| |  | | FBM21: IPA at Frankfurt Round-up Get a feel for IPA's activities at the 2021 Frankfurt Book Fair in this series of short videos: Read more. | | |  | Prix Voltaire shortlist revealed IPA announced the five-strong shortlist for the 2021 IPA Prix Voltaire, recognizing exemplary courage in upholding the freedom to publish. Read more. | | | | | | FBM21: The Impact of COVID on the Global Publishing Industry Speakers from the World Intellectual Property Organization, IPA, the International Authors Forum and Nielsen discussed the immediate and long-term effects of the COVID pandemic on the publishing industry, exploring how different parts of the industry have been impacted by the pandemic. Read more. | | | Accessibility Takes Center Stage at Frankfurter Buchmesse The Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) International Excellence Awards for Accessible Publishing were celebrated at Frankfurter Buchmesse 2021 during a virtual session entitled "Accessibility Now: Will you be ready for the European Accessibility Act in 2025?". Read more. | | | IPA Blog: Dutch publishers embracing accessibility Hugo Setzer spoke to Paul Gillijns and Sanne Walraven of the Dutch Educational Publishers and Dutch General Publishers Associations respectively about their 18 month programme to train publishers in accessibility ahead of the implementation of the European Accessibility Act in 2025. Read more. | | | IPA Partners Sharjah International Book Fair Publishers' Conference IPA is delighted to partner the Sharjah International Book Fair Publishers' Conference taking place from 31 October - 2 November. The Conference will be opened by a keynote by IPA President, Bodour Al Qasim, and covers a range of issues from educational publishing to the InSPIRe plan, our Africa Publishing Innovation Fund to Independent publishing. Read more. | | | World's press, book publishers and journalists condemn Pakistan plan for strict control over media The World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), the International Publishers Association (IPA), and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) call on Pakistani authorities to retract plans to establish the 'Pakistan Media Development Authority' (PMDA) that risks placing strict state control over all media. Read more. | | | Bodour Al Qasimi affirms potential of regional publishing sector in driving new renaissance in Arab culture Bodour Al Qasimi, President of the International Publishers Association (IPA), has called for enhanced solidarity across the entire value chain of the Arab publishing industry to foster a nurturing environment that supports the transformation of the sector into a global cultural heavyweight. Read more. | | | New members for lnternational Publishers Association at second virtual General Assembly At its second consecutive virtual General Assembly the world's largest federation of publishers' associations welcomed 3 new members, refreshed the composition of two Committees and was addressed by the new President of PEN International. Read more. | | | IPA celebrates 125th anniversary at FBM21 IPA started a series of celebrations of its 125th anniversary with a reception during Frankfurt Book Fair. Learn more about our history on our 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: | | IPA celebrates International Translation Day with special Webinar Publishing Perspectives Editor in Chief, Porter Anderson, guided experts from Italy, Brazil, Georgia and the U.S.A. as they brought their takes as authors, publishers, and funds on the importance of translations in the international book market. Read more. | | | IPA in the news IPA President Bodour Al Qasimi was interviewed by the BBC World Business Report, discussing the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on the international publishing industry.
The negative impacts of the pandemic on reading culture and critical publishing industry infrastructure was highlighted by IPA President Bodour Al Qasimi in Deutsche Welle's coverage of the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Michiel Kolman, former president of the IPA and current Chair of the IPA's Inclusive Publishing and Literacy Committee, was interviewed by Velocity of Content Podcast on the subject of publishers' efforts to tackle climate change and commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
InSPIRe, the International Sustainable Publishing and Industry Resilience Plan Taskforce, created by IPA President Bodour Al Qasimi, was highlighted in an article by The Bookseller.
Publishing Perspectives featured the IPA's joint call for immediate release – along with 27 other advocacy associations – of Vietnamese publisher Pham Doan Trang.
Vice-President of the IPA, Karine Pansa, was featured in an interview with Publishing Perspectives.
'The Hof' session at the Frankfurter Buchmesse, which included the participation of IPA President Bodour Al Qasimi, was covered in an article by Publishing Perspectives.
IPA President Bodour Al Qasimi's efforts and engagement throughout the Frankfurt Book Fair was discussed in an article by Publishing Perspectives.
The program for the upcoming Sharjah International Book Fair, which will include a keynote address celebrating the 125th anniversary of the International Publishers Association by IPA President Bodour Al Qasimi, was featured on Publishers Weekly.
The announcement revealing the shortlist for the 2021 IPA Prix Voltaire was covered extensively in a variety of articles by Börsenblatt, Livres Hebdo, Publishing Perspectives, ActuaLitté, BOK365, Chytomo (Читомо), and El Periodico. | | | 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=15b8f8e077 | | To Come 3 -13 November - Sharjah International Book Fair
10 - 14 November - JakTent
25 - 28 November - Thessaloniki Book Fair
27 November - 5 December - Guadalajara International Book Fair | | | | |
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