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At its virtual General Assembly on 25 November 2025, the IPA confirmed the results of online elections and decisions about membership applications. New IPA Executive, Membership and Freedom to Publish Committee members were announced, along with 2 new IPA member associations.
In October 2025, UN Women Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, together with the International Publishers Association (IPA), organized two panel discussions on gender equality and women’s rights at Frankfurt Book Fair..
On Wednesday 15th October, the IPA launched its new Freedom of Expression Defenders Award at an event with Pen International. The launched marked the highlight of a strong week of freedom to publish activities for IPA at the fair.

The 35th International Publishers Congress

The Malaysian Book Publishers Association is the proud host of the 2026 International Publishers Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The Malaysian Book Publishers Association is the proud host of the 2026 International Publishers Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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On 28 November 2025, PEN Belarus launched a new platform dedicated to books banned in Belarus. At present, more than 258 books are banned for...
The fifth day of SCCR started late and finished even later with confirmation of new vice chairs and a study on AI....
Another surprising day for day four of this SCCR week with most of day five's agenda business already covered (but not necessarily closed) before an...
The SCCR raced through the agenda items on day three, closing limitations and exceptions and covering most of Thursday morning's scheduled agenda....
اندفعت اللجنة الدائمة المعنية بحق المؤلف والحقوق المجاورة (SCCR) بسرعة عبر بنود جدول الأعمال في اليوم الثالث، منهيةً بند القيود والاستثناءات ومغطّيةً معظم البنود المقررة...
The plenary chamber stood quiet for much of Tuesday on the second day of SCCR but burst into life in the afternoon....
IPA President, Gvantsa Jobava, participated in the Sharjah Publishers Conference, held during the Sharjah International Book Fair, as the Master of Ceremonies. The conference brought...
شاركت رئيسة الاتحاد الدولي للناشرين، غفانتسا جوابافا، في مؤتمر الناشرين بالشارقة، الذي أُقيم على هامش معرض الشارقة الدولي للكتاب، بصفتها عريفة الحفل. وقد جمع المؤتمر...
The EU Deforestation Regulation is set to come into force on 30th December 2025 having originally been set back from December 2024. However, discussions around...
I borrow the title for this piece from Harvard professor Steven Pinker’s extraordinary book: “Enlightenment Now: The case for reason, science, humanism and progress”....

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