IAF recently participated in the 17th Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The IGC is one of …
UNESCO World Book Capital 2026: Call for Applications
UNESCO have launched a call to all UNESCO member state cities to submit their applications to become the World Book Capital (WBC) 2026. In 2001, UNESCO adopted the 31 C/Resolution …
IAF, IPA, PEN International, EIBF and IFLA call for key freedoms to be respected
In recognition of the increasing efforts to restrict books, those who write them, publish them or make them available to readers, five organisations (International Authors Forum, PEN International, International Publishers …
Statement in support of IAF’s Argentinian members
The International Authors Forum (IAF) is pleased to hear that the Argentinian government’s proposed changes in the law, which threatened to seriously undermine the editorial and cultural sector of the …
A chat with Ix-Chel Poot, founder of the Writers’ Circle in Belize
Ix-Chel Poot is a published author from Belmopan, Belize, who works full-time as an ageing specialist for the National Council on Ageing. As a writer, she is also attempting to …
ABC Accessible Books Consortium new partnership with Dolphin Computer Access: ABC Catalogue to go fully mobile
WIPO’s Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) is delighted to announce a new partnership with Dolphin Computer Access, a UK-based software company dedicated to empowering people with vision impairments and other print …
CLIP: the new online platform that supports creators
The Music Rights Awareness Foundation (MRAF) and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) have introduced CLIP (Creators Learn Intellectual Property), a new online learning resource about intellectual property (IP) that …
IAF at WIPO’s 44th Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Right
Last week, IAF joined the 44th Session of WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) in Geneva. After a lively discussion on broadcasting, the Committee moved on to …
ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing: winners announced!
The winners of the 2023 ABC International Excellence Award were announced at a ceremony at the Sharjah Publishers Conference on 29 October by WIPO Deputy Director General Sylvie Forbin. The Swedish …