Winners will be declared on 12 Jan 2019
Shortlisted Entries
Printed Book of the Year (English)
Shortlist
Born to Be Hanged: Political Biography of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
(Rupa Publications)
Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory
(HarperCollins India)
Sair-ul-Manazil
(Tulika Books)
Strongmen: Trump, Modi, Erdogan, Duterte
(LeftWord Books)
The RTI Story: Power to the People
(Roli Books)
Printed Book of the Year (Indian Languages)
Shortlist
Avasthantarachya Kavita
(Copper Coin Publishing)
Janamaru Maran
(Dhauli Books)
Sukh Aur Sehat Ka Swad
(HarperCollins India)
Samparkkshetrachya Baher
(Copper Coin Publishing)
Vachabhang
(Copper Coin Publishing)
Children's Book of the Year
Shortlist
A Book for Puchku
(Pratham Books)
Amrita Sher-Gil: Rebel with a Paintbrush
(HarperCollins India)
Dance of the Wild
(Pickle Yolk Books)
Salim Mamoo and Me
(Tulika Publishers)
The Boys Who Fought
(Penguin Random House)
Illustrated Book of the Year
Shortlist
Bollywood: The Films! The Songs! The Stars!
(Dorling Kindersley Publishing)
Manu Parekh: 60 Years of Selected Works
(Aleph Book Company)
Longform Vol.1: An Anthology of Graphic Narratives
(HarperCollins India)
The Konyaks: Last of the Tattooed Headhunters
(Roli Books)
Vivan Sundaram: History Project
(Tulika Books)
Book Cover of the Year (English)
Shortlist
100 Poems Are Not Enough
(Walking Bookfairs; Designed by Biraja Biswal)
Centrepiece
(Zubaan; Designed by Pooja Saxena)
Day and Dastan: Two Novellas
(Niyogi Books; Designed by Misha Oberoi)
Jadoowallahs, Jugglers and Jinns
(Pan Macmillan India; Designed by Haitenlo Semy)
Night of Happiness
(Pan Macmillan India; Designed by Steve Leard)
Book Cover of the Year (Indian Languages)
Shortlist
Do Log
(HarperCollins India; Designed by Saurabh Garge)
Imran Series Volume 2
(HarperCollins India; Designed by Rehman Muzbir and Shuka Jain)
Mooper
(Discovery Book Palace; Designed by M. Rohini)
Pazhaya Yaanai Kadai
(Kalachuvadu Publications; Designed by M. Rohini)
Peruvali
(Kalachuvadu Publications; Designed by M. Rohini)
Editor of the Year
Shortlist
Aienla Ozukum
Gurveen Chadha
Premanka Goswami
Reena I Puri
Sohini Mitra
Illustrator of the Year
Shortlist
Kalyani Ganapathy
Rajiv Eipe
Ruchi Mhasane
Sonali Zohra
Vidit Narang
Bookstore of the Year
Shortlist
Bingsha Shatabdi
Kitab Khana
Om Book Shop
Trilogy
Walking Bookfairs
Publisher of the Year
Shortlist
Aleph Book Company
Duckbill Books
HarperCollins Publishers India
Kalachuvadu Publications
Pickle Yolk Books
Jury 2018
Advaita Kala
Author, Screenwriter, Columnist
Aniruddha Sen Gupta
Author, Illustrator
Anita Roy
Writer, Editor
Anusha Yadav
Books designer, photo practitioner, and archival researcher
Anwesha Singbal
Poet
Aravinda Anantharaman
Librarian, Editor, Author
Asmita Mohite
Business Head, Popular Prakashan Pvt. Ltd
Benny Kurian
Editorial Department, National Book Trust India
Deepali Shukla
Editor, Eklavya
Diviya Kapur
Owner, Literati Book Store
Dileep Raj
Editor, Asst. Professor
Frederick Noronha
Publisher, Goa 1556, and Journalist
George Mathen (Appupen)
Comics creator, Artist and Musician
Guruprasad D Narayana
Founding Member, Aakruti Books publishing house
Joeanna Rebello Fernandes
Consultant, Author, Senior Editor, Eicher Goodearth Pvt.Ltd.
Karthika V.K.
Publisher, Westland
Maithreyi Karnoor
Poet, Translator
Mandira Sen
Director, Stree, Samya, Imprints of Bhatkal and Sen
Paromita Chakrabarti
Associate Editor, Indian Express
Pratheek Thomas
Co-Founder, Studio Kokaachi
Prabha Mallya
Illustrator, Comics creator
Ramu Ramanathan
Playwright and Editor, PrintWeek India
Raman Sreshta
Owner, Rachna Books, Gangtok
Rakesh Khanna
Editor, Blaft Publications
Satyanand Nirupam
Editorial Director, Rajkamal Prakashan Group
Tom Mangatt
CEO, Indulekha Media Network
Urmimala Nag
Illustrator
Vidyun Sabhaney
Author, Illustrator
Vivek Menezes
Writer, Photographer, Curator of Goa Arts & Literature Festival
V C Thomas
Publishing Consultant