IPA at International Book Fairs | | | |  | IPA at London Book Fair 2025 The International Publishers Association will be at London Book Fair holding committee meetings and participating in panel discussions. Read more. | | |  | IPA at Bologna Children's Book Fair 2025 IPA is delighted to be part of a number of sessions at the Bologna Children's Book Fair, a patron member of IPA since 2024. Read more. | | | | | IPA statement following AI Action Summit The AI Action Summit took place in Paris, France on 10-11 February 2025. Following the publication of the closing Statement on Inclusive and Sustainable Artificial Intelligence for People and the Planet, IPA makes the following comment. Read more. | | | UK Creative Industries Campaign Ahead of AI Consultation Deadline Creative industries' campaign includes newspapers Make it fAIr front pages, a silent album and more as the head of the Publishers Association declares: The great copyright heist cannot go unchallenged. Read more. | | | Madrid Withdraws the Royal Decree on AI Licenses The Spanish government announced on 28 January it was abandoning its project of implementing an extended collective licence scheme for AI training purposes. Read more. | | | IPA Reaction to Attack on publisher and author at Amar Ekushey Book Fair 10 February attack on publisher Sabyasachi's stand took place at Bangladesh's biggest book fair due to presence of books by author Taslima Nasrin. Read more. | | | World Expression Forum confirms speakers The 4th edition of the World Expression Forum (WEXFO) has announced renowned lawyer and Muslim feminist Seyrna Ates, Charlie Hebdo editor Gérard Biard, award-winning documentary maker Deeyah Khan and The American Sunlight Project co-founder, Nina Jankowicz as its first speakers. Read more. | | | | Democracies Depend on Reading Project Gathers Stakeholders At a meeting in Mainz, Germany on 18 February, the partners of a new project Democracies Depend on Reading, or DemRead, brought together a broaders set of stakeholders working on literacy to discuss how reading promotion. Read more. | | | Germany: 5th Edition of Freedom of Expression Week Running from 3-10 May 2025 under the motto 'Argue? Absolutely! the week will see events held across the country with a kick off campaign: Give the banned book a voice! Read more. | | | IPA Annual Report 2023-24 The IPA has published its annual report covering its activities to the end of 2024. Read more. | | | W3C - Accessibility metadata display guide for digital publications 2.0 The Accessibility task force of the W3C Publishing Community Group invites final comments on the third draft of the "Accessibility metadata display guide for digital publications 2.0". Read more. | | | The Trinity of Freedoms Liberté, egalité, fraternité. It is France's national theme, attributed to Maximilien de Robespierre, at the end of the French Revolution, when the French people sought to free themselves from the yoke of an oppressive monarchy. Read more. | | | Signing the SDG Publishers Compact – Princeton University Press I was very happy to be able to ask new IPA Executive Committee member, Christie Henry of Princeton University Press (PUP) about why PUP had signed the SDG Publishers Compact. Read more. | | | Interview with PASA on SDG Publishers Compact In this interview with the Publishers' Association of South Africa (PASA), Sustainability Sub Committee chairperson of PASA, Rob Laing, shares its commitment to sustainability and more specifically the SDG Compact. Read more. | | | New IPA President Gvantsa Jobava was interviewed by All About Book Publishing (India) about her priorities for her Presidency.
IPA's new Committeee announcements (see above) were picked up by Publishing Perspectives, the Giornale della Libreria and PublishNews.
Publishing Perspectives mentioned the Prix Voltaire Special Award laureates Victoria Amelina and Volodymyr Vakulenko as part of its reporting on the anniversary of the beginning of the war in Ukraine. The same Publication also reminded readers about the Prix Voltaire nomination deadline.
Publishers Weekly's highlights for London Book Fair include the Turning the Page: Publishing's Role in Keeping the Focus on Sustainability session which features Gvantsa Jobava.
The IPA's reaction to the Paris AI Summit was picked up by a number of publications including Publishing Perspectives, The Bookseller, INCT and Actualitté.
IFEX relayed IPA's reaction to the accack on a publishers and author at the Amar Ekushey book fair in Bangladesh. | | | Our translated newsletters will be out soon. Check your subscription preferences to make sure you're subscribed! | | | 2025 March
11 - 13 March: The London Book Fair, London, U.K
19-23 March: Salon du Livre, Geneva, Switzerland
27 - 30 March: Leipzig Book Fair, Germany
27 March-7 April: Bangkok International Book Fair, Thailand
28-29 March: Bangkok Rights Fair, Thailand.
31 March - 3 April: Bologna Children's Book Fair, Italy
April
11 - 13 April: Festival du Livre de Paris, France
25 April - 11 May: Tunis International Book Fair, Tunisia
25 April - 11 May: Feria Internacional del Libro de Bogotá, Colombia
26 April - 5 May: Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, UAE
May
6 - 10 May: Abidjan International Book Fair, Côte d'Ivoire
15 - 18 May: Warsaw International Book Fair, Poland
26 May - 8 June: Montevideo Children's and Youth Book Fair, Uruguay
See our full book fair listing on our site here. | | | | |
