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Do! – BolognaRagazzi Award, New Horizons, 2010

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Elephants Never Forget -Special mention in the 2009 USBBY’s annual list of Outstanding International Books

Sacred Banana Leaf – Selected for the 21st edition of the French Le Prix des Incorruptibles

Circle of Fate – Currently shortlisted for the Andersen Prize 2009

The To-Let House- A novel by Daisy Hasan (available summer 2009), longlisted for the Man Asia Literary Prize, 2008

The Night Life of Trees – BolognaRagazzi Award, New Horizons, 2008

Johannes Gutenberg Award for Excellence in Printing, Madras Printers’ & Lithographers’ Association, 2007

Mangoes and Bananas – Special Mention, White Ravens Catalogue of World’s Best Children’s Books, 2007

Beasts of India – Silver Medal, Fine Art Reproductions, FESPA, 2007; Spanish National Edition Award, Ministry of Culture, 2007

One, Two, Tree! – Picturebook of the Month (September), Academy for Children’s and Youth Literature, Germany, 2006; Special Mention, White Raven’s Catalogue of World’s Best Children’s Books, 2005

The London Jungle Book – Honourable Mention, US Independent Publisher Awards (Multicultural Fiction), 2006

The Legend of the Fish * – Honourable Mention, Independent Publisher Awards (Best Book Arts Craftsmanship), 2006

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Alphabets are Amazing Animals – Special Mention, White Raven’s Catalogue of World’s Best Children’s Books, 2004

Seasons of the Palm – Short-listed for the Kiriyama Fiction Prize, 2005

Tiger On A Tree – Notable Books, American Library Association, 2005; New York Book Show Award, Children’s Trade Fiction, 2005; Cooperative Children’s Book Center, Book of the Week, 2004; Andersen Award, Italy, 2004; Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava, 1999; the French Union of Culture & Libraries for Excellence in the Genre Star Award, 1997

Sophocles’ Antigone – Outstanding Book of the Year, US Independent Publisher Awards (Best Book Craftsmanship), 2002; Honourable Mention, Museum Publication Design Competition, 2002

In the Dark * – Special Mention, White Raven’s Catalogue of

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Trash! – Special Mention, White Raven’s Catalogue of World’s Best Children’s Books and a star for promoting understanding between cultures, 2001

Anything but a Grabooberry * – Special Mention, White Raven’s Catalogue of World’s Best Children’s Books, 2000

The Mahabharatha: A Child’s View – Book of the Month, Society for Youth Literature & Media, Germany, 2000

Hen-sparrow Turns Purple – Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava, 1999

The Very Hungry Lion* – Alcuin Citation for Excellence in Book Design, Canada, Children’s Book Category, 1996

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Abiding by the book

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Welcome to Tara Books’ blog – where we hope to bring you news from the editorial desk, previews of work in progress, interviews with illustrators and authors, reflections on the book and the arts and on curious yet de

lectable topics such as type, the shape of a page, printing on paper made from banana fibre, working an old, elegant Czech-made letter press machine to our own purpose…

Tara Books turns fifteen this year. Its been a rich though sometimes perilous journey – unforced errors, mistaken judgment, moments of publishing grace and intuition which brought us unexpected happiness… Recently, I was reminded of how far we have traveled by a news story that featured Tara in the Toronto-based Globe and Mail. The story recalled Tara’s association with Canadian publishers, which is an old one, as old as us, in fact. A Canadian edition of our very first book, Mala: a Women’s Folktale was published by Annick Press. Annick also went on to do our first handmade book, The Very Hungry Lion.

We have since become part of a small group of independent publishers who continue to hold their own in the fiercely competitive world of cialis global publishing. Whether in Europe, East Asia or in South America, each of us cherishes and nurtures a distinctive sense of the book. We will speak more of these unique publishing houses on this blog, but for now I would like to acknowledge them as part of our book world. For all of us in Tara, the book as we never tire of saying is a revered and loved cultural object. I for one can never look at a book, without thinking of the fascinating history – of print, dissent and democracy – that has ensured its survival. I think too of its quietness, of how it sits in its own repose, till you the reader are ready for it. How often have we all bought books that we don’t read, until a chance phrase or persistent thought pushes us to unpack a long forgotten shelf.

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it is not simply that I or others at Tara feel sentimental about the book. Often we have felt that its doughty presence asks something more of us. Several years ago, Rathna Ramanathan who defined Tara’s design philosophy told us that ‘the idea of the book as we know it should and must change’. She was intrigued by the book’s formal resilience, its design grammar and desired to push its limits. The shape of a page, the relationship of type to content, content to image, cover to inner pages, the markings on its spine: Rathna made us see the book as something that is crafted, put together out of a disparate set of elements linked through usage and history. She wanted to brush this history against its grain, through a radical use free credit score of type and buy cialis online colour, innovations in printing and binding, and the choice of paper. Thanks to her, we see printing and binding as aesthetic labour, every bit as important to the book’s life, as the text or the pictures.

