Who's Who at The SESA Alliance

The first six members of the SESA Alliance who will be exhibiting at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Hall 5.0 D33
Come and join us for drinks and tea on Wednesday 8th October 2014, 4.00-5.30pm

ANVIL PUBLISHING, INC. [The Philippines]
www.anvilpublishing.com
Anvil has been cited Publisher of the Year ten times and close to 138 of its titles have been  given the National Book Award in different categories by the Manila Critics Circle. Founded and operationalized in 1990, it publishes and occasionally imports a wide range of books.
Contact: Karina Bolasco / karina.bolasco@gmail.com

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Karina Africa Bolasco has been in the book publishing business for thirty-four years now—ten years at National Bookstore and twenty-four years at Anvil, which she founded and  grew into the biggest and most prestigious publishing house in the Philippines today.  Karina was hailed as one of the Ten Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service in 1995 for her work in book publishing and literacy development. She was the 2004 Fellow for the Asia Leadership Fellow Program of the Japan Foundation and International House of Japan. She also represented the Philippines in the US-State Department International Visitor Program of 2005. She was a former chair of the National Committee on Cultural Education of the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA) from 1995 to 2001 and a current governor of the National Book Development Board (NBDB). She is Board Member of Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP) and Vice Chair of Filipinas Copyright Licensing Society, Inc. (FILCOLS). She has delivered a paper twice at the International Publishers Association Congress, in New Delhi (1992) and in Berlin (2004), and has spoken in many other book publishing conferences on publishing issues. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature.

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BUKU FIXI [Malaysia]
fixi.com.my
Buku Fixi publishes contemporary urban novels in Malay and American [Fixi Novo] as well as translations of international bestsellers [Fixi Verso].
Contact: Amir Muhammad / bukufixi@gmail.com

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Amir Muhammad is a Malaysian writer, publisher and occasional movie-maker. He has been writing for the Malaysian print media since the age of 14. His films and documentaries have been shown in many international film festivals including Sundance and Berlin. He set up Matahari Books in 2007 to publish non-fiction and film-related books on Malaysia; and Buku Fixi in 2011 to focus on urban contemporary novels.

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KALACHUVADU PUBLICATIONS PVT LTD [India]
www.kalachuvadu.com
Kalachuvadu specialises in literary fiction, fiction, non-fiction and poetry in Tamil with an emphasis on marginal Dalit and women writings. We publish international fiction and non-fiction in translation.
Contact: Kannan Sundaram / kannan31@gmail.com

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Kannan Sundaram is the Managing Director and Publisher of Kalachuvadu Publication Pvt Ltd. as well as the Editor and Publisher of Kalachuvadu, a monthly journal for culture, society and politics. He co-organised ‘Tamil In 2000′, a privately funded International Tamil conference on 20th century Tamil writing and was part of the International Visitor program to the U.S in 2002 and the Frankfurt Book Fair fellowship program in 2007. Kannan is on a mission to get the best pieces of literature available in Tamil translated to other Indian and world languages and vice versa, and is attempting, through his magazine, to forge an international Tamil identity which is not abrasive, illiberal and separatist.

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LE CHI CULTURE AND COMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD (CHIBOOKS) [Vietnam]
www.chibooks.vn
Established in 2008, CHIBOOKS aims to introduce to Vietnamese readers new, modern, well-known literature from famous writers all around the world. ChiBooks Literary Agency represents Vietnamese authors, illustrators and publishers for children's books, adult's fiction and non-fiction.
Contact: Nguyen Le Chi / chibooksagency@gmail.com

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Nguyen Le Chi is the founder and director of Chibooks. who had lots of experience in publishing industry. Prior to starting her own company in 2008, she worked as Copyright Department Manager and Deputy Director of Publishing at Phuong Nam Cultural Corporation (From May 2005 to January 2008) and Publishing Manager at Mekong Com Corp. (Vinabook) (from February 2008 to December 2008). She is among the first people who bought foreign copyrights to Vietnam, especially introducing Chinese modern literature to Vietnam.

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YUSOF GAJAH LINGARD LITERARY AGENCY SDN BHD [Malaysia]
www.yusofgajahlingard.com
Established in 2009, the YGL Agency represents Malaysian authors, illustrators and publishers for children's books, adult's fiction and non-fiction. The Agency also represents foreign publishers to the local and international market.
Contact: Linda Tan Lingard / lindalingard@gmail.com

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Linda Tan Lingard is the managing partner of Yusof Gajah Lingard Literary Agency. She has worked in the publishing industry for more than 20 years primarily in business, legal and tax publications. Linda has lived and worked in Jakarta, Hong Kong and UK and is keen to promote multicultural understanding through books and related activities. Linda is a Frankfurt Book Fair fellow and a fellow of the Asian Publishers Fellowship (Korea).

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ZUBAAN PUBLISHERS PVT LTD [India]
www.zubaanbooks.com
Zubaan publishes fiction by South Asian women; general academic list in social sciences and humanities; children's and young adults' fiction and non-fiction.
Contact: Urvashi Butalia / urvashi.butalia@gmail.com

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Urvashi Butalia is a publisher and writer. Co-founder of Kali for Women, India’s first feminist publishing house, she is now Director of Zubaan, an imprint of Kali. Among her published works are Speaking Peace: Women’s Voices from Kashmir (edited) and the award winning history of Partition, The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India.

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Read what the SESA Alliance will be taking to Frankfurt Book Fair 2014