LOOK BACK IN HOPE: A CONVERSATION WITH INDEPENDENT/FEMINIST PUBLISHERS

Susan Hawthorne (Spinifex Press, Australia), Colleen Higgs (Modjaji Books, South Africa), Zoë Beck (CulturBooks, Germany), Laure Leroy (Zulma, France), Lennie Goodings (Virago Press, UK) and Margaret Busby (Britain's first black female publisher) in conversation with Urvashi Butalia (Zubaan Publishers)

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The Indian publishing industry has grown rapidly with the worlds attention converging on it: creating a meaningful B2B platform for publishers was thus essential and the Jaipur BookMark was conceived to run parallel to the Jaipur Literature Festival. In the 7 years since its inception, JBM has fast emerged as a nerve centre for the South Asian publishing industry and is indeed a focal point where books mean business.

In 2020, the world grappled with a pandemic and businesses learned to reinvent themselves and adapt to an entirely new digital idiom. JBM 2021 will be held in February as a virtual event and as always will bring together all stakeholders of the business of books over meaningful discussions and far-reaching resolutions.