Speaking Tiger Books

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Speaking Tiger Books
StatusActive
Founded2014
FounderRavi Singh
Manas Saikia
Country of origin India
Headquarters location New Delhi, India
Nonfiction topics Memoir, sports, nature writing, travel writing
Imprints Talking Cub (Children's books) [1]
Official website www.speakingtigerbooks.com

Speaking Tiger Books (informally Speaking Tiger) is an independent publishing and book distribution company based in New Delhi, India. [2] It was founded in 2014 by Ravi Singh and Manas Saikia, former heads of Penguin India and Cambridge University Press India, respectively. [3] The company focuses on maintaining a diversity of genres and publishes Indian and international literary fiction and non-fiction. [4] [5]

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