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Foundation welcomes three important organisations of the global publishing scene: EDItEUR, the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM Association) and the Book...
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Banned Books Week UK returns from 5–11 October 2025 to celebrate the books that have been challenged, removed or silenced, and to stand with the...
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On July 23, 2025, the Syndicat national de l'édition (SNE) and nine of its members obtained the site-blocking of Japscan which had had allowed hundreds...
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The 10 day long Assemblies concluded on 17 July with WIPO welcoming its 194th Member State, the Federated States of Micronesia, and reporting on progress...
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In 2024, Dar Al Adab published Hoda Barakat’s novel Hind, which later went on to win the 2025 Sheikh Zayed Book Award in the Literature...
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González Martín Luis
Reading comes in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and contexts. So when we talk about the ‘benefits of reading’ what do we mean exactly? Having...
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Attacks in mid-June destroyed the Ukrainian Priority Publishing House and attacks on the night of 3rd July reduced the warehouse of Ukrainian PEN to rubble....
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IPA and a number of members attended WEXFO in Norway on 2 and 3 June. Panel, workshops and the Prix Voltaire ceremony in a setting...
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The Sheikh Zayed Book Award, one of the world’s leading prizes dedicated to Arabic literature and culture, is now accepting submissions across its ten categories...
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Reacting to the news that Boualem Sansal’s 5 year prison sentence will stand, Kristenn Einarsson, Chair of the IPA’s Freedom to Publish Committee said:...
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سيقدم الاتحاد الدولي للناشرين برنامجاً شاملاً من الاجتماعات المفتوحة والمغلقة في معرض فرانكفورت الدولي للكتاب هذا العام. يُرجى ملاحظة أن هذا الجدول الزمني مؤقت، وجميع...
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IPA will have a full programme of open and invite-only meetings at Frankfurt Book Fair this year. Note this is a provisional schedule. All dates,...

Book Fairs and Events

The Algiers International Book Fair represents an annual meeting space for national and international authors, publishers and creators....
The Dakar-Livres Book Fair is a major annual event centred on books, bringing together children, teenagers, young people and those involved in the book industry....
The Maputo International Book Fair (MIBF) is a new annual event that connects publishing, bookselling, literature, education, technology, and readers in Mozambique and beyond. Scheduled...
TIRM 2026 is an international B2B event specializing in translation and publishing rights....
Taking Tamil to the World, Bringing the World to Tamil. The fifth edition of CIBF will be held with new vigour, an exciting set of...
BKKIBF is more than just a literary event; it’s a thriving marketplace for books. Our commitment to promoting reading habits and cultivating a pervasive reading...
Bologna Children’s Book Fair enters its seventh decade with the same passion as always and with the pride of having created a network of initiatives...
The Abu Dhabi International Book Fair's 36th edition will take place form the 17-26 April 2027....