Ananke, a new media and development platform focusing on initiating inclusive conversations about gender and the Global South, welcomes its long time ally publishing house Readomania as event partner for its flagship Women In Literature Festival.
The fourth edition of Ananke’s Women in Literature Festival is set to take place on April 23rd, 2024. Happening in the month of World Book Day, the three-day event strives to create a space, a collective, where a diverse set of voices – especially from the Global South – can come together to share their thoughts, vision, and lived experiences with agency.
Readomania is an independent publishing house; boasting multiple imprints across various categories – fiction, nonfiction, children to name a few. Readomania was launched in September 2014 and its annual publishing list was streamlined from 2016 onwards. Its list includes literary, midlist, and commercial fiction across multiple genres, short stories, poetry, non-fiction, and children’s fiction. The current focus of Readomania’s publishing programme is diversity in content. The publishing house also delves into mythology retelling, historical fiction, period drama, crime, thriller, romance, short stories, poetry, children’s fiction, humour etc. children’s imprint is called Reado Junior.
Readomania.com is an online publishing platform for budding authors; a place to share stories and poems; a place to explore aspiring writer’s creative talent. Authors can register, or login through social media sites and upload their work, which then gets reviewed. Once published, people can read it for free, share it on social media, email it, rate it, vote for it, and even leave their feedback. This helps the author get critical feedback to improve their writing as well as encouragement to write more.
Talking about the alliance, Publisher and Director, Readomania, Dipankar Mukherjee commented: “It is an honour and delight to be associated with Ananke, year after year. Ananke represents a much-needed strong women-voice that resonates with a large audience across borders and becomes a platform of choice to raise pertinent issues.”
Ananke’s Women in Literature Festival will showcase a plethora of conversations that spark impact and mobilize change. The festival aims to initiate discussions and dialogue that give rise to positive narratives. The digital festival is a flagship event of Ananke’s Women in Literature Foundation.
