LIBER 2020 Panel Examines the Influence of the IPA
A stellar panel came together virtually at LIBER 2020 to talk about the global importance of the IPA.
Bologna Prize (BOP 2020) to be announced online
Although the Bologna Children’s Book Fair has been cancelled, BCBF is launching a new online project to support the children’s book community including the award ceremony for the 2020 BOP (Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publishers of the Year).
Thai Publishers association one of first to hold 2020 online book fair in light of coronavirus outbreak
PUBAT, the Publishers and Booksellers Association of Thailand, hosted its first online book fair from March 25 to April 5, supported by the provider LNWshop, after the coronavirus outbreak led to the cancellation of the 48th National Book Week.
IPA, WHO and UNICEF launch Read The World on International Children’s Book Day to support children and young people in isolation
GENEVA/NEW YORK, 2 April 2020 – Much-loved children’s authors are joining an initiative to read extracts of their books to millions of children and young people currently living in isolation amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Werner Stocker retires as IPA Treasurer
Since 2006 Werner Stocker, member of the administrative board of Swiss publisher “Schulthess Juristische Medien AG”, has been active in the executive committee of IPA. He retired from this position at the end of the 2019. Stocker looks back at 13 instructive years at the heart of the IPA.
Cairo International Book Fair Excludes Khaled Lotfy’s Publishing House
As Cairo International Book Fair starts today, one Egyptian Bookseller and Publishing House will not be attending. While Khaled Lotfy, co-founder of the Tanmia Bookshop and founder of Tanmia Publishing House, sits in jail serving his five-year sentence, his publishing house has also been excluded from the Fair by the organisers, citing security concerns.
Publishers Circles trial off to a successful start
The World Intellectual Property Organisation’s Publishers Circles initiative has had a successful first trial in Korea with a second round of the performance coaching programme to take place before the end of 2019.
SCCR 38 – Exceptions and Limitations
The first WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) meeting for 2019 saw IPA bring another strong delegation to participate in the crucial debates in Geneva.
IPA at the IFFRO World Congress
From 22-25 October, IPA President, Michiel Kolman, and Secretary General, José Borghino, both attended the 2018 World Congress of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations in Athens, Greece.
IPA president Michiel Kolman: action needed on censorship and book piracy in Russia
IPA president Dr Michiel Kolman called for Russia to do more on the big issues of book piracy and censorship this week, at the opening of the Moscow International Book Fair.