Founded in 1973, the Media Coalition is highly regarded as a shrewd, tireless frontline advocate in monitoring and opposing legislation that impinges upon the freedom of expression, freedom to publish, and the freedom to read.
IPA Announces Shortlist for Inaugural Freedom of Expression Defenders Award
“These are all initiatives showing how we can fight for freedom of expression, for the freedom to publish and for the freedom to read,” said IPA President Gvantsa Jobava.
Around the Book World: July 27, 2026
Editor-in-Chief Andrew Richard Albanese stands in this week for publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
Who Gets to Disagree?
Frankfurt Calling’s John Steinmark on how ‘the language of freedom’ has been hijacked by an array of reactionary political actors—and how young voices in the publishing industry are organizing to push back.
IPA Seeks Nominations for Inaugural ‘Freedom of Expression Defenders’ Award
Nominations for the award honoring companies or organizations who have demonstrated a commitment to what IPA officials call the “trinity” of freedoms will be accepted until March 31.
IPA Seeks Nominations for 2026 Prix Voltaire
Any individual, group, or organization can nominate a publisher that has recently published “controversial works amid pressure, threats, intimidation or harassment,” or that has “a distinguished record over many years of upholding the freedom to publish and freedom of expression.” By Andrew Richard Albanese, Editor-in-Chief he International Publishers Association this week launched its call for nominations for the 2026 IPA …
Belarus: Where Independent Work is Branded Extremism
PEN Belarus launched a new website to highlight work that is being censored in their country, highlighting a growing campaign against free expression.
PEN International Announces Literary Auction to Support Work
Celebrated international writers donate items to first PEN International Literary Auction to support the protection of freedom of expression and speech.
Writer Boualem Sansal, Held for a Year, Released by Algeria
In a surprise move, Algeria’s president suspends the 2011 German Peace Prize-winning author’s prison sentence.
Kristenn Einarsson Is Stepping Away: Almost
The Freedom to Publish lead at IPA, the founding managing director of WEXFO, the World Expression Forum, will focus on the ‘democracy-reading’ connection full-time now. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘Give the Readers What They Didn’t Know They Wanted’ t will seem odd at first. So central a personality has Kristenn Einarsson been to the International Publishers Association, to …