‘Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, we have essentially risen from the dead, and only 25 years later, here we are.’ Frankfurt’s Guest of Honor, Georgia, says Gvantsa Jobava, is ready.
IPA General Assembly: ‘We Emerged Stronger’
IPA names Brazilian publisher Karine Pansa as its next—and third woman—president, and Gvantsa Jobava is named as vice-president.
Timely in Tbilisi: A New Conference During the Ukraine Crisis
‘Great prospects for establishing business or cultural relations’ lie in the Caucasus area publishing conference, says Gvantsa Jobava.
‘Words Without Borders’ September: Translating the Frankfurt-Bound Character of Georgia
‘Our culture is perfectly compatible with the values of the free world.’ Gvantsa Jobava is guest editor of the September issue of ‘Words Without Borders,’ as Georgia prepares to be Guest of Honor at Frankfurter Buchmesse.
IPA’s Karine Pansa in Portugal: Publishing Must Be ‘Tough and Smart’
The International Publishers Association’s Karine Pansa in Portugal speaks of rising threats to publishing’s framework of protections.
Recalling Ukrainian Writer and Activist Victoria Amelina
The writer and war-crimes researcher Victoria Amelina has died of wounds sustained in the June 27 Russian attack in Kramatorsk.
In Ukraine: Kyiv’s Book Arsenal Festival Draws 28,000
The 11th Book Arsenal Festival–prevented in 2022 by Russia’s attack–has been staged successfully in Kyiv this week, with Zelensky on-hand.
At Norway’s WEXFO, Iraqi Mazin Lateef Ali Wins IPA’s Prix Voltaire
The Iraqi publisher Mazin Lateef Ali’s son Abdulmoahimen accepts the 2023 Prix Voltaire for his father, who was abducted in 2020.
Which Rights are Right? What Publishers Want From Translators
The concept of translators as scouts for publishers may depend on how well translators know those publishers and their markets.
International Women’s Day: PublisHer’s Bologna Stand
The new PublisHer pavilion at Bologna International Book Fair co-hosts an International Women’s Day breakfast with Kids Can Press.