Trasvin Jittidecharak

Trasvin Jittidecharak is from Chiang Mai, Thailand. She began learning the art of the book trade from a very young age when her parents founded the Suriwong Book Center, the first bookstore in Thailand outside of Bangkok. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in publication design from Parsons School of Design, New York City. In her early career, she illustrated many books. Trasvin was active in promoting reading among children between 1986–1991.  

In 1991, Trasvin Jittidecharak founded Silkworm Books, a general, independent publisher of English-language books on Thailand and Southeast Asia that she is still running today.

In 2005, Trasvin founded Mekong Press, later to become Mekong Press Foundation in 2008, to support publishing activities in the Greater Mekong Sub-region and establish a network of publishers in the region.

Trasvin was a focal person for the UNESCO Bangkok World Book Capital City in 2013. She chaired the Organizing Committee of the 30th International Publishers Association (IPA) Congress, Bangkok 2015. She served on the Executive Committee of the International Publishers Association from 2012 to 2017. Trasvin is an advisor to the board of the Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand (2009–2015; 2019–2021). She is a member of the IPA’s Freedom to Publish Committee (2017–21). Trasvin is the Secretary-General of the ASEAN Book Publishers Association, 2020-21.