The short-list for the 2020 ABC International Excellence Award in Accessible Publishing was announced on February 10, 2020. 3 publishers and 3 initiatives are competing for the two awards in the respective categories. The names of the winners will be unveiled at the awards ceremony taking place at the London Book Fair on March 10, 2020.
On 24 December 2019, Khaled Lotfy’s final possible appeal against his five-year sentence was rejected. His publishing house was then excluded from the biggest book fair in Egypt.
On 7 January 2020, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) confirmed that it had received ten candidatures for the position of Director General ahead of the 30 December 2019 deadline.
Award-winning Norwegian author Maja Lunde, satirical South African cartoonist Zapiro and eminent Indian statesman and author Dr Shashi Tharoor will be among the speakers at the 33rd International Publishers Congress, on 28-30 May in Lillehammer, Norway.
