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IPA and IBBY Sign Memorandum of Understanding

Michiel Kolman, José Borghino, Liz Page, Brian Wafawarowa and Hugo Setzer

IPA used the meeting of its Literacy, Books Policy and Statistics (LIBS) Committee in Frankfurt as an opportunity to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). 

Committee Changes at IPA

Paul Doda, William Bowes and Hugo Setzer

The IPA’s General Assembly elected and appointed a number of new members to its Executive, Freedom to Publish and Membership Committees and a revamped program included two guest speakers: Georgian author Tamta Melashvili and WIPO Deputy Director General, Sylvie Forbin. 

IPA welcomes five new members

AUP's Peter Berkery speaks to the IPA GA

During the IPA General Assembly, five new members were welcomed into the association including four national associations from Albania, Chile, Jamaica, Somalia and one sector specific association, the Association of University Presses.

‘It’s an exciting time for publishing in Africa’

Ama Dadson

In the second of our series of interviews with speakers at our Lagos Regional Seminar (held in May), we speak to Ama Dadson, founder of AkooBooks, Ghana’s first publisher and digital distributor of African audiobooks.

IPA at Frankfurt Book Fair 2018

Frankfurt Book Fair Flags

As Usual, IPA will hold its statutory meetings and conferences during Frankfurter Buchmesse from 9 until 13 October 2018. In this section you can find the detailed schedule.

 

Welcome to Göteborg Book Fair, Gui Minhai

Göteborg Book Fair Logo

Dear Gui Minhai, We warmly welcome you to Göteborg Book Fair, 27-30 September 2018. We would very much like to invite you to participate in a seminar on the Friday, when we could together raise concern about the situation in China.

Make Authors Rich Again

Okechukwu Ofili of OkadaBooks

OkadaBooks founder Okechukwu Ofili stunned speakers and audience at the IPA Regional Seminar in Lagos by telling them they were too old. We catch up with him to hear how he got involved in publishing and what IPA can do for Nigerian publishers.