UNESCO is launching a call for experts to create a Reflection Group on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions in the Digital Environment (2024-2025), as part of the implementation of the 2005 Convention on the …
IAF supports WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike
The International Authors Forum (IAF) stands in solidarity with the more than 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA), who in May 2023 began a strike against the …
The Pan-African Writers International Literature Conference: registration is open!
The Pan-African Writers Association (PAWA) is delighted to announce the Pan-African Writers International Literature Conference. The Conference this year will be in honour of the life and works of Nobel …
How AI affected the launch of CERLALC Prize in Ibero-America?
This year, AI (artificial intelligence) was at the centre of forums and roundtables at international book fairs in Latin America, because of the unprecedented challenges it poses to authors and …
The Authors Guild of America: Sign a Open Letter to AI Leaders
The increasing development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming one of the main concerns across the creative industry as it could negative impact to the irreplaceable value that authors bring …
Canada’s Copyright Licensing Agency Slashes Jobs and Service
Authors Left Without an Effective Industry Champion The International Authors Forum (IAF) is concerned at the news that Canada’s longstanding copyright licensing collective, Access Copyright, will be cutting staff positions …
Threatening Copyright and Livelihoods: The South African Copyright Amendment Bill
Keyan G Tomaselli and Hetta Pieterse, Academic and Non-Fiction Authors’ Association of South Africa Copyright issues have veered sharply off course over the past seven years, starting with Cabinet’s approval …
IAF and CDR signed a Memorandum of Understanding
The International Authors Forum (IAF) and the Colombian Centre for Reprographic Rights (CDR) are delighted to announce they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Bogotà Book Fair. …
IAF at the Bogota Book Fair
IAF took part in the recent Bogota Book Fair, having been invited by The Regional Centre for the Promotion of Books in Latin America and Caribbean (CERLALC). IAF was represented …