At Yali, we are actively seeking new manuscripts for our 2017-18 collection and we particularly welcome stories that have the power to challenge and surprise readers. The quirkier the tale, the better! Our submission guidelines can be found here.
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History. The word conjures up an unsmiling teacher driving a classroom of children into a slow coma by reciting a litany of irrelevant dates and places. The lessons never feel connected to anything real or useful. I remember a particularly dull day in sixth grade when our teacher brought up the Indus Valley Civilization. She droned on about
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If you are in the Bay Area this weekend, do head over to the Dilli Haat Food Festival in Cupertino on June 18th. Our partner, KitaabWorld, will be there with some great books from South Asia-focused publishers. See if you can spot a Yali book or two!
See you at Dilli Haat in Cupertino, CA this weekend! Read More »
Friends, We are proud to now offer our books through two independent retailers in the United States – Collectivitea (Once Upon A Tea Time) and Indian Moms Connect. When you purchase our books through this retailers, you will be supporting two independent small businesses. That is double karma points! Head on over to these fine
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We are excited to present our first book of 2016! Every page of A Puzzling Tour of India showcases a unique facet of India – its monuments, biodiversity, people, and festivals. Sharpen your puzzling skills and explore Incredible India today! Take a sneak peek at the first few pages. Now available on Amazon.Â
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2016 might just be the Year of Diversity. Everyone (or at least everyone on Twitter) is waking up to the fact that our books, movies, and TV shows are strange pale worlds, completely cut off from the reality of everyday life. We now have friends, colleagues, neighbors, even relatives, from cultures that are different from the
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A Puzzling Tour of India is nearing its launch date and we are going to give away free copies of the book to some of our most creative (and funny!) Yali fans! For our first giveaway contest, send us your best caption for the picture below in the form of comments, tweets or DMs. We will select one
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Our first book for this year is coming together very quickly. Watch this space for a sneak preview and some freebies!
New Year, New Book! Read More »
And we will be celebrating them Desi-style! #ThisDesiLife
The Holidays are almost here…. Read More »
Friends, We are looking for an illustrator to work with us on a picture book set in Ladakh, India. Interested? Say hello at yalibooks@gmail.com. Know someone who might be interested? Please share this with them. If you have previously sent us your portfolio, we will contact you directly.
Author + You (Illustrator) + Publisher = Picture Book Read More »
It has been just over two years since we launched Bye, Bye, Motabhai!. We are amazed how time has just whooshed past! Later this year, we will be moving towards becoming a small press, bringing in new authors and illustrators under our imprint. Things are heating up very quickly and this just seemed like a
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Are you a good drawer? Sorry, we mean illustrator! We are looking for fresh talent for #kidlit, #YA and more. Send us your bio, a link to your portfolio and TWO sample images to yalibooks@gmail.com. Submissions sent through social media will not be considered. Know someone who is an illustrator? Be a good friend and share
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If you wish to have rich, tasty and sumptuous Indian food, you must visit a dhaba. What is a dhaba? Well, dhabas are wayside restaurants that prepare and serve hot and spicy food under the canopy of a big tree. Anyone, from a tourist to a truck driver, can enjoy a good meal served on
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Ask anyone how his holiday was and he would invariably tell you about the food. It is true that many times if the food is sumptuous during our travel to new and exotic places, we rate our holiday as excellent. Our trip to Rajasthan some years ago brings back more vividly memories of the thalis,
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And now…a teeny, tiny book trailer! Read More »
Download this tricky little puzzle by clicking on the image below. Print the page and solve it using a brightly-colored marker. Send us a snapshot of your answer by email at yalibooks@gmail.com or by private message on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Three winners will be chosen at random to receive a copy of Jaipur Jamboree. Hurry,
Contest Alert! Win a copy of Jaipur Jamboree! Read More »
Jaipur Jamboree is nearly ready for a spring launch! While we are busy crossing our t’s and dotting our i’s, we thought our friends might enjoy a sneak preview of artwork from the book. Say hello to old pals Pavan and Bijilee, and meet new ones – Bhupi, a friendly fellow with a million questions for
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Yali Books has been following the #WeNeedDiverseBooks (WNDB) campaign for a while now. The parent organization, WNDB, has a short story contest for unpublished writers anywhere in the world and we thought some of our friends at Yali might be interested. Any hidden writing talent out there? Here is your chance! From their website –
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Dear Yali fans, Yali has been in hibernation for a few months now and we do have good reason for being a bit quiet. It has been a busy end to 2014 with a long trip to India and some house-moving chaos around the holidays. We do have some big plans for the new year
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We have some really fantastic news! ‘Bye, Bye, Motabhai!‘ has been chosen as an Honor Book by the South Asia Book Award for 2014! We are thrilled, delighted, honored….and unbelievably excited! We would like to thank the Award Committee for recognizing our work and allowing us to bring our story to a wider audience. That
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