New titles by both local and international writers will be a treat that avidreaders look forward to at the sixth edition of the HCM City Book fair thatopens later this month.
Fair organisers said the number of stalls willincrease by 15 percent over last year to 384 and 31 foreign publishers from theUK, the US, France, China, Germany, Spain and other countries will participatein the event.
Big player in the publishing industry have not lost timein 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 94bestsellers including “ The Joke” by Phan Hon Nhien, “ Three… Thousand and OneNights ” by Mac Can, “ Close Eyes To see Paris ” by Duong Thuy, and “ Z-menKnights ” 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 aTicket to Childhood” was a big sensation and earned the publishing house bigrevenues at the last year’s event.
The company has also published threeof Anh’s bestselling novels – “ Schoolgirls , A Pigeon that Does Not CarryLetters” and “ Balloon into the Air” – in a collection of picture book designedby the Art Sign Company.
The Kim Dong Publishing House, meanwhile, restsits hopes on the nine latest episodes of the Kaleidoscop e series, also byNguyen Nhat Anh, whi9ch is believed to be a direct competitor to his own “Island of Dreams . ”
Kim Dong will also release a new series ofhistorical picture books titled “H eroes of the Southern Land” by famous painternguyen 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 PhuongNam boh company will bring to the fair new titles like “ In the Middle of a LostFlow” by Nguyen Danh Lam , “Export of Laughs” by Le Hoang, an a posthumousmanuscript by author Xuan Sach.
Vinabooks, the country’s biggest onlinebookstore, will introduce Pulitzer-winning novel, “ The Brief Wondrous Life ofOscar Wao” by Junot Dizad, which is ranked among top ten works of the decade.
Translations of three-part detective series by Ireland ’s Benjamin Blackand a cowboy trio by America ’s Cormac McCarthy will also make their debut atthe event by courtesy of Vinabooks.
However, Vinabooks’ trump card issaid to be a novel by a popular woman singer whose name will only be revealed atthe book fair.
Chibooks, which is taking part in the event for the firsttime, will showcase two heavyweights including American Rick Riordan’s “ TheLighting Thief” which was adapted to become a Hollywood blockbuster and Chinesewriter Mo Yan’s The Frog which was a bestseller in China./.
Fair organisers said the number of stalls willincrease by 15 percent over last year to 384 and 31 foreign publishers from theUK, the US, France, China, Germany, Spain and other countries will participatein the event.
Big player in the publishing industry have not lost timein 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 94bestsellers including “ The Joke” by Phan Hon Nhien, “ Three… Thousand and OneNights ” by Mac Can, “ Close Eyes To see Paris ” by Duong Thuy, and “ Z-menKnights ” 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 aTicket to Childhood” was a big sensation and earned the publishing house bigrevenues at the last year’s event.
The company has also published threeof Anh’s bestselling novels – “ Schoolgirls , A Pigeon that Does Not CarryLetters” and “ Balloon into the Air” – in a collection of picture book designedby the Art Sign Company.
The Kim Dong Publishing House, meanwhile, restsits hopes on the nine latest episodes of the Kaleidoscop e series, also byNguyen Nhat Anh, whi9ch is believed to be a direct competitor to his own “Island of Dreams . ”
Kim Dong will also release a new series ofhistorical picture books titled “H eroes of the Southern Land” by famous painternguyen 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 PhuongNam boh company will bring to the fair new titles like “ In the Middle of a LostFlow” by Nguyen Danh Lam , “Export of Laughs” by Le Hoang, an a posthumousmanuscript by author Xuan Sach.
Vinabooks, the country’s biggest onlinebookstore, will introduce Pulitzer-winning novel, “ The Brief Wondrous Life ofOscar Wao” by Junot Dizad, which is ranked among top ten works of the decade.
Translations of three-part detective series by Ireland ’s Benjamin Blackand a cowboy trio by America ’s Cormac McCarthy will also make their debut atthe event by courtesy of Vinabooks.
However, Vinabooks’ trump card issaid to be a novel by a popular woman singer whose name will only be revealed atthe book fair.
Chibooks, which is taking part in the event for the firsttime, will showcase two heavyweights including American Rick Riordan’s “ TheLighting Thief” which was adapted to become a Hollywood blockbuster and Chinesewriter Mo Yan’s The Frog which was a bestseller in China./.
