antonymGLOBAL PUBLISHING

LITERATURE BEGINS
IN A LANGUAGE.

WE HELP
IT TRAVEL.

We translate Indian-language and world literature into English, license it across international markets, and publish in the United States and Canada.

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Frankfurt Book Fair 2025 · London Book Fair 2025

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TITLES IN
TRANSLATION

SOURCE
LANGUAGES

TERRITORIES
LICENSED

HOUSES IN
THE NETWORK

RIGHTS

From the original language to the right market.

We acquire and sell rights in Indian-language and world literature.

EVENTS

Rights are still sold across a table.

We take our catalogue to international book fairs, rights markets and literary gatherings.

RESIDENCIES & PROGRAMMES

Some books are found. Others begin with a conversation.

Residencies, workshops and cultural programmes in India and abroad.

SELECTED TITLES

Books that began in one language and found another life.

Discover stories that travel across languages and borders.

Founded in Kolkata. Publishing for the world. With the world.

More about us

Languages create worlds. Literature connects them. We carry them forward.

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