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.
At the Tunis Conference: On Piracy and the Myth of ‘Free Content’
‘Governments need to be convinced that the scourge of piracy is a problem for them and for their countries’ evolving economies,” IPA’s José Borghino tells the Arab Publishers Association’s conference in Tunisia.
Censorship in the Arab World: Debating Its Impact at a Conference in Tunisia
Censorship concerns many in the worldwide book publishing industry today. The Arab Publishers Association conference this month addressed the issue specifically in the Arab world.
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.
Industry Notes: Europa Editions’ Rome Store; Sweek’s ‘Romantasy’ Contest
In Rome, a North American publisher joins its Italian founder in a new English-language bookshop. And in Rotterdam, Sweek launches another competition.
Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron To Open Frankfurter Buchmesse and Guest of Honor Program
The French president joins the German chancellor at Frankfurt’s opening, as France’s ‘Francfort en français’ program opens in the Guest of Honor pavilion.
Rights Watch: Rio’s Biennial Book Fair Prepares Its Agents & Business Center
The year so far shows ‘modest growth’ in Brazil’s beleaguered market, says Marcos da Veiga Pereira ahead of Rio’s book biennial and rights trading program.
International Literature Festival Berlin Announces Its Program: 200 Authors
Running September 6 to 16, LiteraturFestival Berlin this year includes a children’s literature component with authors, illustrators, and scientists.
South Africa’s Lidudumalingani Wins Caine Prize
Honored for a short story that ‘leaves the reader full of sympathy and wonder at the plight of its protagonists,’ the Cape Town-based LIdudumalingali says he’s interested in seeing that we ‘not try to lie to ourselves.’
Applications Open for GamesCom Presentations by Publishers
A very quick deadline of June 22 has been announced for publishers interested in presenting their projects to international business players in the games industry at Germany’s GamesCom on August 17.