‘The main reason I’m here is to support the fair,’ says Brazilian children’s book publisher and IPA vice-president Karine Pansa.
Showcasing Work at Frankfurt: A Myanmar Publisher in Self-Exile
‘Myanmar is totally silent in world literature,’ says publisher San Mon Aung. He and his family have left their home country for safety.
International Publishers Association Names Prix Voltaire Shortlist
The Prix Voltaire shortlist, honoring valor in the defense of free speech, includes publishers in Guatemala, Turkey, Lebanon, Belarus, and Gaza.
Ahead of Frankfurt: Establishing a ‘World Expression Forum’ for Freedom of Speech
With a solid cohort of experienced leaders and a strong start on shareholders’ backing, the ‘WEXFO’ is announcing its start in Norway.
European Writers Council Reports the Belarusian Writers Union ‘Forcibly Dissolved’
Reports of the dissolution of the Union of Belarusian Writers by the Lukashenko government’s high court describe a ‘Kafkaesque’ procedure.
Banned Books Week: Tbilisi’s ‘Untamed Books’ Exhibition
Tbilisi, UNESCO’s World Book Capital, has mounted a show themed on Georgia’s censorious past–and the present dangers of self-censorship.
PEN America Calls for Protection of Writers, Cultural Actors in Afghanistan
The cultural heritage of Afghanistan, like its people and their allies, is newly at risk, PEN warns, in the unfolding crisis.
Belarus One Year After the Election: Writers, Translators, Journalists Speak Out
Three leading writers’ organizations in Europe call for coordinated response to the Lukashenko regime’s brutality.
Lukashenko Regime To Close PEN Belarus in Minsk
As PEN Belarus is told it’s to be shut down, PEN America’s Suzanne Nossel speaks of ‘when a government silences and stomps on its writers.’
European Writers Council and PEN America Slam Belarus Raids
The European Writers Council and a consortium of agencies working with PEN America blast the Lukashenko regime’s new raids in Belarus.