The British-Egyptian writer and blogger highlighted last year by English PEN and Arundhati Roy, was pardoned and released Monday.
Publishers, Authors Win New Court Ruling Against Florida’s ‘HB 1069’
‘Effectively ending the book banning provisions in Florida House Bill 1069,’ a new ruling is cheered by publishers and authors.
Interview: Egypt’s Ahmed Bedeir on the Prix Voltaire
Dar El Shorouk’s view: IPA’s award tells courageous publishers that ‘a global community sees them, values them, and stands with them.’
Book Bannings: PEN America Reports on School Libraries Pulling Titles
Area news reports indicate that county school systems may be reacting to state-level intimidation.
Programming: The International Publishers Association at Frankfurt
The International Publishers Association has a full schedule of events planned for Frankfurter Buchmesse, most open to trade visitors.
IPA Joins in Condemnation of Boualem Sansal’s Upheld Sentence in Algeria
The International Publishers Association’s’ (IPA) Kristenn Einarsson calls Boualem Sansal’s incarceration ‘an affront to a literary ambassador of Algeria.’
The US Supreme Court Supports Parents on LGBTQ Books
‘Opt-outs for religious objections will chill what is taught in schools,’ writes PEN America’s Elly Brinkley on ‘Mahmoud v. Taylor.’
At Norway’s WEXFO, a Vow To Fight ‘Disinformation, Censorship, Polarization’
Urgently essential ‘higher-level reading’ and a new construct built on democracy and literacy, ‘Dem Read,’ came into focus at WEXFO.
IPA’s Prix Voltaire: Dmitri Strotsev and Nadia Kandrusevich
Dmitri Strotsev of the Hochroth Minsk and Nadia Kandrusevich of Koska are the 2025 Prix Voltaire laureates.
Norway’s WEXFO: ‘The Cellular Level of a Democracy’
WEXFO Youth and World Expression Forum delegates join in the conference’s opening day at Lillehammer