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IPA is launching a new series of interviews with its members and others connected to the publishing industry about the challenges the sector is facing in different regions and what the future might hold.

IPA Regional Seminar in Amman: “embrace crises and weaken them with knowledge and learning”

Bodour Al Qasimi delivers her Keynote on day 2

Fathi Al Biss, President of the Union of Jordanian Publishers and Hugo Setzer, President of the International Publishers Association brought the curtain down after two days of intense and productive discussions covering everything from how Arab publishers can seize the opportunities of digital tools for distribution and education to how publishers can play their role in the humanitarian crises in the region and beyond.

IPA Confirms Speakers for First Middle East Regional Conference

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The International Publishers Association (IPA), in collaboration with the Union of Jordanian Publishers (UJP), has announced that its upcoming regional conference will be held under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah in Amman, Jordan on the 30th of September and the 1st of October, and will feature a number of renowned speakers from the industry.

Prix Voltaire laureates in the spotlight at Frankfurt

Mahmoud Lotfy

The IPA confirms its freedom to publish programme for Frankfurt Book Fair with an open Freedom to Publish Committee meeting and a seminar hosted by the Norway Guest of Honour programme featuring relatives of two Prix Voltaire laureates and more.

Africa Rising: IPA Nairobi Seminar a Success

Bodour Al Qasimi

On 14-15 June 2019 the second edition of the IPA’s African Seminar series was a huge success in Nairobi with publishing professionals and policy makers discussing how Africa can become publishing industry leader in the 21st Century.