The International Authors Forum (IAF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Kevin Fitzgerald CMG as its new Secretary General. Kevin brings extensive experience in intellectual property, international relations, …
IAF at the WIPO-ARIPO regional seminar on Copyright in Africa
Earlier last month, the International Authors Forum (IAF) participated at the joint WIPO-ARIPO regional seminar ‘Copyright: A Driver of the Creative Economy’, hosted by ARIPO in Harare, Zimbabwe. They attended …
Latin America Focuses on Making Books Accessible to People with Print Disabilities
Last month the Congress of the Latin American Union of the Blind (ULAC) took place in Lim, Peru. The event, organized by WIPO’s Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) and ULAC, was …
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 …
Finalists for the 2024 ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing Announced
The Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) of the World Property Organisation (WIPO) has released the finalists for the 2024 ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing. In the publisher category, the …
Join the Symposium on Capacity Building of Academic and Nonfiction Authorship for Africa’s Transformation
Uganda Textbook-Academic and Non-Fiction Authors’ Association (UTANA) in collaboration with the Network of African Academic and Nonfiction Authors (NAANA), the Norwegian Association of Nonfiction and Translators (NFFO), Ministry of Education …
Launch of CERLALC Survey on AI
Last month, the IAF joined the launch of the survey AI: Uses and Representation in the Ibero-American Book Ecosystem. This study was organized by the Regional Center for the Promotion …
IAF call for support to sign a Statement on fair AI training
The International Authors Forum (IAF) is proud to announce its support for a statement published in The Guardian that warns of the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the creative …
European Conference on Literary Translation: an insight of the conference organised by CEATL
Between 2 and 4 October 2024, CEATL, the European Council of Literary Translators’ Associations, organised the first European Conference on Literary Translation, as part of the programme for Strasbourg’s UNESCO …