| |  | | Charles Clark Memorial Lecture dissects Artificial Intelligence On Wednesday 29 September, Florian Koempel welcomed Judge Kathleen O'Malley of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and British author Dr Tom Chatfield for a revamped and virtual Charles Clark Memorial Lecture. The focus of this year's lecture was Artificial Intelligence and both speakers reveled in a fascinating conversation. Read more. | | |  | | Freedom to Publish Masterclass to celebrate Prix Voltaire shortlist and examine self-censorship 2021 IPA Prix Votlaire shortlist to be announced alongside discussion on how the sector can recognize, discuss and tackle self-censorship. The session is scheduled for Friday, 15 October 2021 at 11am. Read more. | | | | | The book sector unites to take action on climate In the lead up to the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, key players across the book and journals sector have united in calling for action on climate to be prioritized. Read more. | | | Over 30 Global Publishing Trade Associations, Book Fairs, and Freedom to Publish Champions sign Charter to Inspire Sustainable Post-COVID future for the Sector By signing the International Sustainable Publishing and Industry Resilience Charter, signatories from across the publishing ecosystem have agreed to cooperate on supporting publishing's post-Covid recovery. Read more. | | | Book Publishers Support COP26 Conference Through Virtual Showcase Over 35 book publishers have contributed titles focussing on the climate crisis and sustainability to a free virtual showcase throughout both the Milan Pre-COP Meeting (30 September - 3 October) and the Glasgow COP26 Meeting (1 -12 November). Read more. | | | IPA launches Sustainable Development Goals Dashboard To demonstrate the work of publishers and publishers' associations around the world to contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, IPA has developed a dashboard. Read more. | | | Accra to be UNESCO World Book Capital 2023 Accra, Ghana, has been named UNESCO World Book Capital for 2023. As the 23rd city to be selected since the UNESCO World Book Capital programme began in 2001, Accra will have the opportunity to organize activities to encourage a culture of reading both inside and outside Ghana and celebrate the power of books to engage people of all ages. Read more. | | | IPA at 125 An extended anniversary video, a timeline of the history of IPA and details of all IPA's past Presidents added to anniversary site. Read more. | | |  | | Watch IPA's extended 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: | |  | | Readers of the IPA newsletter can use the following code before 8 October for free access:
LI210000039RP | | International Translation Day webinar - today! 30 September is International Translation Day and IPA has brought together an exciting group of speakers to look at the global landscape for translation rights through the perspectives of authors, publishers and translation funds from Italy, Brazil, Georgia and the UAE. Read more. | | | IPA President speaks at first ever "Etats généraux du livre en Langue française dans le Monde"
IPA President, Bodour Al Qasimi, addressed the « Etats généraux du livre en Langue française dans le Monde », an international summit on francophone book publishing which was held both online and physically in Tunis on 23 and 24 September 2021. Read more. | | | IPA joins the board of WExFo
The newly created World Expression Forum held its constituting shareholder meeting in August, welcoming its first shareholders, establishing its board of directors and a programming Committee ahead of the first edition of the Forum on 30-31 May 2022. Read more. | | | Accessibility Now - Will you be ready for the European Accessibility Act in 2025? The winners of the 2021 ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing will announced at the Frankfurter Buchmesse on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 alongside a session with accessibility experts on how to prepare for 2025. Read more. | | | Report on publishing trends for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Monographs On 14 October 2021, Philip Shaw and Angus Phillips from the Oxford International Centre for Publishing will present a webinar, in partnership with the IPA, reporting on research carried out by the Oxford International Centre for Publishing to gather data on the current landscape of academic monograph publishing in the arts, humanities, and social sciences and to identify trends. Read more. | | | IPA in the news The creation of the International Sustainable Publishing and Industry Resilience (InSPIRe) Plan Taskforce and Charter by IPA President Bodour Al Qasimi was discussed at length in articles by Publishing Perspectives and ActuaLitté.
The COP26 Virtual Book Showcase, a project supported by the IPA and Save The Children, was highlighted by The Bookseller.
IPA President Bodour Al Qasimi's opening speech at the Seoul International Book Fair was covered by The National News in a detailed article.
The role of IPA on the UNESCO World Book Capital Advisory Committee was mentioned in a recent piece celebrating the selection of Accra, Ghana as the 2023 UNESCO World Book Capital.
Al Qasimi's message – emphasizing the importance of fostering a culture of reading in young people – at the 37th IBBY International Congress held in Moscow, Russia was also covered in a news article.
In an article previewing the 2021 Frankfurt Book Fair, Publishers Weekly discussed how Jakarta will be the host city for the International Publishers Association Congress in 2022. | | Michiel Kolman - Why is COP 26 a critical moment for the climate and publishing? It seems that with each passing day there is yet another climate change crisis dominating our news headlines. The world's scientists have declared that we are fast approaching global tipping points ... Read more. | | | Gvantsa Jobava - Building international networks around literacy The literacy taskforce of IPA's Inclusive Publishing and Literacy Committee (IPLC) has started bringing together a network of literacy organizations operating around the globe. The aim is to create an online database of IPA literacy partners enabling them to present themselves, share their projects and ideas, and facilitate the networking of literacy organizations. Read more. | | | Guest Post - Alison Tweed - Publishers have helped us inspire 290,000 children to read – but there is still work to do Our charity, Book Aid International, works for a world where everyone has access to books that will enrich, improve, and change their lives. Every year, we provide around one million brand new books to thousands of libraries, schools, universities... Read more. | | | James Taylor - Changing of the guard on the board of the Accessible Books Consortium The term of IPA Past President, Dr Michiel Kolman, on the board of the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) came to an end last month. The ABC is hosted by WIPO and is part of the practical implementation of the Marakesh Treaty. Michiel has been succeeded by Laura Brady ... Read more. | | | | 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: 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=b443267a49 | | | | |
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