| |  | | Copyright Update: AI Copyright Cases, Vietnam November saw two major cases involving AI companies being resolved. The first in the UK Getty Images v. Stability AI and the second in Germany GEMA v. OpenAI. Read more. | | |  | IPA Welcomes Release of Boualem Sansal On 12 November 2025, Franco-Algerian author Boualem Sansal was pardoned and released from prison on humanitarian and health grounds. His release followed mediation by the German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. Sansal has now travelled to Germany. Read more. | | | | | | IPA at Shanghai International Children's Book Fair Representing the Association, IPA President Gvantsa Jobava delivered welcoming remarks at the International Children's Book Publisher Dialogue, where she highlighted how essential children's publishers are to the future of reading and to society as a whole. Read more. | | | | IPA at Future Book Forum IPA Vice President, Giovanni Hoepli and Director of Communications and Freedom to Publish, James Taylor, attended the Canon-organised event held under the theme 'The Future of the Book'. Read more. | | | | Educational Publishers Forum meetings On 17 and 18 November, the IPA Educational Publishers Forum, was held in Antwerp and was kindly hosted by the IPA member, the Flemish Educational and Scientific Publishers Association (GEWU). Later in November, the African EPF held an online meeting. Read more. | | | | IPA at Sharjah Publishers Conference and International Book Fair IPA President, Gvantsa Jobava, participated in the Sharjah Publishers Conference, held during the Sharjah International Book Fair, as the Master of Ceremonies. The conference brought together publishing professionals, industry leaders, and organizations from around the world to discuss the future of books, reading, and publishing innovation. Read more. | | | 35th International Publishers Congress Updates | | Successful Promotion of International Publishers Congress 2026 at Shanghai Children's Book Fair The International Publishers Congress (IP Congress) 2026 received an enthusiastic reception at the China Shanghai International Children's Book Fair (CCBF), where organisers actively promoted the upcoming event at stand 3A01. Read more. | | | Sharjah Publishers Conference Boosts Excitement for 35th IPA International Publishers Congress 2026 The Sharjah Publishers Conference, held from November 2–4, 2025, at Expo Centre Sharjah ahead of the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF), drew global publishing leaders and delivered a major push for next year's flagship industry event. Read more. | | | 2026 IPA Membership Applications Process Open National, regional or specialised publishers' associations, or other organisations, can now find the IPA membership categories and application form online. Read more. | | | WIPO's Accessible Books Consortium International Excellence Award 2026: Call for Nominations WIPO's Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) announced the opening of nominations for the 2026 Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing. This year's edition will take place at the Bologna Children's Book Fair. Read more. | | | Nominations are open for the 2026 BOP – Bologna Prize for Best Children's Publishers of the Year In its 14th edition, the award highlights the top children's publishers of the year in each of the six geographical areas: Africa, Asia, Europe, Caribbean - Central and Latin America, North America, and Oceania. Read more. | | | Sharjah, UAE: Strategic Investment Fund for Publishers open for applications The Sharjah Onshur Disrupt Track, partnered by IPA member the Emirates Publishers Association, is looking for initiatives by visionary tech founders whose products can redefine the future of publishing. From AI-driven editing and translation to automation, analytics, and new content formats, we're scouting for technologies that empower publishers and transform the publishing sector. Read more. | | | EU: Deforestation Regulation Twists Continue The EU Deforestation Regulation is set to come into force on 30th December 2025 having originally been set back from December 2024. However, discussions around the Regulation continue with a European Parliament vote on 26 November suggesting a possible further delay and the removal of books and other printed products. Read more. | | | EDItEUR Series 10: ONIX and Indigenous publishing In his previous article, Executive Director of EDItEUR, Graham Bell, discussed the relation between ONIX and the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). In this article, he looks at how ONIX can be a relevant resource to Indigenous publishing. Read more. | | | World Expression Forum: 2025 Annual Report and 2026 Program Committee The World Expression Forum has released its 2025 Annual Report and announced the WEXPO 2026 Program Committee, which will curate engaging and relevant topics and speakers for WEXPO 2026, taking place in Lillehammer, Norway, from 1 to 3 June 2026. Read more. | | | Democracy depends on reading Democracy depends on reading, but not in the abstract. It depends on the kind of reading that slows us down, unsettles us, and teaches us to think beyond ourselves. At a time when noise travels faster than nuance and democratic life feels increasingly fragile, the simple act of engaging deeply with a text becomes a form of resistance. Reading ambitious, critical, reflective reading remains one of the few spaces where citizens can rehearse complexity, recover attention and cultivate the inner freedoms that public freedoms require. Read more. | | | Enlightenment Now I borrow the title for this piece from Harvard professor Steven Pinker's extraordinary book: "Enlightenment Now: The case for reason, science, humanism and progress". Read more. | | | The IPA General Assembly received coverage from Publishers Weekly.
IPA President Gvantsa Jobava hosted the Sharjah Publishers Conference, which was reported by Publishing Perspectives. | | | December
29 Nov - 7 December: Guadalajara International Book Fair, Mexico
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