Having spoken passionately at the IPA’s Freedom to Publish Seminar at the London Book Fair, Azadeh Parsapour, the London-based Iranian publisher behind Nogaam ePublishing will contribute regular posts for the IPA on the current challenges faced by publishers in Iran.

Azadeh, who was nominated for the 2018 IPA Prix Voiltaire, will highlight the efforts of a dynamic international community of emigrants and exiles to create Farsi literature away from the censor’s blade. Her first post looks at the ‘Tehran Book Fair Uncensored’ and you can read it here.