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The Geneva-based International Publishers Association (IPA) today launches its call for nominations for the 2025 IPA Prix Voltaire for exemplary courage in upholding the Freedom to Publish and enabling others to exercise their freedom of expression.
Lui Simpson (AAP, USA) and Catriona MacLeod Stevenson (Publishers Association, UK) succeed Jessica Sänger (Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, Germany) as co-chairs of the International Publishers Association’s Copyright Committee.
Palestinian publisher Samir Mansour awarded the 2024 International Publishers Association’s Prix Voltaire at the award ceremony of the 34th International Publishers Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico. The IPA also announced a Prix Voltaire Special Award for murdered Ukrainian author, Victoria Amelina.

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The Mexican Publishers Association (CANIEM) is the proud host of the 2024 International Publishers Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico.

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