IPA Newsletter February 2023

Ukraine, Copyright, Freedom to Publish, Bologna, Statistics and more

IPA NEWSLETTER February 2023 View this email in your browser Ukraine War destroying publishing and education for Ukrainians The International Publishers Association and the Federation of European Publishers call for an immediate end to the Russian aggression in Ukraine which has cost the lives of so many, including colleagues from the book sector, and the destruction of schools and libraries. Read more. UK Government abandons TDM copyright exception The Publishers Association (UK) welcomes the move which had raised concerns across the creative industries in the UK. Read more. The Impact of War on the Freedom to Publish – Ukraine On Tuesday 7th February 2023, IPA held an Open Freedom to Publish meeting to consider the impact of war in Ukraine on the freedom to publish. Read more. Like Follow Instagram LinkedIn Subscribe Applications Open! UNESCO World Book Capital 2025 Since 2001, cities are designated each year as UNESCO World Book Capital carry out activities with the aim of encouraging a culture of reading and diffusing its values. Read more. 'Reading is the key to many challenges our society has to face' BLOG: IPA past President, Ana María Cabanellas, shares her first post for the IPA's literacy working group looking at the situation in Germany. Read more. Who wants to write or publish in the face of death threats? Following death threats, Dutch author Pim Lammers, withdrew as the designated author to write the poem for Kids Book Week in the Netherlands. Read more. Two years since the death of Lokman Slim BLOG: Two years ago, on this sad day, our publishing colleague, Lebanese publisher, Lokman Slim was assassinated. Lokman co-founded Dar Al-Jadeed publishing house in Lebanon with his sister, Rasha Al Ameer. Read more. IPA Educational Publishers Forum holds virtual Kyiv meeting On 22 February the IPA's Educational Publishers Forum held its 50th meeting. This meeting was marked as Virtual Kyiv falling as it did, just days before the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Read more. IPA at Bologna Children's Book Fair Bologna Book Fair will celebrate its 60th Anniversary next week (6-9 March 2023) and IPA is delighted to be present and involved in a number of sessions on sustainability, the spotlight on Africa programme and women in publishing. Read more. New WIPO report: Global Publishing Industry in 2021 At New Delhi Book Fair, Kevin Fizgerald of WIPO presented their latest publishing sector data  for the year 2021 and was joined on stage by IPA Secretary General, José Borghino, and the chair of IPA's Data and Statistics Committee, Pranav Gupta. Read more. WEXFO Programme announced 2nd edition of World Expression Forum features Rasha Al Ameer of IPA Prix Voltaire laureate Dar Al Jadeed Publishing House and will also host the Prix Voltaire ceremony. Read more. IPA in the news Karine Pansa was interviewed in International Publishing Weekly (China) and All About Book Publishing (India) to mark the beginning of her presidency.   Publishing Perspectives, Börsenblatt, PublishNews and MEVW all covered IPA's joint statement with FEP on the impact of the war on publishing and education. Börsenblatt also covered our open Freedom to Publish meeting on the Freedom to Publish situation in Ukraine.   Publishing Persepctives reminded its readers of the Prix Voltaire nominations deadline. The shortlist will be announced at London Book Fair with the laureate being announced at the World Expression Forum.    Haseeb Irfanullah mentioned the IPA's work on the Un Sustainable Development Goals in his lates post on the Scholarly Kitchen.    Kenya's Book Bunk, which received support from IPA's Africa Publishing Innovation Fund was profiled in the New York Times.  In Case You Missed It The latest editions of our Arabic, French and Spanish newsletters came out in August. Copyright Publishers Weekly : With New Model Language, Library E-book Bills Are Back   Freedom to Publish The Bookseller (£): Puffin defends 'minimal' changes made to Roald Dahl's children's books (and other articles) Diversity and Inclusion Association of Canadian Publishers and Canadian Publishers Council: 2022 Canadian Book Publishing Industry Diversity Baseline Survey   Accessibility Inclusive Publishing: NNELS Accessible Publishing Summit 2023: Event Overview Fondazione LIA: Adobe InDesign. At which stage is the accessibility for EPUB production?   New Podcasts BookMachine: Conversations in Publishing Article19: Taming the Titans   Industry Association of American Publishers: The Association of American Publishers (AAP) announces 2023 PROSE Award winners for excellence and the R.R. Hawkins Award The Bookseller (£): China's physical bookshops miss out as sales via short-form video jump To Come February 25 February - 5 March: New Delhi Book Fair March 3 March: Training for Publishers from the Arab World - A world of Books for Children (see below) 6-9 March: Bologna Children's Book Fair 9 March: IBBY European Regional Conference 13 - 17 March: WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 19-20 March: RISE Bookselleing Conference 22-26 March: Salon du Livre de Genève  April 18-20 April: London Book Fair 21-23 April: Festival du Livre de Paris May 3-10 May: Freedom of Expression Week, Germany 22-23 May: World Expression Forum (WEXFO) June 7 – 9 June: Readmagine 23 14-18 June: Seoul International Book Fair (registration open) See our full book fair listing on our site here. IPA's websites 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. CONTACT US: International Publishers Association 23 Avenue de France CH-1202 Geneva Tel: +41 22 704 1820 www.internationalpublishers.org

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