Amid news of the Israeli-Hezbollah cease-fire, the International Board on Books for Young People releases an appeal for Crisis Fund donations.
IBBY and the Israel-Lebanon Crisis: ‘An Immediate De-Escalation’
The International Board on Books for Young People, IBBY, asks, ‘How much longer will children be traumatized and punished?’
IBBY: ‘Every Child in the World Deserves To Be Protected’
IBBY urges ‘all global leaders to work together on behalf of the children of Gaza,’ in a careful, thoughtful, non-accusatory statement.
World Refugee Day: Italian-Ukrainian Bilingual Books Distributed in Naples
The ‘Tales of EUkraine’ project from the Federation of European Publishers and Ukrainian Book Institute is in Naples with AIE’s support.
5,000 Books Go to Ukrainian Refugee Children in Italy
The Association of Italian Publishers and Federation of European Publishers announce 5,000 books for young Ukrainian refugees.
The UK’s Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing: Longlist
The Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing honors fiction and nonfiction with a longlist of titles you may not know.
Maria Ressa on ‘Real-World Violence’ at WEXFO in Norway
Norway’s weekend shooting raises the stakes for the World Expression Forum as an arena for constructive disagreement and debate.
Update: The German Book Trade’s Efforts for Ukraine
Efforts to assist Ukrainian refugee kids with books are paying off in Germany and Poland as colleagues support Ukraine’s book industry.
At Norway’s WEXFO: IPA Prix Voltaire Names Its Shortlist
At Lillehammer’s World Expression Forum, the International Publishers Association names its Prix Voltaire shortlist.
IPA’s Al Qasimi in Latin America: Empowerment for Women
The president of the International Publishers Association stresses the need to develop women’s roles in world publishing.