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.
Belarus: Where Independent Work is Branded Extremism
PEN Belarus launched a new website to highlight work that is being censored in their country, highlighting a growing campaign against free expression.
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.
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.
Writer, Blogger Alaa Abd El-Fattah Released From Egyptian Prison
The British-Egyptian writer and blogger highlighted last year by English PEN and Arundhati Roy, was pardoned and released Monday.
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.’
IPA Blasts Russian Attacks on Ukraine’s Publishing Sites
The Russian attacks on publishing interests in Ukraine — this month and in mid-June — prompt sharp condemnation from IPA.
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.