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UNESCO announced Rabat as World Book Capital 2026

Serena Barone 25th October 2024Morocco, News, UNESCO, World Book Capital

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 …

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IAF Celebrates the World Book and Copyright Day

Serena Barone 22nd April 2024IAF, Latin America, News, UNESCO

World Book and Copyright Day is a celebration to promote the enjoyment of books and reading. Each year, on 23 April, celebrations take place all over the world to recognize the …

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IAF at the 17th Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of cultural Expression of the UNESCO 2005 Convention

Serena Barone 20th March 20242005 Convention, Freedom of Expression, IAF, News, UNESCO

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 …

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UNESCO World Book Capital 2026: Call for Applications

Serena Barone 20th March 2024News, UNESCO, World Book Capital

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 …

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IAF, IPA, PEN International, EIBF and IFLA call for key freedoms to be respected

Serena Barone 14th March 2024Freedom of Expression, IAF, News, Statement

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 …

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UNESCO names Rio de Janeiro as World Book Capital for 2025

Serena Barone 10th October 2023Brazil, News, Uncategorised, UNESCO, World Book Capital

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 …

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UNESCO 2005 Convention- Call for experts!

Serena Barone 8th September 20232005 Convention, News, UNESCO

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 …

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IAF at Thessaloniki Book Fair

Athanasios Venitsanopoulos 16th May 2023Events, IAF, News, UNESCO, World Book Capital

The International Authors Forum (IAF) attended the Thessaloniki Book Fair which took place on 4-7 May. IAF participated in a panel discussion on the significance of the World Book Capital …

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IAF’s celebrates World Book and Copyright Day

Athanasios Venitsanopoulos 24th April 2023IAF, News, UNESCO

The International Authors Forum (IAF) plays an important role in advocating for the rights of authors around the world, including their rights to fair compensation for their work and protection …

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International Authors Forum @intauthors ·
11 Nov

.@Cerlac has launched its survey on AI: Uses and Representation in the Ibero-American Book Ecosystem. We invite the Ibero-American community to participate by sharing their insights.

Fill it out here: https://es.surveymonkey.com/r/iaylibro

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International Authors Forum @intauthors ·
11 Nov

Join IAF and thousands of artists, writers, and organisations in signing the statement published in The Guardian on the impact on AI.

Find out more: https://ow.ly/f3lu50U1bF1

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We were lucky to attend the spectacular launch of We were lucky to attend the spectacular launch of Strasbourg as #WorldBookCapital24! Writers, librarians, publishers and industry guests gathered last week to celebrate a programme of events to promote books and reading that will take place in there this year 🎉 . . . . . . . . #WorldBookCapital #WorldBookCapital2024 #Strasbourg #France #GlobalCommunity #Book #Books #Books #Readers #ReadersOfInstagram #WritersOfInstagram #AuthorsOfInstagram #Authors #Writers ##WritersOfIG #WritingLife #WritingCommunity #AuthorsOfIG #AuthorLife #PhotoOfTheDay #Europe #News #BookNews
One week until our AGM in New York! We've got a fu One week until our AGM in New York! We've got a full programme including panels focusing on #AI and #Copyright. More info via our bio. . . . . . . . . . . #ArtificialIntelligence #GlobalCommunity #InternationalCulture #WritingCommunity #WritersNetwork #WritersSupportingWriters #AuthorsSupportingAuthors #ChatGPT #Author #Writer #WritersOfInstagram #AuthorsOfInstagram #WritingCommunity #Authors #AmWriting #Writers #WritersCommunity #Tech #GlobalCommunity #WritersOfIG #CreativeCommunity #CreatorCommunity #AuthorsOfIG #MondayMotivation
Today at #LBF24 we launched a joint call for key f Today at #LBF24 we launched a joint call for key freedoms to be respected - the freedom of expression and the freedoms to read, and publish.Full story in our bio 🔗 . . . . . . . . . #freedomofexpression #readingmatters #lovereading #lovebooks #lovewriting #internationalcommunity #londonbookfair #londonbookfair24 #londonbookfair2024
#ThisWeek we took the floor at the UNESCO Meeting #ThisWeek we took the floor at the UNESCO Meeting for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression to encourage the protection of cultural expression in the digital environment and to share our #AI principles 🙌 . . . . . . . . . #worklife #UNESCO #UNESCOParis #IntergovernmentalCommittee #ArtificialIntelligence #Culture #GlobalCommunity #CulturalExpression #ADayInTheLife #MyJob # FridayMotivation #FridayFeeling
Good to see that the proposed changes in the Ley O Good to see that the proposed changes in the Ley Omnibus have been rejected. We continue to support our Argentinian members in this situation. Read our full statement via our bio. 📸 Marcelo Guerrieri, President of the Union Escritoras y Escritores . . . . . . . #Argentina #WritersInArgentina #SouthAmerica #GlobalCommunity #InternationalCulture #WritingCommunity #WritersNetwork #WritersSupportingWriters #AuthorsSupportingAuthors
Paolo Lanteri on the inherent relationship between Paolo Lanteri on the inherent relationship between human creation and copyright - it's vital that both are protected, whatever the future of tech 💯 . . . . . . . . . . #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ChatGPT #Copyright #Author #Writer #WritersOfInstagram #AuthorsOfInstagram #WritingCommunity #Authors #AmWriting #Writers #WritersCommunity #Tech #GlobalCommunity #WritersNetwork #WritersOfIG #CreativeCommunity #CreatorCommunity #AuthorsOfIG #PaoloLanteri #WriterWednesday #WritingWednesday #WednesdayMotivation
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