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.
With another year before the European Parliament’s elections (from 6 to 9 June 2024; EU citizens will elect their 705 MEPs) and an additional 6 months before the appointment of the new College (the 27 Commissioners, one from each Member States), the EU institutions are wrapping up legislations, starting with a plan to address no less than Artificial Intelligence, among other topics.
The second edition of WEXFO opened under a warm, blue Lillehammer sky on 22 May. Its ambitious programme was spread across 4 days and made up of 4 different events with the addition of a parallel WEXFO Youth programme.
On Friday, June 2, the Association of American Publishers (AAP), Penguin Random House, Candlewick Press, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, Macmillan Publishers, Scholastic Inc., and Simon & Schuster filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs, patrons of the Llano County Library System in Llano County, Texas, in the case of Little v. Llano County, a suit that challenges the actions taken by members of the Llano County Commissioners Court, members of the Llano County Library Board, and the Llano County Library System Director, to remove 17 books from the shelves of the public library system.
Michiel Kolman, Chair of the IPA's Inclusive Publishing and Literacy Committee, spoke to Jonathan Walker, Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the Association of American Publisher (AAP) about his work.
A calmer but still bustling Day 3 which was no less important for IPA with the announcement of the 2023 IPA Prix Voltaire shortlist and a vital session on ‘lawfair’ that stifles freedom of expression.
Day 1 of London Book Fair definitely went off with a bang for IPA. This year’s Fair has multiple stages with an excellent range of programming featuring a number of IPA members.
