The International Publishers Association and London Book Fair hold a second Freedom To Publish seminar on March 12, with Vanderbilt’s Daniel Gervais speaking that afternoon on copyright in the Charles Clark Memorial Lecture.
IPA Prix Voltaire: 2019 Nominations Open, Recognizing Valor in Publishing
Honoring publishing courage in the face of oppression, nominations for the IPA Prix Voltaire Freedom To Publish will close on February 20.
IPA Condemns Harassment of 2008 Prix Voltaire Winner Ragip Zarakolu
Turkish book publisher Ragip Zarakolu is the subject of an Interpol red notice. The IPA condemns this tactic as harassment by the Turkish government.
The International Publishers Association’s Prix Voltaire 2018 Is Formally Awarded to Gui Minhai
Citing ‘an optimism that in the face of unimaginable cruelty still believes in change,’ UK-based Angela Gui accepts for her father, Gui Minhai, the International Publishers Association’s Prix Voltaire for courage in the face of attempts to suppress the freedom to publish.
Publisher and Bookseller Gui Minhai Awarded IPA’s 2018 Prix Voltaire
Less than two weeks after his reported re-detention in China, Gui Minhai is named to receive the IPA’s prize for proponents of the freedom to publish. Gui’s whereabouts remain unknown.
IPA Condemns Seizure of Gui Minhai, Prix Voltaire Shortlisted Publisher
With few details available, the international diplomatic and publishing communities are demanding information on the reported seizure by authorities in China on Saturday of Swedish publisher Gui Minhai.
Freedom To Publish: The Prix Voltaire 2018 Shortlist Honors Figures from Asia, Europe, and Africa
Publishing and literary figures from Bangladesh, Sweden, Hong Kong, Iran, the UK, Hungary, and Cameroon are on the shortlist for the 2018 Prix Voltaire from the International Publishers Association’s Freedom To Publish committee.
Freedom To Publish: IPA Opens 2018 Prix Voltaire Award Nominations
Planning a February revelation of the 2018 recipient at IPA’s Congress in India, the organization asks for nominations by October 28.
Turkey’s Turhan Günay, Evrensel Win IPA’s Prix Voltaire
Cumhuriyet Books publisher Turhan Günay—just released in Istanbul pending court action—and Evrensel publishing house are named Prix Voltaire winners.
International Publishers Association Announces Prix Voltaire Shortlist
Honoring fortitude in the face of challenges to freedom of expression, the IPA Prix Voltaire can recognize both people and institutions.