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Nov 04, 2021

London – ‘The Himalayan Sunrise: Exploring Nepal’s Literary Horizon’, compiled and written by Sangita Swechcha and edited by Sangita Swechcha & Karen Van Drie, has been launched amid the ‘113th Laxmi Jayanti’ celebration event in London on 3 November. The online event was organized by Nepali Literature Development Council (NLDC) UK

Nov 04, 2021

Was the Nepali state discriminatory toward certain languages, castes, cultures, and peoples? Sujit Mainali tells us, it was but not all the time and not in every case. How should you tell it when you are telling the story of the birth of your nation, its politics, people, society, international relations, and history? Perhaps you can do so in one of three ways.

Apr 11, 2021

The special edition of Kumar Nagarkoti’s much-awaited ‘pre-order’ book ‘Kalpa-Granth’ can be home-delivered from 28th April, as the publisher Book Hill confirms. The book, which has been priced for Rs. 2021, was scheduled to be printed earlier. Printing of the book was delayed due to technical reasons.

Mar 16, 2021

Ghosts in the Bamboo, a new novel by Great Rana has been made public Wednesday. In the program organized at Hotel Shaligram in Lalitpur, Dr. Hemang Dixit, Dr. Madhu Ghimire and author Rana jointly released the book.

Mar 14, 2021

Sanjeev Uprety’s novel is a true allegory of the present life with universal implication. Sanjeev Uprety's experimental, innovative and well-written novel Hansa (2019) or Swan has opened new challenges as well as possibilities in fiction writing in Nepali.

Feb 17, 2021

Kathmandu. Folklore and Culture Researcher Tulasi Diwasa’s famous collection of folk tales ‘Nepali Lokkatha’ has been made public today. Published by Book-Hill Publications under the ‘Classic Series’, the book collects 122 popular folk tales of various castes living in different parts of Nepal and Nepali-speaking people living outside Nepal.

Feb 14, 2021

The second edition of the Phone Pay Janakpur Literature Festival is scheduled for March 2021. According to a press note released by the organizer Nawa Mithila Foundation and co-organizers Book Hill Publications and Sano Paila in Kathmandu on Friday, the Festival aims at promoting Nepali literature.

Nov 25, 2020

With the announcement for pre-order of the book ‘Kalpa Grantha’ by author Kumar Nagarkoti, a new trend has begun in the Nepali literature market. The publisher, Bookhill Publication, says it will only print as many books as it receives orders for.

Oct 27, 2020

Book Hill, a Nepali publisher, released this year translations of "Uganta: The End of an Epoch," written in English by Iravati Karve, the first Indian female Anthropologist; John Steinback's "Of Mice and Men," the first-ever translation of this book in Nepali; and of "Wa Lampusthva Pala," by Nepali author Malla K. Sundar, originally written in Nepal Bhasha.

Oct 14, 2020

Book-Hill Publication has published three translated books this week. Yugant: Mahabharatko Mahamrityu, Musa Manush and Vimukti have hit the Nepali newsstands just before the Dashain festival. Yugant: Mahabharatko Mahamrityu by the first Indian woman anthropologist Iravati Karve, has been translated by Sujit Mainali.

Oct 06, 2020

Satta ra Satya, translated by political analyst and writer Khagendra Sangraula, has been made public by Book Hill Publications. The book, with the author's video comments, was released on 02 October 2020 in Kathmandu. In this book, Sangraula has translated 11 philosophical essays from eight world-renowned thinkers selected by American author Mary Dyson

Jan 18, 2020

Smaran Gurung, a young man who has come to Nepal to spend some time in Pokhara, walks into an art gallery, sees paintings hanging upside down, and is jolted out of his comfort zone. But what he sees are not the works of Georg Baselitz, the famous German painter known for his upside-down art, but of struggling artist Nadin.

Nov 13, 2019

Peter J. Karthak's experimental Kathmandruids challenges the conventional method of telling a story that is prevalent in the Nepali fictional milieu. A short story of eleven thousand words—even though short stories are mostly below that word limit—gets turned into a humongous book: Kathmandruids, Peter J Karthak's latest delivery, which is half-fiction, half-nonfiction.

Nov 04, 2019

Thanks for joining me! Today I’ll be speaking to Bhupendra Khadka, CEO of Book Hill, one of the leading publishing houses in Nepal. Bhupendra not only leads a publishing house, but he himself is a poet, a national award-winning lyricist, and also a popular Radio Jockey at Radio Kantipur, the most popular radio station in Nepal.

Sep 23, 2018

Former Chief Justice Sushila Karki’s autobiography, Nyaya, was launched amid a function at Radisson Hotel in the Capital on Saturday. Karki is the first Nepali woman to hold the post of chief justice.

Oct 15, 2017

Author Ashwini Koirala’s third book, Premalaya, a novel, was launched on Saturday at a function held at the Nepal Police Club in the Capital.

Sep 23, 2017

Tirtha Gurung recently published his first novel, Pathshala. Pathshala is one of the few books in Nepali literature written from the perspective of a teenager for teenagers.

Sep 09, 2017

Kumar Nagarkoti, who has previously published popular books such as Ghatmandu and Mystica, recently released a memoir—Docha. Nagarkoti is known for his unconventional plots and out of the world concepts in fiction.

Sep 03, 2017

Author Kumar Nagarkoti's latest book, Docha, was launched amid a function held at the Crown Banquet in Minbhawan in Kathmandu.

Aug 23, 2015

The set designed wasn't less than that of a film. Suddenly there was the hero's entry — flashing lights and music welcomed the hero. But it was neither the shooting of a film nor the premiere of any movie. It was an event to introduce Kumar Nagarkoti's Mistika.