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In June I attended the African Publishers Network Conference in Casablanca, Morocco. As ever it was a great pleasure to visit Morocco and to see...
Foundation welcomes three important organisations of the global publishing scene: EDItEUR, the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM Association) and the Book...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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:...
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

Book 2.0 brings together global pioneers to discuss how to preserve and embrace our most precious creation, and further question how we can powerfully document...
IIBF is an annual book exhibition organized by IKAPI. It was established in 1980 under the name of Indonesia Book Fair (IBF). To reach a...
Gothenburg Book Fair is the biggest cultural event in the Nordic region and one of the most significant book fairs in Europe, with more than...
The Uruguayan Book Chamber brings together booksellers, publishers and distributors, seeking to promote and defend books in Uruguay....
For the 77th time, Frankfurter Buchmesse will open its doors in October to celebrate exciting stories and their authors....
Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) is an 11-day international book fair held annually in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates....
Le Salon du livre de Montréal est fier d’annoncer les nombreux projets nés de la créativité de ses précieux partenaires qui marqueront sa 48e édition...
The London Book Fair (LBF) is the place for the global publishing community to develop relationships, gain insight, and define the future of creative content...