Farewell, 2022!
This year has been full of surprises and challenges; we have been pushed out of our comfort zone, embracing growth and learning along the way.
Publishing
A year of #smallpress❤
As 2017 draws to a close, we are grateful for all the #smallpresslove️ you have shown us. It inspires us to dream bigger. It motivates us to create. It helps us build a community of authors, artists and readers who celebrate a rich and colorful world of stories. We are really excited for what the …
Authentic, not just Diverse
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 …
Author + You (Illustrator) + Publisher = Picture Book
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.
Our Story : Two Years of Indie Publishing
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 …
We are looking for illustrators
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 …
‘Bye, Bye, Motabhai!’ Wins Honor
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 …
Yali Books Is Born
My name is Ambika. I am an accidental illustrator for children’s books and it has been the happiest unplanned journey of my life. I was lucky enough to have worked on four books with reputed publishing houses in India. I got to read and re-read some superb stories for children and imagine them in art …