We passionately do:
Reading manuscripts, all levels of editing book editing) designing (graphics and layout), publishing books, curating books, branding and distributing. Besides our own publications, we cater editing, designing, printing, distributing and marketing to any individual or corporate publishers.
We collaborate with international writers and publishers, we translate international literature in Nepali and we also introduce Nepali literature, either translated from Nepali or originally written in English, to global platforms.
We organize literature and art events, fairs and festivals.
Objectives:
To develop reading culture
To promote art and literature
To introduce literature from Nepal to global platforms
To produce aesthetically sound and original contents, especially children literature, critical histories, creative histories, ethnographics, autoethnographies, and non fictions.
To promote local and indigenous aesthetics and knowledge.
There were already a number of publication houses before Redpanda was conceived. Despite the fact that many publications were/are contributing to make Nepali Literature rich, we found a dire scarcity of books on history and books for children.
Most of the history books available in the market are of political histories — especially of rulers and political events. Social, economic, and the history of individual genres of studies are to be written or rewritten. To encourage new generations of historians to write and to cater the availability of history books in the market is one of the objectives.
Secondly, most of the books claimed suitable for children that we found were not graded and not ideally suitable for children in terms of the choice of words and ideologies behind concepts in those books.
List of books published so far: Bhushramik, Matik Lok, Aagat, Jyoti Jyoti Mahajyoti, Chapaiekaa Anuhar, Satra Bhoka Kaag, Madness. We are working for: Complete collection of Daulat Bikram Bista, Majhihafam, Chhail, Abba and 6 fiction books and 49 children books.