Publishing News [Global]

U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin will deliver the closing keynote at the Libraries Are Essential program on day one of the 2022 U.S. Book Show (May 23 – 26, 2022).Raskin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Unthinkable: Trauma,…

At London Book Fair (April5-7, 2022), IPA was back and with a big focus on sustainability –from inspiring the leaders of the future through children’s books, to a challenging and thought-provoking Sustainability keynote; from a new InSPIRe…

While the Ukrainian army continues to defend every piece of Ukrainian territory, every civilian, and the very spirit of freedom and democracy in the world, the Ukrainian and world publishing community stood for their values at the London…

Waterstones have acquired Blackwell’s, an iconic academic and specialist bookseller in the UK. This follows the acquisition of the Foyles bookshops in September 2018. James Daunt, Waterstones’ Managing Director, said, “Blackwell’s and…

Freedom of speech is more important than ever. War and growing authoritarian tendencies, new technologies and cancel culture affect the status of free speech in different ways. From May 30-31, 2022, the World Expression Forum (WEXFO) will…

The International Publishers Association created the IPA Academy to support publishers and their associations as they adapt to commercial changes catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic.Today, success for publishers depends on being comfortable…

On 24 February 2022, at 5 am the armed forces of the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine, launching a full-scale invasion on our country. This is a war of a scale unseen in Europe since 1945, and the whole world is watching it happen. We…

June 15, 2021 marked the 125th anniversary of the International Publishers Association – IPA! On the mini website prepared specially for the 125th year, IPA has uploaded a short documentary about the IPA and a book on IPA’s history:…

Literature Translation Institute (LTI) of Korea offers PR and marketing grants for Korean literary works published overseas, who have published Korean literary works within the last five years or own the rights on Korean literary titles…

Following submissions of over 1000 titles, book sector organisations from Brazil and Portugal have announced lists to augment the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Book Club with a collection of lusophone books about the…