This nationwide and international campaign for freedom of expression was instigated in 2021 by the Börsenverein.
The 40th Mauri School in Venice: ‘Interpreting Change’
The Umberto e Elisabetta Mauri ‘school of booksellers’ returns to Venice, with a live-streamed half-day conference available on January 27.
Rome Retains Italy’s 18App in 2023; Changes Ahead in 2024
With its demise seemingly averted at the 11th hour, Italy’s admired 18App for young adults is renewed in its current form for a year.
Italy as Guest of Honor at Frankfurt: Balancing the Rights
Italy’s publishers have set a Frankfurt goal of bringing rights sales of Italian books into other markets up to the level of imported titles.
Più libri più liberi: AIE and Aldus UP’s Professional Program
The 2022 edition of Italy’s public-facing book fair ‘Più libri più liberi’ features sessions for professionals at Rome’s La Nuvola.
Italy’s Ricardo Levi Leads FEP; Sonia Draga Is First Woman Vice-President
‘Books and reading are absolutely indispensable to our European democracy,’ Ricardo Levi says on taking the federation’s presidency.
At Frankfurt: IPA Stages Its Second ‘Sustainability Summit’
The Publishers Association’s Dan Conway called sustainability ‘the issue we will all be judged on in the future.”
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky Addresses Frankfurt
The Ukrainian president made the case in his Frankfurt Book Fair address that culture, like life, is under fire under the Russian assault.
At Frankfurt: European Publishers Hear of a ‘Perfect Storm’ Ahead
Among points presented in the Federation of European Publishers’ report, sales in bookstores fell from 50 percent in 2019 to 43.6 percent in 2021.
Frankfurt Shorts: FEP, WIPO, and PP Forum by the Numbers
As the 74th Frankfurter Buchmesse opens Wednesday, many discussions and presentations will get right into industry numbers and data.