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IPA NEWSLETTER JULY 2021 View this email in your browser Internet Archive draws ire of New Zealand Publishers and Authors following national library digitization deal A joint statement issued on 16 July by the Publishers Association of New Zealand and the New Zealand Society of Authors expressed both organisations' shock at the announcement that the National Library of New Zealand would hand over hundreds of thousands of books from its collection to the notorious pirate site, the Internet Archive (IA). Read more. Hong Kong Arrests over 'Seditious' Children's Books   On 22 July, AFP reported that 5 members of a speech therapists union had been arrested for sedition and had their accounts frozen after publishing a series of children's books. Read more.       For the second year in a row, the IPA are delighted to be supporting Nielsen on an important and ambitious industry-wide survey to investigate the international landscape and perception of book prizes. All participants of the survey will receive a summary of the findings. The survey takes less than 10 minutes to complete and the deadline for responses has been extended to Friday 6th August. Take the Survey Like Follow Forward Subscribe Nigerian Copyright Reform Begins On July 6th, the Nigerian government announced that it had presented a new bill, The Copyright (Repeal) Bill, to the country's National Assembly for approval. The proposed legislation, which represents the first significant reform of Nigeria's copyright system in decades, is intended to strenghten authorities' capacity to respond to the copyright challenges the country is facing. Read more. Bodour Al Qasimi meets members of Turkish Publishers Association as part of IPA's global meeting series President of International Publishers Association shares IPA's vision with Turkish publishers for the recovery of the pandemic-affected book industry and to ensure its sustainable future. Read more. Applications open until 31 August 2021 IPA invites project proposals to nurture Africa's reading culture 'beyond the classroom' in 2022-2023 IPA underlines publishers' contribution during COVID pandemic at WIPO Copyright Committee The 41st session of the World Intellectual Property Organisation's (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) took place in hybrid format from 28 June to 1 July. Member States agreed not to embark on any law-making (normative) discussions while face-to-face meetings remain impractical, but that hasn't stopped some from trying to use the pandemic as a pretext for more and broader exceptions and limitations to copyright, especially in the field of education publishing. Read more. Why publishers are getting serious about sustainability SDG Publishers Compact hits its first 100 signatories. Read more. Italian Books in translation: grants allocated by the Centre for Books and Reading With a view to promoting the translation of Italian authors into foreign languages, the Centre for Books and Reading (Cepell), an independent institute of Italy's Ministry of Culture, has issued a call for grants allocating a total of 650,000€. The amount of each grant will vary from a min. of 500€ to a max. of 5,000€, depending on the length of the translation and other criteria laid out in the call. Read more. IPA in the news IPA President, Bodour Al Qasimi was interviewed in WIPO magazine about her vision for the future of publishing. Al Qasimi's latest Medium post on the Africa Publishing Innovations Fund was picked up in Springer's Publishing Research Quarterly. The intervention of IPA Secretary General, José Borghino, at the WIPO SCCR meeting (see above) was picked up in Publishing Perspectives. The same publication also covered the 100 signatories of the SDG Publishers Compact. Nasher covered the recent arrests for the publication of 'seditious' children's books in Hong Kong (see above) and included the reaction of the Chair of IPA's Freedom to Publish Committee, Kristenn Einarsson.  Bodour Al Qasimi's participation at the Nigeria International Book Fair was picked up in the local press with the fair focusing on women in publishing. You can see her keynote here and more local coverage here. IPA Vice President, Karine Pansa, spoke to Spanish author and publisher Jordi Nadal about his latest book "Book Therapy".  Check out IPA President, Bodour Al Qasimi's latest Medium posts (in English and Arabic). Her latest post looks at the future of education.    In Case You Missed It We have started trialling biannual newsletters in biannual newsletters in Arabic, French, and Spanish in addition to our regular monthly English newsletter. Read our first newsletters at the links below: Arabic Spanish French To sign up for future editions update your language preferences: https://international-publishers-association.mailchimpsites.com/manage/preferences?u=914a89e2e13ccd381d1c47e5d&id=fc11f8b022&e=d44a4dc75d&c=ff184cca91 Watch IPA's mini-documentary to celebrate our 125th anniversary. On 15 June 1896, the first International Publishers Congress was held in Paris. The International Publishers Congress would later become the International Publishers Association and this month we marked our 125th anniversary. We have opened our celebrations with a special anniversary logo, a beautiful mini-documentary talking to many IPA Past-Presidents and digitising our Centenary book for the first time. You can find all of these on our anniversary website: www.ipa125.org Freedom of Expression Publishing Perspectives: Lukashenko Regime To Close PEN Belarus in Minsk Accessibility Inclusive Publishing: The Essentials for Accessible Publishing in 2021 (W)  Inclusion and Diversity Publishing Perspectives: Penguin Random House: New Stories of Social Impact Statistics PANZ: Report shows Kiwis took solace in books in 2020 Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels: The book market during the pandemic Publishers Weekly: Reading Time Rose 21% in Second Half of 2020 To Come 25 - 29 August - Beijing International Book Fair 16 - 17 September - EEPG conference: Changing Teacher Roles in the 2020s - impact and effects of the pandemic in the K12 classroom !! Save the Date !! - 30 September 1pm CET: IPA Webinar on International Translation Day - The global landscape for translation rights    November 2022 33rd International Publishers Congress Jakarta www.publisherscongress.com About the IPA Established in 1896, the International Publishers Association (IPA) is the world's largest federation of publishers associations. The IPA is an industry body with a human rights mandate, whose mission is to promote and protect publishing and raise awareness of publishing as a force for economic, cultural and social development. Working in cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and other supranational bodies, the IPA champions the interests of book and journal publishing at national and supranational level. Internationally, the IPA actively opposes censorship and promotes copyright, freedom to publish (including through the IPA Prix Voltaire), and literacy. 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