Speaking Tiger Books

Speaking Tiger Books, commonly known as Speaking Tiger, is an independent publishing and book-distribution company based in New Delhi, India. It was established in 2014 by Ravi Singh and Manas Saikia, publishing executives who had previously led the Indian operations of Penguin India and Cambridge University Press India. Their professional backgrounds placed the company within the established Indian publishing industry while also giving it an independent identity outside the largest multinational and conglomerate-owned publishing groups. The company’s publishing programme is designed around breadth of subject and form rather than a single narrowly defined category. Its stated focus includes Indian and international literary fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on maintaining diversity across genres. This places Speaking Tiger within India’s independent literary publishing sector, where publishers often combine original works, translated or internationally sourced titles, cultural writing, memoir, criticism, and other forms of serious non-fiction. The available reference material does not provide a complete catalogue, imprint structure, detailed financial information, or a comprehensive list of authors and titles, so the company’s precise commercial scale and current editorial divisions cannot be established here. Speaking Tiger also operates in book distribution as well as publishing. This dual role allows it to participate in the circulation of books beyond the titles it publishes itself, although the available source does not specify the full range of distributed publishers, territories, retail partners, or institutional channels. Its base in New Delhi gives it a position within one of India’s principal centres for publishing, bookselling, media, and cultural activity. The company’s founders are significant to its identity. Ravi Singh was formerly associated with Penguin India, while Manas Saikia previously headed Cambridge University Press India. Their combined experience spans trade publishing and academic or scholarly publishing, helping explain Speaking Tiger’s stated interest in a broad list that brings together literary fiction and non-fiction from Indian and international sources. Beyond these founding facts and its general editorial remit, publicly available reference material is limited. No verified information is available in the supplied sources about later ownership changes, annual revenue, listed status, senior leadership changes, major campaigns, acquisitions, controversies, or a current official website address.

Speaking Tiger Books was founded in New Delhi in 2014 by Ravi Singh and Manas Saikia. Both founders came from senior positions in Indian publishing: Singh had previously headed Penguin India, while Saikia had headed Cambridge University Press India. Their experience gave the new company an experienced leadership base spanning commercial trade publishing and academic or scholarly publishing. From its establishment, Speaking Tiger developed as both a publisher and a book distributor. Its stated editorial approach is deliberately diverse, covering Indian and international literary fiction and non-fiction rather than limiting the list to one genre or market segment. This breadth is consistent with the company’s independent positioning and with New Delhi’s role as a major centre of Indian publishing and cultural production. The company’s publishing activity is described in general terms in the available reference material. It maintains a catalogue across multiple genres and publishes works connected to both Indian and international literary and non-fiction traditions. Its distribution activity extends its role beyond the books it publishes directly, although the available material does not identify all distribution agreements, territories, or commercial partners. The supplied sources do not document subsequent ownership changes, corporate restructuring, public listing, acquisitions, financial performance, major promotional campaigns, scandals, or changes in senior management. They also do not provide sufficient information to identify individual flagship titles or to reconstruct a year-by-year publishing history. Accordingly, the documented history of Speaking Tiger Books is centred on its 2014 founding, the publishing backgrounds of its founders, and its continuing identity as an independent publisher and distributor with a broad literary and non-fiction programme.

• 2014

  Speaking Tiger Books is founded

  [1]Speaking Tiger Booksen.wikipedia.org

  Ravi Singh and Manas Saikia establish Speaking Tiger Books in New Delhi as an independent publishing and book-distribution company.

An independent Indian publisher and distributor positioned around a diverse catalogue of Indian and international literary fiction and non-fiction.

• Publishing

  Literary fiction

  Speaking Tiger publishes literary fiction as part of a catalogue intended to retain diversity across genres. The available reference does not identify specific flagship novels, authors, language programmes, or recurring fiction series.

• Publishing

  Non-fiction

  Non-fiction is a central part of Speaking Tiger’s stated programme, alongside fiction. The company’s remit includes Indian and international non-fiction, but the supplied sources do not provide enough detail to classify its complete subject coverage or identify individual leading titles.

• Distribution · 2014

  Book distribution

  In addition to publishing its own list, Speaking Tiger operates as a book distributor. This activity supports the circulation of books beyond its direct publishing programme, although specific distribution partners, territories, and channels are not identified in the available material.

1. 1Speaking Tiger Booksen.wikipedia.org