Shobha Viswanath
Shobha Viswanath is the Co-founder and Publishing Director of Karadi Tales Company
She has been responsible for steering the direction of her company from brilliantly produced audio books for children to creating new imprints for her publishing house such as Dreaming Fingers, an imprint that produces illustrated books for the visually disabled; Charkha the imprint of inspiring biographies for young adults; and Chitra, a line of beautifully illustrated picture books for young children.
In her position as publishing director of Karadi Tales, she has commissioned several award-winning titles, liaised with authors and illustrator, represented the organisation in foreign rights sales and decided the company’s creative direction. Over the years,
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Ένιντ Μπλάιτον (Greek)
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Энид Блайтон (Russian)
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