It’s nice to learn about contemporary writers who haven’t yet found a readership here,” Read the complete text here: http://www.hindu.com/lr/2009/05/03/stories/2009050350100300.htm
Works written in English and those translated from other Indian languages were showcased at the Fair and generated a lot of interest. Future of children’s writing in India was debated too and the conclusion, as per the Hindu report was that – a dearth of children’s authors, budgetary constraints and inability of children’s books to be seen as marketable commodities has prevented the growth of this segment of the literary industry” (refer to the link above)
This news seemed a bit surprising to me as I thought that India was the land of story telling and folk tales! The varied cultures, beliefs, languages and regions are a breeding ground for stories, aren’t they? Your thoughts? Would you like to work with us in compiling an eBook of short stories for children? Would you like to share some of the exciting stories you had heard as kids from your grandmom? It will be great if a group of writers and illustrators could get together and write an eBook for kids collaboratively. We will provide all the support you need. Look forward to hearing from you!
Vilasini Kumar
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