In a staff memo, Macmillan CEO John Sargent responds to Donald Trump’s efforts to block the publication of Fire and Fury and ‘demand[s] that president Trump understand and abide by the First Amendment.’
Publisher Henry Holt Defies Trump Order, Rushes Out ‘Fire and Fury’
After receiving a cease-and-desist letter from Donald Trump’s personal attorneys to stop publication of Michael Wolff’s book, American publisher Henry Holt instead moved up the release of ‘Fire and Fury’ to Friday.
IPA President Michiel Kolman: China’s Censorship ‘Puts Publishers in an Impossible Situation’
The Chinese authorities, says IPA chief Michiel Kolman, “put individual publishers in an impossible situation” in censoring journal articles.
IPA’s Chief Calls on Publishers To Be ‘Stewards of Truth’
In opening the Sharjah International Book Fair professional program, IPA president Michiel Kolman cites freedom of expression in ‘a world of fake news.’
Preview of the IPA Congress in India: ‘Social Responsibility and Global Solidarity’
With the freedom to publish among lead topics, the International Publishers Association’s 32nd congress in New Delhi will look for common ground.
Frankfurt CEO Talk: Defending Freedom to Publish and Role of Publishers
Defending freedom to publish, Frankfurt’s CEO Talk featured Simon & Schuster CEO Carolyn Reidy and Albin Michel VP Guillaume Dervieux.
Heading for Frankfurt, Kalem Agency Cheers Author Burhan Sönmez’s Havel Award
For the genius of his work ‘about hope and hopelessness, darkness and light,’ Turkey’s Burhan Sönmez wins the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation award.
Censorship: IPA’s Kolman Refers to Russian ‘Anti-Gay Propaganda’ Law in Moscow
Referring to Russian’s ‘anti-gay propaganda law,’ the IPA chief tells Muscovites that restrictions on freedom to publish are wrong.
Freedom To Publish: IPA Opens 2018 Prix Voltaire Award Nominations
Planning a February revelation of the 2018 recipient at IPA’s Congress in India, the organization asks for nominations by October 28.
Foundation Notes: UK’s No Barriers in Bangladesh; PEN America Digital Archive Now Live
As the young UK-based charity crowdfunds its Bangladesh books initiatives, PEN America has material dating to 1966 in its newly launched digital archive.