 | | IPA at Frankfurt Book Fair 2023
IPA will have a full programme of open and invite-only meetings at Frankfurt Book Fair this year. We are also delighted to see the Frankfurt Book Fair rights platform highlight SDG Publishers Compact signatories. | | | |  | IPA and STM hold joint members-webinar on AI The IPA and STM worked together to organize a webinar on artificial intelligence with a focus on licensing related questions. The webinar took place on 21st September and was attended by over 300 people representing IPA and STM members and members of members. Read more. | | |  | | IPA alarmed as Dominican Republic latest Latin American country to nationalize textbooks The International Publishers Association is extremely concerned at reports from the Dominican Republic that the Ministry of Education will be nationalizing textbook production, thereby eliminating choice for teachers from a range of educational resources from a variety of publishers. Read more. | | | | | Books as a tool for action at UN SDG Summit Books took center stage in the SDG Media Zone ahead of the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly, in a session titled "Books as a tool for action" held on 18 September 2023. Read more. | | | "The future of the European book sector" - FEP welcomes European Parliament report The report, welcomed by the Federation of European Publishers (FEP), marked the first time in a decade that the European Parliament has made specific recommendations for the book sector. Read more. | | | WIPO Round-up It has been a busy few months at the World Intellectual Property Organisation following their Assemblies in June which also marked the 10th anniversary of the Marrakesh Treaty with a variety of surveys, reports and other initiatives linking to copyright and publishing. Read more. | | | IPA at Book 2.0 On 31st August and 1st September, IPA's Portugues member, APEL, held Book 2.0, a two-day conference to look at the future of publishing focusing on issues like the future of reading, sustainability, diversity and inclusion, and more. IPA's President and the Chair of IPA's Inclusive Publishing and Literacy Committee. Read more. | | | LIBER 2023 returns to Madrid October 4-6 Organized by IFEMA MADRID and championed by the Federation of Publishers' Guilds of Spain (FGEE), the fair will be conducted in a hybrid format, combining in-person and digital elements, while serving as one of the largest global gatherings for Spanish-language literature. Read more. | | | IPA at ISBN Annual General Meeting IPA Secretary General, José Borghino, attended the meeting of the International ISBN Agency in Rabat, Morocco on 11-13 September. Read more. | | | Long-Term Digital Preservation and EPUB EPUB is widely deployed in book publishing and if the archival version of this is also standardized, it has the potential to become widely used to preserve human knowledge and culture. Read more. | | | THEMA turns 10! 🎂 Metadata is an important part of the publishing sector. In this series, Graham Bell, Executive Director of EDItEUR, will share occasional updates on EDItEUR's work and the standards it manages. Read more. | | | | UNESCO World Literacy Day – Literacy for sustainable and peaceful societies Gvantsa Jobava: The 8 September marks UNESCO's World Literacy Day. The theme chosen by UNESCO for this year is Promoting literacy for a world in transition: Building the foundation for sustainable and peaceful societies. Read more. | | | | 'Challenge each other to do better' - UK Publishers Association on its Inclusivity Action Plan Michiel Kolman, Chair of the IPA's Inclusive Publishing and Literacy Committee spoke to Dan Conway, CEO of the Publishers Association (UK) about their Inclusivity Action Plan and their past work on diversity and inclusion. Read more. | | | | Discussing Women in Publishing at Rio de Janeiro Book Fair Flavia Bravin: In September, the Rio de Janeiro Book Fair (Bienal do Livro do Rio de Janeiro) took place with record-breaking numbers of attendees and sales, and for the first time, featuring an international Summit for the publishing industry. Read more. | | | Self censorship, diversity & inclusion, and 'American Dirt': on stage with Jeanine Cummins Michiel Kolman: At the recent Book 2.0 conference in Lisbon I was delighted to share the stage with Jeanine Cummins, bestselling author who started her career in trade publishing and made her biggest splash in the world of literature with the novel American Dirt. Read more. | | | | What is publishing's impact on climate? Rachel Martin: Book 2.0 in Lisbon was the first time net zero as a topic of shared importance was discussed in Portugal. I was honoured to share the stage with António Redondo, CEO of The Navigator Company to discuss the impact of printing books. Read more. | | | IPA President Karine Pansa's morning address at Portugal's Book 2.0 Conference was covered by Publishing Perspectives, where she addressed the "need to ensure that authors and publishers continue to be rewarded for their work and investment." Pansa also participated in an interview with Visão (in Portuguese), covering her attendance at Book 2.0. Her attendance was also covered by Observador and RecordTV Europa (both in Portuguese).
Pansa and the IPA were mentioned in PublishNews (in Portuguese), covering Pansa's attendance at the International Publishers Summit - an event held at the Green Pavilion of Rio de Janeiro's Bienal do Livro.
Pansa's participation as a speaker for NYU's New Advanced Publishing Institute was covered by Publishing Perspectives.
IPA Vice President Gvantsa Jobava was mentioned by Publishers Weekly, covering her participation as a jury member for the Chytomo Award for Outstanding Achievements in Publishing, an award created to "recognize the achievements of Ukrainian book publishing."
The IPA's Prix Voltaire was mentioned by The Bookseller, covering Mercier Press' shortlisting for the prize.
IPA Secretary General José Borghino was mentioned by both The Law Society's Gazette and Index on Censorship, covering the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition and Borghino's role as a signatory in a letter to the UK Government, calling for a standalone anti-SLAPP law.
The IPA's session at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Pressure on Publishers: Challenging Norms and Navigating Controversy, was mentioned by Publishing Perspectives. The session, which was "developed to look at the controversy and pushback that publishers today are trying to navigate," will be held on Thursday, October 19, at 15:00.
Former IPA President Bodour Al Qasimi was mentioned by Publishing Perspectives, addressing her appointment as chair of the Sharjah Book Authority Board. Her attendance at Rio de Janeiro's Bienal do Livro was also mentioned by WAM. | | October
2 - 5 October: IFRRO World Congress 2023, Reykjavík, Iceland
3-10 October: Montevideo International Book Fair
4 – 6 October: Liber, Madrid
5 October: Training for Publishers From the Arab World - Today's Publishing World at Frankfurt Book Fair 2023
18 - 22 October: Frankfurt Book Fair (IPA schedule here)
28 Oct. - 5 Nov.: Istanbul Book Fair
November
1-12 November: Sharjah International Book Fair
1-2 November: Tokyo Rights Meeting (TRM)
6 – 8 November: WIPO SCCR 44
8-9 November: Kansai Rights Meeting
21 November: IPA General Assembly
23 November: Mainz and Siegen Universities Online lecture series: Three freadoms: From expression to publication to reading – diversity and censorship
25 Nov. - 3 December: Guadalajara International Book Fair
2024
30-Aug - 1 Sept.: IBBY World Congress, Trieste, Italy
4-6 December: 34th International Publishers Congress (more information soon)
See our full book fair listing on our site here. | | | | |
