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  • Home
  • About Zubaan
    • Meet the Team
    • 2018-2019 Catalogue (PDF)
    • The History of Zubaan
    • Our Publishing Lists
    • Selling our own Ebooks
    • Jobs at Zubaan
  • Shop
    • New Releases
    • BooksFor the safety of our employees, we ship online orders once per week. Orders completed by 11am on Mondays will be shipped by Wednesday evening, leaving a day for sanitation. Orders placed in the rest of the week will ship the following week. Thank you for helping us protect the health and safety of everyone we work with.
      • AcademicFor the safety of our employees, we ship online orders once per week. Orders completed by 11am on Mondays will be shipped by Wednesday evening, leaving a day for sanitation. Orders placed in the rest of the week will ship the following week. Thank you for helping us protect the health and safety of everyone we work with.
      • Books from the North EastFor the safety of our employees, we ship online orders once per week. Orders completed by 11am on Mondays will be shipped by Wednesday evening, leaving a day for sanitation. Orders placed in the rest of the week will ship the following week. Thank you for helping us protect the health and safety of everyone we work with. Zubaan has always held the Northeastern states of India to be of particular interest and importance. We have published many leading writers from this part of the country, several translated into English for the first time. Alongside short stories and novels, the list also includes academic and non-fiction works dealing with the years of conflict and its aftermath.
      • Feminism In India RecommendsFrom June 4-15 2018 we collaborated with Feminism in India to offer discounts some of our most popular titles. The sale’s now over, but you can check out FII’s individual recommendations and reviews here, or scroll down to shop the titles.
      • FictionFor the safety of our employees, we ship online orders once per week. Orders completed by 11am on Mondays will be shipped by Wednesday evening, leaving a day for sanitation. Orders placed in the rest of the week will ship the following week. Thank you for helping us protect the health and safety of everyone we work with.
      • New ReleasesFor the safety of our employees, we ship online orders once per week. Orders completed by 11am on Mondays will be shipped by Wednesday evening, leaving a day for sanitation. Orders placed in the rest of the week will ship the following week. Thank you for helping us protect the health and safety of everyone we work with.
      • Non-FictionFor the safety of our employees, we ship online orders once per week. Orders completed by 11am on Mondays will be shipped by Wednesday evening, leaving a day for sanitation. Orders placed in the rest of the week will ship the following week. Thank you for helping us protect the health and safety of everyone we work with.
        • BiographiesFor the safety of our employees, we ship online orders once per week. Orders completed by 11am on Mondays will be shipped by Wednesday evening, leaving a day for sanitation. Orders placed in the rest of the week will ship the following week. Thank you for helping us protect the health and safety of everyone we work with.
      • Young ZubaanFor the safety of our employees, we ship online orders once per week. Orders completed by 11am on Mondays will be shipped by Wednesday evening, leaving a day for sanitation. Orders placed in the rest of the week will ship the following week. Thank you for helping us protect the health and safety of everyone we work with.
        • Chapter Books for TweensChapter books for middle-grade readers by Young Zubaan. Return to the world of Vikram and the Vetala with Natasha Sharma’s excellent retelling of the tale, Vikram and the Vampire, or go on whimsical adventures with the eccentric Younguncle.
        • Literature for Young AdultsFeminist, socially aware literature for young adults by Young Zubaan. Meet twelve-year-old Sarojini as she writes letters to Sarojini Naidu and navigates her life in Dear Mrs Naidu or explore speculative fiction in our anthology, Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean.
          • Picture Books for Young ReadersYoung Zubaan’s collection of gorgeously illustrated books for young readers. Explore the mysteries of sentences and punctuation with Squiggle, take a peek into Mr. Jeejeebhoy’s famed sweetshop, or meet Aunty Mouse in Bhutan with Tashi Doma!
      • Zubaan-Penguin Joint ListFor the safety of our employees, we ship online orders once per week. Orders completed by 11am on Mondays will be shipped by Wednesday evening, leaving a day for sanitation. Orders placed in the rest of the week will ship the following week. Thank you for helping us protect the health and safety of everyone we work with. In 2005 Zubaan entered into a new and unusual partnership with the publishing giant, Penguin India. Both organizations agreed to publish a joint list of at least four titles a year. Zubaan originates the books, develops them, does the editorial work, while the print production, marketing and sales are done by Penguin.
    • EbooksAs we cope with the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic, and thanks to the dedicated support of our readers over the years, we now bring independent voices and stories to you on our eBookshop. Many of our current titles are now available as ebooks here, and more will be added in the coming months. We’re also pleased to launch a selection of NEW TITLES only in ebook/EPUB form, with more coming up. Happy reading!
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  • ANNOUNCEMENT RE: COVID-19 PANDEMIC | July 1 2021
    During the pandemic, our office and bookstore in Shahpur Jat are closed.
    All our new and older books are available on our online store. Retailers and bookshops in India can contact our distributors, Penguin Random House India, to place wholesale orders.
    As a small, independent publisher hit hard by the pandemic, any and all sales help. Please browse our titles and consider buying independent and direct, from us and from other small businesses.
    For any customer or other queries, please contact us via contact@zubaanbooks.com.
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Zubaan is an independent feminist publishing house based in New Delhi. We publish academic books, fiction, memoirs and popular nonfiction, as well as books for children and young adults under our Young Zubaan imprint, aiming always to be pioneering, cutting-edge, progressive and inclusive.

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All our books published from 2007 onward are available as ebooks in multiple formats suitable for multiple platforms. What’s more, they’re DRM-free! Find out more about our eBooks and where to find them, right here.

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We have a diverse set of lists that range from fiction, non fiction, children’s books, young adult books to specific lists that focus on the North East of India, gender-based violence and sexuality education. Discover more about Zubaan’s lists on the page below or use our shop to explore.

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Existing alongside the publishing company, the Zubaan Trust handles our research and outreach projects. We’re currently running projects that work on women and violence at work, cultural production in the Northeast of India, women’s archival and museum practice and more.

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About

Zubaan is an independent feminist publishing house based in New Delhi. We publish academic books, fiction, memoirs and popular nonfiction, as well as books for children and young adults under our Young Zubaan imprint, aiming always to be pioneering, cutting-edge, progressive and inclusive. Find out more.

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FROM OUR BLOG

  • Book Review: ‘Dust of the Caravan’ by Anis Kidwai November 29, 2021
  • Book Review: ‘Intimate City’ by Manjima Bhattacharjya November 12, 2021
  • The Rainbow List: A Collection of Essential Queer YA Literature September 12, 2019
  • Representing Diversity: Youth Literature by the South Asian Diaspora September 5, 2019
  • Five Women Changing The Face of Youth Fiction August 22, 2019
  • Filling the Gaps: Talking About Kashmir and Conflict August 15, 2019

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