On February 26, Hong Kong publisher Yao Wentian was released from Dongguan Prison in Guangdong province after nine years of imprisonment. Yao has now returned to his home and reunited with his family in Hong Kong.
On February 26, Hong Kong publisher Yao Wentian was released from Dongguan Prison in Guangdong province after nine years of imprisonment. Yao has now returned to his home and reunited with his family in Hong Kong.
Bologna Book Fair will celebrate its 60th Anniversary next week (6-9 March 2023) and IPA is delighted to be present and involved in a number of sessions on sustainability, the spotlight on Africa programme and women in publishing.
On 22 February the IPA’s Educational Publishers Forum (EPF) held its 50th meeting. As has become tradition since EPF meetings moved online due to COVID, this meeting was marked as Virtual Kyiv falling as it did, just days before the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
At New Delhi Book Fair, Kevin Fizgerald, Director of WIPO’s Information and Digital Outreach Division, presented the latest publishing sector data gathered by WIPO for the year 2021 and was joined on stage by IPA Secretary General, José Borghino, and the chair of IPA’s Data and Statistics Committee, Pranav Gupta.
Michiel Kolman, Chair of the IPA's Inclusive Publishing and Literacy Committee, spoke to Jonathan Walker, Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the Association of American Publisher (AAP) about his work.
A calmer but still bustling Day 3 which was no less important for IPA with the announcement of the 2023 IPA Prix Voltaire shortlist and a vital session on ‘lawfair’ that stifles freedom of expression.
Day 1 of London Book Fair definitely went off with a bang for IPA. This year’s Fair has multiple stages with an excellent range of programming featuring a number of IPA members.