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by Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News: The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) has released an art book for the general public, written to provide people with a cultural experience and to attract them to take a closer look at Krishna consciousness through its “windows to the spiritual world.” Avatar Art: Neo-Vedic Paintings Celebrating Life includes 104 BBT paintings, some vintage and some newer, with supporting text that takes readers on a tour through a huge portion of the Vedic scriptures in 224 pages through a medium everyone loves – stories and gorgeous art.

by Jayadvaita Swami, has won the 2016 Benjamin Franklin gold award for the year’s best book in the “religion” category. The award was announced by the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), the authority for the awards, at a ceremony on April 8 in Salt Lake City. The IBPA is the largest publishing association in the United States. Nearly 1,400 entries from across the publishing industry were submitted to the 2016 awards program for consideration.

As an offering to Srila Prabhupada during ISKCON’s 50th anniversary year, the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust is set to publish some of his books in two languages – Catalan and Quechua – for the first time ever.
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The North European BBT is happy to announce that "Prabhupada: Your Ever Well-Wisher" by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami is now available at bbtmedia.com. Your Ever Well-Wisher is the single-volume version of the Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita, a comprehensive, multi-volume biography of one of the most remarkable personalities of the twentieth century, the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The narrator is Michael Scherer.
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As a result of the BBT's participation in the Moscow International Book Fair, representatives of "Chitai-gorod" approached the BBT managers and made a suggestion to present the books in their stores. . . . Read more at ISKCON News

The latest effort from the African branch of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust – which has been publishing ISKCON Founder Srila Prabhupada’s books in various African languages since 2009 – is the e-magazine “Imprint.”. . . Read more at ISKCON News