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The International Young Publishing Entrepreneur of the Year award is a collaboration between the British Council and London Book Fair. It was launched in 2004 to celebrate the entrepreneurial and leadership ability of young people (age 25-35) working in the publishing sector in their country. The award aims to strengthen creative leadership, networking and capacity building in the international publishing industry, particularly in transitional economies. The London Book Fair provides a fertile ground for international networking and the award offers the finalists the opportunity to build contacts with an understanding of the UK publishing industry.
The interviews of the 6 short-listed candidates took place on 30 January at the British Council.
The judges
S Anand, winner of last year’s IYPEY award and Publisher, Navayana Publinshing, New Delhi
Sumit Dasgupta, Editor, The Telegraph Metro, Kolkata
Naveen Kishore, Publisher, Seagull Books, Kolkata, London & New York
Roy Cross, Director, British Council Scotland
Sujata Sen, Director, British Council East India
We received 10 applications of which 7 were short-listed. One candidate, Priyanka Malhotra, Full Circle, New Delhi, opted out at the last moment.
The other six short-listed candidates were
Aravinda Anantharaman, Think Tibet, Bangalore
Shobit Arya, Wisdom Tree, New Delhi
Sarnath Banerjee, Phantomville, New Delhi
Rajni George, Random House, New Delhi
Saurabh Gupta, Laxmi Publications, New Delhi
Subash Vadamalai Kanda, Sura Books Pvt Ltd, Chennai
Sarnath Banerjee, a writer and an artist who pioneered the graphic novel in India, addresses important contemporary issues with his imprint, Phantomville,.
Despite commercial challenges, he has wrought a relationship with the mainstream distribution channels to popularise a new genre. His imprint has the potential for a global audience, and his ideas about animating the book are really exciting.
Sarnath studied Image and Communication at Goldsmiths College, University of London. His first novel, Corridor (2004), published by Penguin Books, India, was widely marketed as India's first graphic novel. His second novel The Barn Owl's Wondrous Capers was published in 2007. Sarnath has also provided illustrations for novels by other authors. He illustrated the cover of Upamanyu Chatterjee's novel, Weight Loss.
He is the co-founder of comics publishing house Phantomville, together with his friend Anindya Roy.
Sarnath will now get the opportunity to compete for the International Young Publisher of the Year 2008 award at the London Book Fair in April 2008, which carries a cash prize of £7500, plus a free stall at the London Book Fair in 2009.
The idea
British Council India, in association with Oxford Bookstore, invited applications from young publishers with big ideas to apply for the International Young Publishing Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2008.
This is a continuation of our work in promoting creative entrepreneurship.
The award
Winner of the Indian award will take part in an all-expenses paid 10-day tour of the UK publishing industry in April next year and competes for the International Young Publishing Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2008. The international winner receives £ 7500 towards the publishing proposition approved by the panel and a stall at the London Book Fair 2009.
Our partner
Oxford Bookstore, with its countrywide network in Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore, New Delhi, Chennai and Goa, is committed to bringing the best in international publishing and book retail to India. Owned by the Apeejay Surrendra Group, Oxford Bookstore is a one-stop shop for books, music, software, stationery, gifts and even comes with its own cha bar!
www.oxfordbookstore.com is India's foremost online book retail business, stocking over half-a-million book and music titles. Oxford Bookstore became the first book retail enterprise in the country to launch an interactive SMS Service recently.
Please note that the IYPE award does not consider unpublished manuscripts for publication or otherwise. The five books the application form asks you to promote must already be a published work.
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