leading indian publishers harpercollins india and vani prakashan announced the launch of a new joint imprint yet to be named launching in january 2019 this new venture will publish english language titles from the harpercollins list in hindi as well as publishing hindi writers from vani prakashans list into english new authors to be published in both languages will also be acquired for the imprint aditi maheshwari executive director at vani prakashan expressed her excitement over the new venture she said harpercollins india publish important voices globally and have represented a galaxy of writers who have laid the foundation stone of south asian writing in english we are glad that these voices will now be available for hindi readers who represent a dynamic readership around the world through vani prakashan and harpercollins publishers joint imprint we also look forward to making the best of hindi writings available through harpercollins india arun maheshwari managing director and chairman vani prakashan commented the indian literary market embraces diversity we have been translating from over twenty indian and international languages for four decades and have added six indian languages to our publishing program with harpercollins india we look forward to expanding this list into a new dimension where hindi readers will get to read the best of south asian and global writing and usher in a new phase of literary vibrancyharpercollins india ceo ananth padmanabhan is also looking forward to the collaboration he commented this joint imprint with vani prakashan is one more step in our ongoing commitment to reach a wider audience in india one of the most exciting and fastest growing publishing markets in the world harpercollins india publishes some of the finest writers from the indian subcontinent and around the world its authors have won major literary awards including the man booker prize the sahitya akademi award and the crossword book award vani prakashan has been publishing hindi literature for 55 years in over 38 genres it has published over 6000 books in print electronic and audio format it has a footprint in more than 200000 villages 2800 towns 54 major cities and 12 major online bookstores in the country