 | Prix Voltaire Announcement Belarusian publishers Nadia Kandrusevich (Koska) and Dmitri Strotsev (Hochroth Minsk) were jointly awarded the 2025 International Publishers Association's Prix Voltaire at the award ceremony held during the World Expression Forum in Lillehammer, Norway. Read more. | | | |  | IPA Members' Webinar looks at Generative AI trained with pirated datasets Lui Simpson and guest speaker Thomas Heldrup of the Danish Rights Alliance looked at DRA's work in taking down the Books3, how books are being used to train and develop different generative AI models, whether guardrails are effective and explored solutions for publishers to protect their content. Read more. | | |  | | IPA Alarmed at Russian Publisher Arrests On Thursday 15 May, the independent Russian newsmedia Novaya Gazeta reported that more than 10 publishing professionals had been arrested in Russia in connection to criminal charges of distributing books containing "LGBT propaganda." Read more. | | | | | Call for Nominations for 2025 ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing The ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing has opened its nominations for 2025. Read more. | | | Copyright & AI developments in May There have been developments in the USA and Europe this last month which we round-up here. Read more. | | | Copyright policy in Africa In May, IPA and some of its African members have been continuing their efforts to organize urgent consultations regarding Intellectual Property Rights. Read more. | | | IPA Vice President at Readmagine Giovanni Hoepli, IPA Vice President, participated in a session at Readmagine 2025 in Madrid, alongside FEP President Sonia Draga and María José Galvez from the Spanish Ministry of Culture. Read more. | | | 35th International Publishers Congress in Kuala Lumpur Gathers Speed The momentum is building up for the 35th International Publishers Congress, which will take place in Kuala Lumpur from 5 - 9 July 2026. IPC 2026 Ambassadors were announced at the Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair. Read more. | | | Hoepli at Thessaloniki Book Fair IPA Vice President, Giovanni Hoepli, spoke at the opening ceremony of the Thessaloniki Book Fair in addition to meeting local IPA member, ENELVI and others during the fair. Read more. | | | IPA Member Information Sessions In May, IPA held three information sessions, open to all its members, to provide the opportunity for discussion over the IPA's membership fees and proposals that will be presented to the General Assembly later in the year. Read more. | | | IPA Secretary General attends IFRRO meeting IPA Secretary General, José Borghino, attended the mid-year meeting of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO) in Luxembourg. Read more. | | | How publishing is responding to climate action in 2025 – 4 key takeaways Rachel Martin reflects on the growing challenges of climate action in the publishing sector. Read more. | | | The history of the printing press In this blog, Hugo Setzer explores the history of the printing press since the 15th century. Read more. | | | Multitasking is now a major challenge for reading Luis González Martín is in a conversation with Carina Spaulding - Head of Research & Evaluation at The Reading Agency - discussing the new "2024 State of the Nation's Adult Reading Report". Read more. | | | Strasbourg, World Book Capital: a rich and unique year On 16 April 2025, the French city of Strasbourg celebrated the 'epilogue' of its year as UNESCO World Book Capital 2024 and its ambitious programme entitled "Reading Our World". Read more. | | | Reuters, Publishing Perspectives, Mezha.net, Livres Hebdo, ActuaLittè, SNE.fr and Börsenblatt reported on the newly announced Prix Voltaire laureates Dmitri Strotsev and Nada Kandrusevich.
Publishing Perspectives and Books and Publishing shared IPA's statements regarding the reportend arrests that took place in Moscow, quoting IPA President Gvantsa Jobava and chair of IPA's Freedom to Publish committee Kristenn Einarsson.
Publishing Perspectives featured an in depth analysis of IPA vice president Giovanni Hoepli's speech at Readmagine 2025.
Reporting on WEXFO, Publishing Perspectives referred to the chair of IPA's Freedom to Publish committee Kristen Einasrsson and founding CEO of WEXFO.
WEXFO shared a video of IPA President Gvantsa Jobava where she talks about the power of reading on their linkedin profile.
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