As much as design, illustration has remained one of Tara’s important concerns. Gita Wolf, publisher wrote a book more than a decade ago, which I consider a Tara classic: Picturing Words and Reading Pictures. This book emerged out of a workshop with illustrators and went on to argue for the importance of pictures in books, and not only in those for children. Today Tara has developed picture books for adults – adapting the painted page to the needs of narrative fiction and political argument. An illustrator for Tara does not merely ‘add’ to the text. She responds to it, sometimes in visual shorthand, at other times through the use of evocative colours. Others narrate through pictures, and the text takes its cue from them. Some artists even begin a new tale in an illustration, quite apart from what they set out to narrate. The possibilities are endless and for writers who are used to regarding the word as primary, the world of pictures holds a thousand surprises and lessons.

Pictures do more: they persuade us to look again at what we habitually miss. I remember how it was when To Market, To Market, Tara’ picture book of a girl’s sojourn in a regular weekly market arrived, hot off the press. I have been to several markets, I know their din, the play of colour and darkness that greet you. But obviously like most adults I have stopped looking. The book returned the market to me as an enchanted place. Commerce and the clink of money disappeared momentarily as I re-discovered in Emanuele Scanziani’s pictures, the poetry of everyday objects, of mirrors, ribbons, bangles, buckets, brooms… Other artists have drawn us into other ways of seeing, and we will see just how in subsequent entries.

There are many things to write of than may be imaginable in a book blog, including the travails of shipping books across the world from a hot and dusty port, used more to taking out coal-dust and bleached cotton. But for now, I would like to end by returning to what I started out with: the Globe and Mail article. I and my colleagues were touched and gratified that nearly sixty readers from Canada and the United States of America, who had heard of us for the first time from reading that feature got in touch with us. Warmly appreciative, curious, supportive, wanting to know more about our books, asking to buy some of them: we were frankly surprised by this outburst of critical affection. Yet once more we felt reassured in what we had chosen as our vocation: abiding by the book.

VG, Editor and Director, Tara Books

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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April

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Join us for a week of creative, thought-provoking and interactive workshops, lectures, demonstrations, performance, singing, panel discussions and much more.

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Press Coverage

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Tara has buy viagra online received a lot of press since we published our first book in 1994. We have been covered by a variety of media sources – from local newspapers to the BBC World Service television. Here you will find a selection of both partial and full length articles written on Tara and our work.

“For most publishers worldwide, the imperative seems to be the pursuit of profit rather than the pursuit of creativity.

Books nowadays are generally of an above average, but homogenous standard. One exception: Tara Books from Chennai, India, who possess a treasurable catalogue that combines tradition and modernity with genius.”
– Il Manifesto, Italy

“A celebration of storytelling, drawing and the art of bookmaking.”
– Los Angeles Weekly

“International recognition has come to Tara for the skill and creative energy the publisher expends on its books which are classics in more than just the literary sense…”
– Businessworld

“Books published by Tara are dramatically different from other children’s books available in India in terms of design, content and visuals. But what makes Tara different from other publishing ventures is not merely its illustrated books or interesting concepts but the fact that books are published without solely concentrating on conventional market logic…”
– The Sunday Pioneer

“Tara is one of the most interesting producers of handmade books on the planet… Part of the experience of opening and handling a Tara handmade book is the fragrance it emits from between the covers. The confluence of paper and inks is unlike anything you are accustomed to here. You know you are experiencing a different world, a different culture, as the exotic, bookish fumes enter your nose.
– Fine Books & Collections

“Simply Divine!”
– The Guardian

Press Archives

Best Dutch Book Designs (2001), the prestigious design catalogue, features Gita Wolf’s essay on Tara Publishing’s design agenda.

At Tara, we enjoy playing with the form of the book. This disposition is combined

of course with the need to be inventive, to make the best of what is available to us. Tara’s designs are very much a product – in equal measure – of our publishing philosophy, context and location… more

Sfoglialibro (2001), one of Italy’s leading children’s magazines, features an article by Tara publisher Gita Wolf.

In a country like India, literally anything is possible. On a normal working day, any or all of the following can happen: the electricity can snap off every few minutes… more

Outlook Intelligent Investor (2002) speaks to Gita Wolf on the challenges of running a small creative enterprise.

We applaud those out there on the frontlines, exhibiting the courage and creativity it takes… to impress readers in a world of superstores and publishing conglomerates… more

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