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 …
ABC 2023 International Excellence Award – Finalists announced!
The World Intellectual Property Organization’s Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) have announced the finalists for the ABC Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing. The winners will be announced at a ceremony at …
Celebrating the International Translation Day!
Each year, translators, interpreters and terminologists celebrate International Translation Day (ITD) on 30 September, the feast day of Saint Jerome who translated the Bible into Latin. To commemorate the theme …
IAF’s principles for Artificial Intelligence and Authorship
The International Authors Forum (IAF) has developed a set of principles that must be upheld in any policy in this area where the use of AI technologies intersects with authors’ …
Apply for ABC Training and Technical Assistance
The International Authors Forum (IAF) is thrilled to inform readers that the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) is now accepting applications from organisations in developing countries for training and technical assistance …
UNESCO 2005 Convention- Call for experts!
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 …
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 Pan-African Writers International Literature Conference: registration is open!
The Pan-African Writers Association (PAWA) is delighted to announce the Pan-African Writers International Literature Conference. The Conference this year will be in honour of the life and works of Nobel …
How AI affected the launch of CERLALC Prize in Ibero-America?
This year, AI (artificial intelligence) was at the centre of forums and roundtables at international book fairs in Latin America, because of the unprecedented challenges it poses to authors and …