Indians make a mark at the Cape Town Book Fair

Cape Town Book Fair (CTBF) held from 30 July to 2 August witnessed the coming together of 16 Indian publishers under one stand. The initiative was undertaken by the German Book Office (GBO) and was jointly supported by CTBF and ActiveAir.

15 Sep 2010 | By Suhani Singh

More than 33,488 people visited the fair to have a glimpse of the 273 international exhibitors exhibiting at the show.

The Indian publishers who were part of the collective stand were: Aadarsh Printers, All About Publishing, Blaft Publications, BPI India, Robinage (Deep Prakash), Good Luck Publishers, L B Associates, Mapin Publishing, Mudpie Books, Orient Blackswan, Parijat, Pratham Books, Scholar Publishing House, Scholastic India, Suryastra and Vidyarthi Prakashan.

"We got tremendous response and were also able to network on behalf of the participants." Akshay Pathak, director of GBO stated. "The idea was to represent those publishers who could not be present at the show," he added.

GBO also supports Indian participation at international book fairs like Cape Town Book Fair, Abu Dhabi Book Fair and the Frankfurt Book Fair.

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