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Shortlisted Entries of Publishing Next Industry Awards 2022

Have a glance at the nominations of Publishing Next Industry Awards 2022
on Mar 01, 2023

Publishing Next has announced the shortlisted names for the Publishing Next Industry Awards 2022 in the various categories.

Have a look at the shortlisted entries.

Editor of the Year

Author Name	Publisher Name
Amrita Mukerji	HarperCollins Publisher India
Elizabeth Kuruvilla	Penguin random house India
Radhika Marwah	Penguin random house India
Saloni Mittal	Penguin random house India
Yamini Chowdhury	Rupa Publications

Illustrator of the Year

Name

Kajol Bhojawala

Madhushree Basu

Prashant Soni

Sanket Pethkar

Urvashi Dubey

Book Cover of the Year (Indian Languages)

Book Name	Designer Name
Ahaad Gao, Pahaad Gao	Ishita debnath biswas and Shivangi Singh
Karnaataka Icaiyin Katai	Manivannan and Saranga Rajan
Nishita pawa desh	Paramita Brahmachari
Pariyoon ke Beech	Anil Aahuja
Qabse zaman	Anil Aahuja

Cover of the Year (English)

Book Name	Designer Name
Comrade of the Revolution	Aldo Cruces
Hungry Humans	Akangjsha Sarmah
Land, Guns, Caste, Woman	Akila Seshasayee
Love in seven easy Steps	Abhishek Gopurathinkal
The Muslim Vanishes	Antra k

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

Book Name	Publisher Name
Aai and I	Pickle yolks Books
Dil Patang	Room to read Trust
Dugga	Pratham Books
Jamlo Walks	Penguin Random House
Sometimes Mama, Sometimes Papa	Penguin Random House

Children’s Book of the Year (Age 8+)

Book Name	Author Name	Publisher Name
IT’S TIME TO RHYME: Poems for Kids of All Ages	Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan	Aleph Book Company
Kashmir! Kashmir!	Deepa Agarwal	Scholastic India
Pinkoo Shergill Pastry Chef	Vibha Batra	Scholastic India
Postbox Kashmir	Divya Arya	Penguin Random House India
The Badmash Badshah Presents: Dungeon Tales 2	Venita Coelho	Scholastic India

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

Book Name	Author Name	Publication Name
India: A Story through 100 Objects	Vidya Dehejia	Roli Books
Indian Botanical Art: An Illustrated History	Martyn Rix	Roli Books
Mumbai : A City Through Objects - 101 Stories from the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum	TasneemZakaria Mehta	HarperCollins India
Splendors of Punjab Heritage: Art from the Khanuja Family Collection	Dr. Parvinderjit Singh Khanuja	Roli Books
While the Birds still Sing	Ruskin Bond	Natraj Publishers

Printed Book of the Year (Indian Languages)

Book Name	Author Name	Publisher
Choomantrayyana Kathegalu		Bahuroopi Publications
Madras 1726		Kalachuvadu Publications
Mahaparbat : Ek Kahani Hamare Daur Ki	Amitav Ghosh	Harper Hindi
Unmayute Itayan		Unmayute Itayan
Vyasa Katha: Mahabharat ki Nitikathayen	Nityananda Misra	Bloomsbury India

Printed Book of the Year (English)

Book Name	Author Name	Publisher Name
Born a Muslim	Ghazala Wahab	Aleph Book Company
Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence	Shrayana Bhattacharya	Harper Collins India
Improvised Futures – Encountering the Body in Performance	Ranjana Dave	Tulika Books
In The Language Of Remembering	Aanchal Malhotra	Harper Collins India
Mahanadi: The Tale of a River	Anita Agnihotri and translator, Nivedita Sen	Niyogi Books Pvt. Ltd. (Under the Imprint: Thornbird)

Publisher of the Year

Name

Aleph Book Publishing

Hawakal Publishers

Niyogi Books

Roli Books

Yoda Press

About the Publishing Next:

Organized by CinnamonTeal Publishing, Publishing Next is a Margao (Goa)-based publishing house that offers publishing services to authors and publishers.

Publishing Next was established in 2011 with the intention of providing a place for publishing professionals to meet and discuss the problems they encounter at work or in their previous industries. Although it is an industry conference, it retains a broad viewpoint and looks ahead to the future of book publishing. It focuses on themes that are important to the book trade.

Publishing Next promises -

a) There is a gender balance in the composition of its panels

b) New voices in the sector are given a chance

c) Publishers in regional languages have a bigger representation here.

Leonard J Fernandes and Queenie R Fernandes are founders of Publishing Next.