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Turkish publisher arrested and detained
The international literary community is demanding the immediate release of Turkish publisher and free speech activist Ragip Zarakolu, who has been arrested and imprisoned.
Vietnamese publisher arrested after winning Freedom to Publish Award
Vietnamese publisher Bui Chat recently received the International Publishers Associations' Freedom to Publish award, but was subsequently arrested for questioning and now 'remains under surveillance a...
IPA vice-president's house and business attacked in Egypt unrest
Amid the violent unrest in Egypt, the home of International Publishers Association (IPA) vice-president Ibrahim al Melhem and the business premises of his publishing company Dar El Sharouk have been a...
Cape Town Book Fair: 2011 cancelled, 'new and remodelled' in 2012
The Cape Town Book Fair in South Africa has announced that it will not hold an event this year, instead concentrating on a 2012 fair to coincide with the IPA Congress.
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Warhaft leaves the Monthly Black Inc. publisher Morry Schwartz has announced the departure of Sally Warhaft, former editor of the Monthly magazine, which is also owned by Schwartz. ‘Sally and th...
Abu Dhabi 2010 to host piracy forum
The 2010 Abu Dhabi Book Fair will host the the Seventh International Publishers Association Copyright Symposium.
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New Koorong book storesKoorong, the Christian booksellers, have opened a new store in Springwood, a suburb of Brisbane. The store manager is David Perry. Koorong are also planning a new store in Melbo...
IPA and PEN condemn prosecution of Turkish publisher
The International Publishers Association (IPA) and the Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN have 'strongly condemned' the sentencing of Turkish publisher Ragıp Zarakolu for 'insu...
Freedom to publish key concern at IPA congress
Among the resolutions made at the recent congress of the International Publishers Association (IPA) in Korea was one calling on the ‘Burmese, Chinese, Iranian and Vietnamese governments to ...
Nine charged over Politkovskaya murder
Russian prosecutors have charged nine people in relation to last year's murder of journalist and author Anna Politkovskaya.
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