International Publishers Association (IPA) President Bodour Al Qasimi returned to Istanbul earlier this month, meeting with the Turkish Publishers Association and discussing key developments at the IPA with its members – including the successful launch of the IPA Academy and the results of the InSPIRe Symposium.
IPA is co-organising and joining a number of sessions during London Book Fair. Find out more here.
After 10 years of imprisonment, 2016 IPA Prix Voltaire Laureate, blogger, and free speech activist Raif Badawi has been released by the Saudi authorities.
Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine and the global climate crisis publishers and organisations from across the book sector will come together at Bologna Children’s Book Fair to celebrate the completion of the Sustainable Development Goals Book Club and its 17 reading lists for children focusing on peace, ending poverty, protecting life on land and many more.
The final day of this SCCR began with the Chair recognising a cloud of fatigue in the room and encouraging delegates to press on through the day to finish the week.
Day 4 of this 42nd meeting of the SCCR picked up exactly where Day 3 left off, with discussions on exceptions and limitations and observer organisations continuing their statements.
Day 3 of SCCR 42 opened with further discussion and analysis of the new text on the broadcasting treaty with the afternoon reserved for discussions on exceptions and limitations.
