London Book Fair Round-Up | | | |  | | SDG Publishers Compact reaches 200 as Sustainability in Focus at London Book Fair IPA was back at London Book Fair with a focus on sustainability. From inspiring leaders of the future through children's books, to a thought-provoking Sustainability keynote via a new InSPIRe report on making our sector more sustainable and panels on what publishers can do. Read more. | |  | | Educational Publishers Forum meeting in London The IPA's Educational Publishers Forum met physically for the first time in two years. Read more. | | |  | | Publishing in Times of Conflict IPA President, Bodour Al Qasimi, participated in a Publishers Association panel on the role of publishing and culture during global conflict. She shared her thoughts in a Medium Post. Read more. | |  | | Charles Clark Memorial Lecture The 2022 Charles Clark Memorial Lecture was the closing event at this year's altered but well-attended London Book Fair at Olympia London. The annual Memorial Lecture, and Book Fair highlight, celebrates and remembers the achievements of Charles Clark who was a publisher, lawyer, and eminent authority on copyright law. Read more. | | | | | | Canadian Publishers Associations welcome potential Copyright reform implied by 2022 Budget announcement On April 8 the Canadian government tabled it's Budget 2022 report, which confirmed the Government of Canada's commitment to ensuring that the Copyright Act protects all creators and copyright holders, acknowledges the importance of creating the conditions to ensure a sustainable educational publishing industry, including fair remuneration for rightsholders. Read more. | | | IPA attends three important events in Georgia On 10-14 April a senior delegation from the IPA was in Tbilisi, Georgia to participate in three important events: the Caucasus and Black Sea Basin Regional Publishing Conference, the UNESCO World Book Capital City Network meeting and the end of Tbilisi's tenure as World Book Capital City 2021-22. Read more. | | | Guadalajara takes on World Book Capital City Mantle The Mexican city of Guadalajara, capital of the state of Jalisco, became the 22nd World Book Capital City on 23 April 2022. IPA President, Hugo Setzer attended the ceremony on IPA's behalf. Read more. | | | IPA in the news The announcement celebrating the establishment of the 'Stand with Ukrainian Writers Fund' by the Sharjah World Book Capital Office and the Wroclaw Literature House (organizing entity of UNESCO's Wroclaw City of Literature project) was welcomed by Bodour Al Qasimi, President of the International Publishers Association (IPA). This was covered in an article by Gulf Today and ZAWYA.
IPA President Bodour Al Qasimi was interviewed by W Radio regarding her participation in the Feria Internacional del Libro de Bogotá (FILBO), as well as questions of freedom to publish and the importance of children's literature around the world.
The role of publishers in promoting principles of dialogue and understanding that contribute to consolidating peace during conflicts was highlighted by IPA President Bodour Al Qasimi at the Caucasus and Black Sea Basin Countries' Regional Publishing Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia. Notably, Al Qasimi's visit took place as Tbilisi culminated its time as UNESCO's 2021 World Book Capital. The conference, organized by the Georgian Publishers and Booksellers Association, was covered by Publishing Perspectives, Publishers Weekly, WAM, the Emirates News Agency and Gulf Today.
The IPA's focus on sustainability at the 2022 London Book Fair was discussed by Publishing Perspectives. The participation of the IPA – and of IPA President Bodour Al Qasimi and the naming of Sharjah as Market Focus nation – at the London Book Fair was further covered by WAM, the Emirates News Agency, Publishing Perspectives, and Gulf Today.
A special session on the importance of publishing, culture, and literature in situations of conflict was held at the London Book Fair. The event was covered by The National News. It included the participation of Al Qasimi and Cortina Butler, deputy director of arts at the British Council, and Jane Mann from Cambridge University Press. The session closed with a video message from Oleksandr Afonin, the Chairman of IPA member, the Ukrainian Publishers and Booksellers Association. His message was picked up in The Guardian.
A spotlight was placed on the 33rd International Publishers Congress – to be held in November 2021 – by the participation of the Jakarta Tourism and Creative Economy Agency at the 2022 London Book Fair.
Hugo Setzer, past President of the IPA and head of the IPA's Accessibility Working Group, was mentioned in an article by Publishers Weekly discussing the return of the Buenos Aires Book Fair and the Madrid Book Fair.
The release of PEN America's Freedom to Write Index on April 13th, 2022 highlighted the alarming state of the freedom of expression and freedom to publish around the world. Among this year's notable cases mentioned in a Publishing Perspectives article were IPA Prix Voltaire Laureates Raif Badawi and IPA Prix Voltaire Laureate Pham Doan Trang. The piece also noted the upcoming World Expression Forum (WEXFO) set to take place in Lillehammer, Norway on May 30th and 31st under the direction of the IPA's Freedom to Publish Chair Kristenn Einarsson. | | We have biannual newsletters in Arabic, French, and Spanish in addition to our regular monthly English newsletter. Sign up for the language edition of your choice by updating your language preferences: https://international-publishers-association.mailchimpsites.com/manage/preferences?u=914a89e2e13ccd381d1c47e5d&id=fc11f8b022&e=d44a4dc75d&c=d8cc223a1f
Copyright
The Bookseller : Fast pace of AI in publishing raising questions over IP, HarperCollins legal advisor warns
Freedom to Publish
Turkish Publishers Association: Report on Freedom to Publish
PEN America: Freedom to Write Index 2021
Industry
The Bookseller : Paper market in 'very worrying' state as Swedish paper giant divests four mills
Ukraine
Buchmesse: Frankfurter Buchmesse calls for support for the Ukrainian book industry
NPR : Russian invasion upends young, flourishing Ukrainian publishing industry
Diversity and Inclusion
The Bookseller : Gender pay gap progress in publishing slow but 'things moving in the right direction'
PublisHer: Quarter 1 newsletter | | May
3-10 May: Freedom of Expression Week, Germany
9-13 May: WIPO SCCR 42
30-31 May: WExFo
September
29 September: IPA General Assembly
October
19-23 October: Frankfurter Buchmesse
November
2-13 November: Sharjah International Book Fair
10-12 November: IPA International Publishers Congress in Jakarta
26 November - 4 December: Guadalajara International Book Fair
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