Accra, Ghana, has been named UNESCO World Book Capital for 2023. As the 23^rd city to be selected since the UNESCO World Book Capital programme began in 2001, Accra will have the opportunity to organize activities to encourage a culture of reading both inside and outside Ghana and celebrate the power of books to engage people of all ages.

Since 2001, cities are designated each year as UNESCO World Book Capital carry out activities with the aim of encouraging a culture of reading and diffusing its values.

Since 2001, cities are designated each year as UNESCO World Book Capital carry out activities with the aim of encouraging a culture of reading and diffusing its values.

El espacio iberoamericano del libro 2018 (published by CERLALC, an intergovernmental organization based in Bogotá, Colombia) is mapping the book publishing sector in Latin America, based on data from 19 countries, plus their trade relations with Spain and Portugal.

Despite many countries being in lockdown for a number of weeks to limit the spreading of the COVID-19 Pandemic, governments in Brazil, China, Kenya, India to name but a few have continued to publish consultations on copyright. IPA has continued to monitor and respond. 

The 53rd Educational Publishers Forum took place in Madrid on 2nd June with a wide-reaching programme covering national and international policy making, artificial intelligence in education and an initiative to facilitate the availability of digital resources in Spanish schools.

The Mexican city of Guadalajara, capital of the state of Jalisco, became the 22^nd World Book Capital City on 23 April 2022. IPA Past President, Hugo Setzer attended the ceremony on IPA’s behalf.

The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has named the Mexican city Guadalajara World Book Capital for the year 2022, following the recommendation of the World Book Capital Advisory Committee, which includes IPA. 

Bodour Al Qasimi shares IPA plans for post-COVID book industry revival with Georgian Publishers and Booksellers Association

On 23 April, in the Ghanaian capital Accra, IPA Vice-President Gvantsa Jobava and Secretary General José Borghino met with board members of the local IPA member, the Ghana Publishers Association (GPA).

The IPA attended UNESCO's Meeting of the Collective Consultation on Education in Siem Reap, Cambodia, this month to communicate the essential role of educational publishers in implementing UN Sustainable Development Goal 4 – Education.

Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, has been confirmed as the 2020 UNESCO World Book Capital City to follow Athens (2018) and Sharjah (2019).

International Publishers Association (IPA) signs agreement with the UNESCO-affiliated Regional Center for the Promotion of Books in Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLALC) to further collaboration on a broad spectrum of issues.

IPA Secretary General, José Borghino, spoke about Open Educational Resources (OERs) during a webinar organized to celebrate World Book and Copyright Day by the UNESCO OER Dynamic Coalition.

Following the evaluation of the World Book Capital Advisory Committee, Strasbourg, France has been named as World Book Capital for 2024.

UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay confirmed the Georgian Capital will follow this Sharjah, UAE and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as UNESCO World Book Capital 2021. 

Since 2001, cities are designated each year as UNESCO World Book Capital carry out activities with the aim of encouraging a culture of reading and diffusing its values.

Athens has been named World Book Capital 2018 by the Director General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, on the recommendation of the Advisory Committee, comprising representatives of the IPA, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), and UNESCO, which met at UNESCO headquarters, in Paris.

IPA President Bodour Al Qasimi joined representatives from former, current and future World Book Capital Cities in Wrocław, Poland, to sign the World Book Capitals Network Charter.

UNESCO has opened nominations for the World Book Capital City in 2022 with a deadline of 25 June. UPDATE 4 May 2020 Deadline extended to Friday 14 August 2020.