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).
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).
IPA’s week in London finished with the 51st meeting of the Educational Publishers Forum. Kindly hosted by Pearson, there were attendees from the USA to China, and Lesotho to Iceland.
One of the Copyright highlights of London Book Fair was the prestigious Charles Clark Memorial Lecture. A cooperation between the IPA, FEP, the Publishers Association, the CLA and PLS. The lecture celebrates the memory of the brilliant Charles Clark (1933- 2006) who spent much of his career focusing his critical mind on the intersection of copyright and technology.
London Book Fair this year was quickly followed by Buenos Aires International Book Fair (25 April to 15 May) where IPA President, Karine Pansa, was scheduled to speak at the CONTEC conference (LINK: https://www.buchmesse.de/en/highlights/professional-programme/contec) alongside meetings of the Grupo Ibero-americano de Editores (GIE) and the Latin American Educational Publishers Forum.
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.