The International Publishers Association this year opens several targeted informational programs to Frankfurt’s trade visitors this week.
Bodour Al Qasimi in Jordan: Take Publishing ‘Safely Into the Future’
At the IPA seminar in Jordan, IPA vice-president Bodour Al Qasimi called on the book industry to celebrate its achievements and embrace new solutions for publishing in the Arab world.
Hugo Setzer Opens the IPA Middle East Seminar in Jordan
As an international community, Hugo Setzer tells delegates in Amman, ‘We have a shared duty to educate, to inform, and to entertain.’
Four Viewpoints Ahead of the First IPA Middle East Seminar in Amman
As delegates gather in Jordan, speakers are talking technology, literacy in areas of violent conflict, and challenges to the freedom to publish.
The Jordanian Publishers Union’s Fathi Al Biss: A Need for ‘Better Interaction’
Limited discretionary spending, censorship, piracy, and weak public policy challange the Arab world’s book industry, says Jordanian publisher Fathi Al Biss.
Fourth Tehran Book Fair Uncensored Moves Next to Germany
The Tehran Book Fair Uncensored—now in its fourth year showcasing Persian literature free of Iranian censorship—has opened London and Paris.
Industry Notes: SAGE Publishing Makes UK’s Index on Censorship Archive Free
The UK’s quarterly ‘Index on Censorship’ has opened its 45-year archive to free readership, a response to an era of fake news and leadership lies.
Freedom To Publish: Interview with Iranian Publisher Azadeh Parsapour
Azadeh Parsapour, the Iranian publisher and champion of work censored by Tehran, talks about the dangers her company and its authors must navigate to bring suppressed writings to a Persian-language audience.
At Frankfurt: A Panel on Self-Censorship and Morality in Publishing Today
At an event organized by Byte the Book and the Frankfurt Book Fair, publishers looked at how social pressures influence publishing.
Mexico’s Hugo Setzer on Politics and Publishing in a Complex Market
Hugo Setzer’s Manual Moderno publishes some 40 new titles per year and has an active catalogue of around 400 books in Mexico, a market in which, he says, censorship “is coming very close.”