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Seagull Books Wins Aficionado Award for Innovation and Collaboration
Seagull Books, a publishing house from Kolkata, India, won the Aficionado Award!
The award is given out by two big book fairs to celebrate companies that come up with new and interesting ideas.
Seagull Books started in 1982 and publishes books about art, theater, and cinema, but they now publish books on many different subjects.
The company also supports the arts in India and runs a school for people interested in publishing.
They are being recognized for all the cool things they do, connecting with authors, artists, and designers.
The award will be presented at a ceremony on October 16th in Germany.
Seagull Books, based in Kolkata, won the 2025 Aficionado Award.
The award is presented by Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino and Frankfurter Buchmesse.
The award ceremony will be held on October 16 at the Frankfurt International Stage.
Naveen Kishore and Sunandini Banerjee will accept the prize on behalf of Seagull Books.
Seagull Books was founded in 1982 and expanded to include world literature in 2005.
- Who
- Seagull Books
- What
- Won the Aficionado Award
- Where
- Frankfurt International Stage
- When
- October 16th (Ceremony)
- Why
- To recognize innovation and collaboration
Key facts
- Award
- Aficionado Award
- Winner
- Seagull Books
- Award Presenters
- Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino and Frankfurter Buchmesse
- Award Ceremony Date
- October 16
- Location of Ceremony
- Frankfurt International Stage
- Seagull Books Founded
- 1982
Quotes
The Aficionado programme’s rationale
The rationale behind the Aficionado Award program
“Founded in 1982, the Kolkata-based publishing house Seagull Books started out specialising in books about art, theater, and cinema.”
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“In 2005, Seagull expanded its catalogue to include the finest that world literature has to offer, from their prestigious ‘Africa List’ to a variety of European voices, and from ‘The Arab’ and ‘The India List’ to a collection of new and classic queer literature.”
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