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Publishing Next Industry Awards 2023: Awards Shortlist

Here are the shortlists for various categories of the Publishing Next Industry Awards 2023.

The winners will be declared here on 30th March 2024.

Editor of the Year

In alphabetical order:

  • Dibakar Ghose: Endorsed by Rupa Publications
  • Ishita Gupta: Endorsed by Yoda Press
  • Moutushi Mukherjee: Endorsed by Penguin Random House India
  • Sakshi Sharma: Endorsed by Scholastic India
  • Sayantan Ghosh: Endorsed by Simon & Schuster India

Illustrator of the Year

In alphabetical order:

  • Pankaj Saikia: Endorsed by Pratham Books
  • Rohan Dahotre: Endorsed by Pratham Books
  • Shubham Lakhera: Endorsed by Room to Read India
  • Sucharita Sengupta Suri: Endorsed by HarperCollins Publishers India
  • Suha Riyaz Khopatkar: Endorsed by People Place Project

 

Book Cover of the Year (Children's Books)

In alphabetical order, the cover of:

  • Abanindranath’s House of Stories, designed by Rohina Thapar
  • Dungeon Tales -II: Badmash Badshah, designed by Ishan Trivedi
  • Gubbare, designed by Shubham Lakhera
  • The Enchanted Cottage, designed by Sucharita Sengupta Suri
  • The Vanguards of Azad Hind, designed by Mohith O

Book Cover of the Year (Indian Languages)

In alphabetical order, the cover of:

  • Kere Dada, designed by Sudhakar Darbe
  • Krantikari : Bharat ke Swatantrata Sangram ki Ek Alag Kahani, designed by Wasim Helal & Nikheel Aphale
  • Lanka ka Yuddh, designed by oktobuzz
  • Musafir Ki Diary, designed by Apoorva Das
  • Pustak Pradesh: Kahaniyan Aur Sansmaran, designed by Apoorva Das

Book Cover of the Year (English)

In alphabetical order, the cover of:

  • Dust on the Throne: The Search for Buddhism in Modern India, designed by Akila Seshasayee
  • Pongal, designed by Karen Haydock
  • Shurjo’s Clan, designed by Antra K
  • The Keepers of Knowledge: Writings from Mizoram, designed by Nori Norbhu
  • Victory City, designed by Ahlawat Gunjan

Children's Book of the Year (Ages 0-8)

In alphabetical order:

  • Food Fight, published by by Daffodil Lane Books
  • I Wonder Who That Is!, published by Centre for Wildlife Studies
  • My Grandmother Can’t Cook!, published by Karadi Tales
  • The Girl Who Loved Words, published by Penguin Random House India
  • Who’s Afraid of Z? Not Me!, published by HarperCollins Publishers India

Children's Book of the Year (Ages 8+)

In alphabetical order:

  • Batata Pao and All Things Portuguese, published by People Place Project
  • Lost in Translation, published by Karadi Tales
  • Misfit Madhu, published by Penguin Random House India
  • Our Beautiful World, published by Pratham Books
  • The Enchanted Cottage, published by HarperCollins Publishers India

Printed Book of the Year (Art, Illustration and Photography)

In alphabetical order:

  • Abanindranath’s House of Stories, published by Art1st and KNMA
  • Famine Tales: A Graphic Anthology, published by Jadavpur University Press
  • Meera Mukherjee: Breaking Moulds, published by Art1st and KNMA
  • Paachakam: Heritage Cuisine Of India, published by Roli Books
  • When Indian Flowers Bloomed in Europe, published by Niyogi Books

Printed Book of the Year (Indian Languages)

In alphabetical order:

  • Abanindranath’s House of Stories, published by Art1st and KNMA
  • Famine Tales: A Graphic Anthology, published by Jadavpur University Press
  • Meera Mukherjee: Breaking Moulds, published by Art1st and KNMA
  • Paachakam: Heritage Cuisine Of India, published by Roli Books
  • When Indian Flowers Bloomed in Europe, published by Niyogi Books

Printed Book of the Year (English)

In alphabetical order:

  • A New History of India: From Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century, published by Aleph Book Co.
  • Banned & Censored: What The British Raj Didn’t Want Us to Read, published by Roli Books
  • Gabbilam: A Dalit Epic, published by Yoda Press
  • Independence, published by HarperCollins Publishers India
  • Marginlands, published by Pan Macmillan India

Publisher of the Year

In alphabetical order:

  • BEE Books
  • Kalachuvadu Publications
  • Penguin Random House India
  • Roli Books
  • Yoda Press