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.
PLRI Established to Improve and Expand on Exchange of Ideas
Public Lending Right International established to support and expand PLR around the world.
London Book Fair Names Key Authors for Its Show
London Book Fair steps out to push off ticket sales and top line appearances in the early going before its March 10-to-12 dates.
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.
One-Brand / Two-Events: The Italian-and-Chinese Program’s 12th Shanghai Fair
The largest Asia-based trade show of its kind is headed into its 12th year in collaboration with Bologna.
Georgian Publisher’s Tbilisi Detention Flagged by IPA
Reportedly sentenced to three days’ detention, Zviad Kvaratskhelia was arrested during a political protest in the Georgian capital.
Italy in Germany: Bologna’s ‘Grand Tour’ at Frankfurter Buchmesse
The ‘Grand Tour’ of curated illustration work is well underway from Bologna, having spent the week at Frankfurt Book Fair.
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’s News Conference: ‘What Literature Can Do’
On the eve of the 77th trade show’s opening, Frankfurter Buchmesse stages its annual opening press conference.