The International Authors Forum (IAF) has expressed its support for the statement issued by its member organisation, the Authors Guild, condemning the Trump Administration’s decision to dismiss Shira Perlmutter as …
ANFASA’s 4th Annual Virtual International Symposium: The Power of Authors
IAF member the Academic and Non-Fiction Authors Association of South Africa, (ANFASA), will host the 4th Annual Virtual International Symposium on the Power of Authors on 25 March 2025 at …
International Authors Forum at the 2024 Guadalajara Book Fair
The International Authors Forum (IAF) is excited to join the 2024 Guadalajara Book Fair on 2 December, with, for the first time, a day dedicated to addressing key issues affecting …
UNESCO announced Rabat as World Book Capital 2026
Rabat, Morocco, has been selected as the World Book Capital for 2026, following a recommendation from the World Book Capital Advisory Committee. UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay announced, “After Rio de …
IAF signs a MoU with CeMPro
The International Authors Forum (IAF) and the Mexican Centre for the Protection and Promotion of Copyright (CeMPro) are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) last …
Society of Authors: AI survey results published
The Society of Authors (SoA) has published the results of their survey on generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems. It surveyed 12,500 of its members and other authors throughout January 2024, …
IAF, IFRRO, IPA and STM ask President Ramaphosa to withhold signing Copyright Amendment Bill
The major representatives of authors and publishers around the world, IAF, IPA and STM, and IFRRO, representing the collective management organisations in the text and image-based sector worldwide, are asking …
Joint statement from IAF, IFRRO, IPA, STM on the SA Copyright Bill ahead of the vote
Representatives from prominent global author and publisher organizations, including IAF, IFRRO, IPA, and STM, have issued a joint statement urging members of the National Assembly in South Africa to refrain …
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 …