FICCI Publishing Awards are held each year to recognize the best work in the publishing industry. The awards were distributed at Publicon 2023 conference held at FICCI on 8 August.
This year’s awards are as follows:Â
Children’s Book of the Year in English (Below 10 years): Read, Write, Race by Arti Sonthalia, Scholastic IndiaÂ
Children’s Book of the Year in English (Below 10 years) Special Jury Award: Beauty is Missing by Priya Kuriyan, Pratham Books
Children’s Book of the Year in English (Below 10 years) Special Jury Award: I Am So Much More Than The Color Of My Skin by Divya Thomas, Harper Collins Publishers India
Children’s Book of the Year in English (10 and above years): My Name Is Cinnamon by Prakash Joshi, Hay House Publishers IndiaÂ
Children’s Book of the Year in English (10 and above years) Special Jury Award: History Hunters I by Shruti Garodia and Archana Garodia Gupta, Hachette IndiaÂ
Children’s Book of the Year in Hindi (Below 10 years): Teyis Tarane by Publications Division
Children’s Book of the Year in Hindi (10 and above years): Kishore dot Com by Vaishali Deshmukh and Piyali Bhattacharya, Publications Division
Book of the Year – Fiction English: Spirit Nights by Easterine Kire, Simon & Schuster India
Book of the Year – Fiction Hindi: Mahaparbat: Ek Kahaani Hamare Daur Ki by Amitav Ghosh, Harper Collins Publishers India
Book of the Year – Non-fiction English: The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India by Dinesh Singh Thakur and Prashant Reddy Thikkavarapu, Simon & Schuster India
Book of the Year – Non-fiction English Special Jury Award: Watershed: The Story of India’s Water in the Age of Climate Change by Mridula Ramesh, Hachette India
Book of the Year – Non-fiction Hindi: Ayodhya Jo Kabhi Parajit Nahi Hui by Madhav Bhandari, Sakal Prakashan
Book of the Year – Best Translation: Valli: A Novel by Sheela Tomy, translated from Malayalam to English by Jayasree Kalathil, Harper Collins Publishers India
Book of the Year – Best Translation Special Jury Award: The Sound of Waves by Kalki R Krishnamurthy, translated drom Tamil to English by Gowri Ramnarayan, Hachette India
Comic and Graphic Novel of the Year: We Mean Business: 20 Women Entrepreneurs 20 Stories by Vishwajyoti Ghosh, Shrutika Mathur and Nishtha Vadhera, Yoda Press GIZ
Book of the Year – Best Cover Design: Independence by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Harper Collins Publishers India
Book of the Year – Best Overall Design: Splendors of Punjab Heritage: Art from the Khanuja Family Collection by Pervinderjit Singh Khanuja, Roli BooksÂ
Book of the Year – Best Overall Design Special Jury Award: A Full Circle by Namrita Bachchan, Harper Collins Publishers India
Book of the Year – Best Production Paperback: House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury
Book of the Year – Best Production Hardbound: The Great Indian Thali: Seasonal Vegetarian Wholesomeness by Nandita Iyer, Roli Books
Business Book of the Year – Business Management: The Maverick Effect: The Inside Story of India’s IT Revolution by Harish Mehta, Harper Collins Publishers India
Business Book of the Year – Business Economics: The Struggle And The Promise: Restoring India’s Potential by Naushad Darius Forbes, Harper Collins Publishers India
Business Book of the Year – Business Self-help: Limitless: The Power of Unlocking Your True Potential by Radhika Gupta, Hachette India
Business Book of the Year – Biography of a Business Leader: Indomitable: A Working Woman’s Notes on Work, Life and Leadership by Arundhati Bhattacharya, Harper Collins Publishers India
