| |  | IPA Members' Webinar looks at Enforcement On 10 June, IPA held a webinar on Online enforcement: advocating for effective laws. The session featured Catriona MacLeod Stevenson, Co-Chair of IPA's Copyright Committee in conversation with Rachel Alexander from leading law firm Wiggin LLP. Read more. | | |  | | IPA engaged in 'Year of Resistance' World Expression Forum (WEXFO) IPA and a number of members attended WEXFO in Norway on 2 and 3 June. Panel, workshops and the Prix Voltaire ceremony in a setting of freedom of expression advocates of all ages made for a challenging but inspiring edition. Read more. | | | | | Last chance: 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. | | | GenAI Copyright Judgements Delivered In June, two expected judgements were delivered by the United States District Court Northern District of California relating to Generative AI training and copyright. Read more. | | | IPA President and Copyright Committee Co-Chair at Beijing International Book Fair IPA President, Gvantsa Jobava, as well as IPA Copyright Committee Co-Chair, Catriona Stevenson, both attended the Beijing International Book Fair, speaking at a number of forums and holding a number of meetings. Read more. | | | IPA at Frankfurt Book Fair 2025 IPA will have a full programme of open and invite-only meetings at Frankfurt Book Fair this year. Our provisional schedule is now on our site and more events will be confirmed soon. Read more. | | | Sheikh Zayed Book Award Open for Submissions The Sheikh Zayed Book Award, one of the world's leading prizes dedicated to Arabic literature and culture, is now accepting submissions across its ten categories until Monday 1st September 2025. Read more. | | | 200th Anniversary of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association On 30 April 1825, the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association was created. IPA's President and Secretary General joined the celebrations of this remarkable milestone. Read more. | | | IPA Vice President and Secretary General attend important UNESCO conference From 18-20 June, Giovanni Hoepli and José Borghino attended the 10th session of the Conference of Parties to the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions at UNESCO HQ in Paris. Read more. | | | 35th International Publishers Congress in Beijing and Seoul The latest legs of the Malaysian Book Publishers Association's tour promoting the 35th International Publishers Congresss (Kuala Lumpur, 5-9 July 2026) included Beijing and Seoul International Book Fairs. Read more. | | |  | | Saturday 5 July 2025 13:00 CEST
We're now one year away from IPA's 35th International Publishers Congress, Kuala Lumpur 2026. Join us for an informal conversation as we reflect on the opportunities, challenges, and themes that will shape the Congress and the global publishing community in the year ahead.
Join the dialogue with Simon de Jocas & Sheikh Faisal talking about whats's in store for all of us as the countdown begins | | Record-Breaking Crowds Flock to Rio Book Biennial 2025 Brazilian Publishers Association (SNEL) President hails Rio Book Biennial 2025 as a triumph of culture and optimism, as the buoyant atmosphere reinforced Rio de Janeiro's role as the World Book Capital. Read more. | | | IPA Secretary General speaks at the African Publishers Conference The 3rd African Publishers Conference this year was organised by IPA member, the African Publishers Network (APNET), in Casablanca Morocco from 23-25 June. Read more. | | | IPA Partners with Book 2.0 in Portugal for 3rd Edition Registration is now officially open for Book 2.0, the leading event in Portugal dedicated to reading, literacy and the future of books. The third edition will take place on September 3 and 4, 2025, for the first time at the Champalimaud Foundation in Lisbon, under the theme 'The Reinvention of Species'. Read more. | | | Accessible Digital Publishing in Dublin Laura Brady: EDR Lab hosted their annual conference at Trinity College on June 16 and 17 this year and what good craic it was. Read more. | | | IPA's participation in the German Publishers and Booksellers Association anniversary celebrations was picked up in Publishing Perspectives.
German publication Börsenblatt featured an interview with IPA Prix Voltaire co-laureate, Dmitri Strotsev.
Gvantsa Jobava's remarks at the Beijing International Publishers Forum was picked up in Publishers Weekly. | | | | |
