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Borghino José
In June I attended the African Publishers Network Conference in Casablanca, Morocco. As ever it was a great pleasure to visit Morocco and to see...
Foundation welcomes three important organisations of the global publishing scene: EDItEUR, the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM Association) and the Book...
Banned Books Week UK returns from 5–11 October 2025 to celebrate the books that have been challenged, removed or silenced, and to stand with the...
On July 23, 2025, the Syndicat national de l'édition (SNE) and nine of its members obtained the site-blocking of Japscan which had had allowed hundreds...
The 10 day long Assemblies concluded on 17 July with WIPO welcoming its 194th Member State, the Federated States of Micronesia, and reporting on progress...
In 2024, Dar Al Adab published Hoda Barakat’s novel Hind, which later went on to win the 2025 Sheikh Zayed Book Award in the Literature...
González Martín Luis
Reading comes in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and contexts. So when we talk about the ‘benefits of reading’ what do we mean exactly? Having...
Attacks in mid-June destroyed the Ukrainian Priority Publishing House and attacks on the night of 3rd July reduced the warehouse of Ukrainian PEN to rubble....
IPA and a number of members attended WEXFO in Norway on 2 and 3 June. Panel, workshops and the Prix Voltaire ceremony in a setting...
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award, one of the world’s leading prizes dedicated to Arabic literature and culture, is now accepting submissions across its ten categories...
Reacting to the news that Boualem Sansal’s 5 year prison sentence will stand, Kristenn Einarsson, Chair of the IPA’s Freedom to Publish Committee said:...
سيقدم الاتحاد الدولي للناشرين برنامجاً شاملاً من الاجتماعات المفتوحة والمغلقة في معرض فرانكفورت الدولي للكتاب هذا العام. يُرجى ملاحظة أن هذا الجدول الزمني مؤقت، وجميع...

Book Fairs and Events

BKKIBF is more than just a literary event; it’s a thriving marketplace for books. Our commitment to promoting reading habits and cultivating a pervasive reading...
The Abu Dhabi International Book Fair's 35th edition will take place form the 11th – 20th of April 2026....
Bologna Children’s Book Fair enters its seventh decade with the same passion as always and with the pride of having created a network of initiatives...
Pour sa deuxième édition, le Festival du Livre de Paris a accueilli plus de 100 000 visiteurs au Grand Palais Ephémère et dans les lieux...
Since 1988, the Colombian Book Chamber and Corferias have organized the Bogotá International Book Fair, a successful alliance that has positioned this cultural event as...
The 40th session of the Tunis International Book Fair will be held from April 23 to May 3, 2026 at the Exhibition Center in Kram...
Founded in 2009 in Conakry, Guinea by Sansy Kaba Diakité, 72 Heures du Livre began as a three-day celebration held from 23 to 25 April...
The 16th Abidjan International Book Fair will be held from 28th April to May 2 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast....
The Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication (Culture Sector) announces that it will organize the 31st International Book and Publishing Fair at the OLM Souissi...
The Hellenic Foundation for Books and Culture (HFBC) invites publishers and organisations to declare their interest in participating in the 22nd Thessaloniki International Book Fair...
NIBTF 25th Anniversary Edition (NIBTF 2026), is a beacon of literary excellence and cultural celebration on the African continent....
The WEXFO annual conference takes place in Lillehammer, Norway – 1-3 June....