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 …
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 …
UNESCO names Rio de Janeiro as World Book Capital for 2025
The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has named Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) as World Book Capital for 2025. Following Accra (Ghana) in 2023 and Strasbourg (France) in 2024, UNESCO and …
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 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 …
The Tree to Me Initiative
The UK Society of Authors is encouraging all sister organisations to adopt and share the Tree to Me initiative. Launched in April 2023, Tree to Me is an awareness raising …