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In April, IPA learnt of the passing of past IPA President Andrew H. Neilly (1923-2025)....
The BOP prize, organized by the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in partnership with the International Publishers Association IPA and the Italian Publishers Association AIE, is...
The ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing has opened its nominations for 2025. This award honors both a publisher and a project initiative demonstrating...
Taylor James
Today is World Book and Copyright Day, the UNESCO day that coincides with the death days of Shakespeare, Cervantes and Garcilaso de la Vega, and...
González Martín Luis
Last November the GSR Foundation brought together a group of highly qualified experts in the field of reading and literacy. The event, held in Madrid...
The last day of SCCR broke for lunch with all of the agenda business covered and negotiations over the agreed outcomes remaining. Perhaps ominously the...
At the Festival du Livre de Paris, the International Publishers Association (IPA) has announced six publishers from Algeria, Belarus, Lebanon, Russia and the USA as...
Thursday re-opened in informals, with the plenary session re-opening shortly before midday. Artificial intelligence then took over the day’s proceedings with IPA’s side event followed...
Limitations and exceptions to copyright were the topic for the third day of SCCR46 with discussions in plenary followed by informals. Two side events completed...
Day two of SCCR 46 was mainly spent with informal discussions over the Broadcasting Treaty. The plenary chamber finally welcomed delegates shortly after 4pm to...
A sunny, spring morning welcomed delegates to Geneva for the 46th session of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related...
Jobava Gvantsa
It is wonderful for me to be here at Bologna Children’s Book Fair on International Children’s Book Day. Everywhere I look there are vibrant colours...

Book Fairs and Events

The WEXFO annual conference takes place in Lillehammer, Norway – 1-3 June....
Since 2022, the Paris Book Market has been bringing together international acquisition editors and rights managers from French-language publishing houses....
Launched in 1954, the Seoul International Book Fair has been Korea’s biggest book festival for nearly 70 years....
The IPA organises the International Publishers Congress every two years in cooperation with the IPA member in the host country. The Congress offers an unrivalled...
The Ghana International Book Fair is an annual event organised to celebrate the rich Ghanaian culture through books. The main goal behind organising the Book...
The Nairobi International Book Fair (NIBF) is the regional market place for books and it brings together publishing professionals, authors, booksellers, print suppliers, media and...
For the 78th time, Frankfurter Buchmesse will open its doors in October to celebrate exciting stories and their authors....
The Algiers International Book Fair represents an annual meeting space for national and international authors, publishers and creators....
The Senegalese International Book Fair serves as a key platform for bringing together authors, publishers, and readers....