Any individual, group, or organization can nominate a publisher that has recently published “controversial works amid pressure, threats, intimidation or harassment,” or that has “a distinguished record over many years of upholding the freedom to publish and freedom of expression.” By Andrew Richard Albanese, Editor-in-Chief he International Publishers Association this week launched its call for nominations for the 2026 IPA …
IPA Announces New Chair of Freedom to Publish Committee
Jessica Sänger has been elected chair of the International Publishers Association Freedom to Publish Committee, succeeding Norwegian publisher Kristenn Einarsson.
PEN International Announces Literary Auction to Support Work
Celebrated international writers donate items to first PEN International Literary Auction to support the protection of freedom of expression and speech.
Future-Proofing Equality: UK Children’s Publishing Braces for the U.S. Playbook
Can children’s publishing stay inclusive as US book bans spread? A UK symposium sounds the alarm and explores solutions.
Writer Boualem Sansal, Held for a Year, Released by Algeria
In a surprise move, Algeria’s president suspends the 2011 German Peace Prize-winning author’s prison sentence.
Kristenn Einarsson Is Stepping Away: Almost
The Freedom to Publish lead at IPA, the founding managing director of WEXFO, the World Expression Forum, will focus on the ‘democracy-reading’ connection full-time now. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘Give the Readers What They Didn’t Know They Wanted’ t will seem odd at first. So central a personality has Kristenn Einarsson been to the International Publishers Association, to …
Frankfurt: IPA’s Gvantsa Jobava on the Defenders Award
The IPA’s new Defenders Award will honor those who defend freedoms of expression, publishing, and reading.
Censorship: PRH’s ‘Banned Wagon’ Goes to Washington
Handing out copies of books banned by right-wing censorship efforts, the PRH ‘Banned Wagon’ is in its third tour of duty.
AAP’s International Award Goes to Russian-Ukrainian ‘Freedom Letters’
The Association of American Publishers’ 23-year-old International Freedom to Publish award toes to Georgy Urushadze.
PEN America’s Censorship Report: ‘A Disturbing Normalization’ of Book Bans
The leading message of this year’s PEN America ‘Banned in the USA’ report is about an insidious rise in ‘normalization’ of censorship.