New titles by both local and international writers will be a treat that avid readers look forward to at the sixth edition of the HCM City Book fair that opens later this month.
Fair organisers said the number of stalls will increase by 15 percent over last year to 384 and 31 foreign publishers from the UK, the US, France, China, Germany, Spain and other countries will participate in the event.
Big player in the publishing industry have not lost time in coming with new titles they hope will be well received at the fair.
The Youth Publishing House will have 74 new titles and reprints of 94 bestsellers including “ The Joke” by Phan Hon Nhien, “ Three… Thousand and One Nights ” by Mac Can, “ Close Eyes To see Paris ” by Duong Thuy, and “ Z-men Knights ” by Bui Chi Vinh.
However, its ace is the “ Island of Dreams ” , the latest work by bestselling writer Nguyen Nhat Anh. His novel , “Give Me a Ticket to Childhood” was a big sensation and earned the publishing house big revenues at the last year’s event.
The company has also published three of Anh’s bestselling novels – “ Schoolgirls , A Pigeon that Does Not Carry Letters” and “ Balloon into the Air” – in a collection of picture book designed by the Art Sign Company.
The Kim Dong Publishing House, meanwhile, rests its hopes on the nine latest episodes of the Kaleidoscop e series, also by Nguyen Nhat Anh, whi9ch is believed to be a direct competitor to his own “ Island of Dreams . ”
Kim Dong will also release a new series of historical picture books titled “H eroes of the Southern Land” by famous painter nguyen Dong Hai. The first five of these feature figures like Nguyen Tri Phuong, Nguyen Trung Truc, Truong Dinh, Nguyen Hue and Bui Thi Xuan.
The Phuong Nam boh company will bring to the fair new titles like “ In the Middle of a Lost Flow” by Nguyen Danh Lam , “Export of Laughs” by Le Hoang, an a posthumous manuscript by author Xuan Sach.
Vinabooks, the country’s biggest online bookstore, will introduce Pulitzer-winning novel, “ The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” by Junot Dizad, which is ranked among top ten works of the decade.
Translations of three-part detective series by Ireland ’s Benjamin Black and a cowboy trio by America ’s Cormac McCarthy will also make their debut at the event by courtesy of Vinabooks.
However, Vinabooks’ trump card is said to be a novel by a popular woman singer whose name will only be revealed at the book fair.
Chibooks, which is taking part in the event for the first time, will showcase two heavyweights including American Rick Riordan’s “ The Lighting Thief” which was adapted to become a Hollywood blockbuster and Chinese writer Mo Yan’s The Frog which was a bestseller in China./.
Fair organisers said the number of stalls will increase by 15 percent over last year to 384 and 31 foreign publishers from the UK, the US, France, China, Germany, Spain and other countries will participate in the event.
Big player in the publishing industry have not lost time in coming with new titles they hope will be well received at the fair.
The Youth Publishing House will have 74 new titles and reprints of 94 bestsellers including “ The Joke” by Phan Hon Nhien, “ Three… Thousand and One Nights ” by Mac Can, “ Close Eyes To see Paris ” by Duong Thuy, and “ Z-men Knights ” by Bui Chi Vinh.
However, its ace is the “ Island of Dreams ” , the latest work by bestselling writer Nguyen Nhat Anh. His novel , “Give Me a Ticket to Childhood” was a big sensation and earned the publishing house big revenues at the last year’s event.
The company has also published three of Anh’s bestselling novels – “ Schoolgirls , A Pigeon that Does Not Carry Letters” and “ Balloon into the Air” – in a collection of picture book designed by the Art Sign Company.
The Kim Dong Publishing House, meanwhile, rests its hopes on the nine latest episodes of the Kaleidoscop e series, also by Nguyen Nhat Anh, whi9ch is believed to be a direct competitor to his own “ Island of Dreams . ”
Kim Dong will also release a new series of historical picture books titled “H eroes of the Southern Land” by famous painter nguyen Dong Hai. The first five of these feature figures like Nguyen Tri Phuong, Nguyen Trung Truc, Truong Dinh, Nguyen Hue and Bui Thi Xuan.
The Phuong Nam boh company will bring to the fair new titles like “ In the Middle of a Lost Flow” by Nguyen Danh Lam , “Export of Laughs” by Le Hoang, an a posthumous manuscript by author Xuan Sach.
Vinabooks, the country’s biggest online bookstore, will introduce Pulitzer-winning novel, “ The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” by Junot Dizad, which is ranked among top ten works of the decade.
Translations of three-part detective series by Ireland ’s Benjamin Black and a cowboy trio by America ’s Cormac McCarthy will also make their debut at the event by courtesy of Vinabooks.
However, Vinabooks’ trump card is said to be a novel by a popular woman singer whose name will only be revealed at the book fair.
Chibooks, which is taking part in the event for the first time, will showcase two heavyweights including American Rick Riordan’s “ The Lighting Thief” which was adapted to become a Hollywood blockbuster and Chinese writer Mo Yan’s The Frog which was a bestseller in China./.
