In 2023, let’s continue building a world with more solidarity, sharing ideas and defending bibliodiversity !
Illustration by Mariette Robbes
In 2023, let’s continue building a world with more solidarity, sharing ideas and defending bibliodiversity !
Illustration by Mariette Robbes
As part of the Conakry International Children’s Book Fair (7-10 November 2022), initiated and coordinated by Ganndal in Guinea, some twenty publishing houses from French-speaking Africa are meeting in Conakry for a training programme tailored to the needs of the finalists of the Orange Book Prize in Africa and the members of the Alliance.
These meetings are designed through a partnership with the Orange Foundation and the support of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.
The meetings in Conakry will be structured in several stages :
The participants will also take part in the inauguration of the Fair and will exhibit their country’s children’s books during the Fair.
Read the programme and see the list of participants here !
The International Committee of Independent Publishers (ICIP), composed of the coordinators of the language networks of the Alliance, will meet face-to-face in Paris from 25 to 27 October.
This meeting is essential in the life of the Alliance : it is an opportunity to define the activities of the Alliance for the period to come ; to work on the governance of the association ; to take decisions on strategic issues for the association.
The programme is available here !
Visual : Mariette Robbes
From 21 to 22 September 2022, in support of International Bibliodiversity Day, join the 1st edition of Babelica online – the international book fair for independent publishers !
The Babelica Fair, via its online platform, will be showcasing the diversity of international independent publishing over three days. More than 65 publishing houses from 37 countries present a selection of 200 titles (literature, children’s books, humanities, comics, etc.) in Indonesian, Arabic, Portuguese, Basque, Spanish, Kinyarwanda, German, Creole, French, Italian, English, Malagasy, etc., to be discovered at Babelica and purchased online.
Babelica also offers a host of meetings, webinars and round tables, to be followed live and in several languages : see here the programme of the 5 round tables scheduled between 21 and 22 September.
The sixth edition of the Tehran Book Fair, Uncensored takes place from 11 May to 12 June 2022, starting in London and then travelling through several European and American cities !
This book fair is timed parallel to the Iran Book Fair, hence the name : Tehran Book Fair, Uncensored. The aim of the exhibition is to provide an opportunity for authors and publishers who would be censored or banned in Iran to speak out freely and present their work.
Participating publishing houses :
For more information : www.uncensoredbook.com / #UBF22
Illustrations and video : Mariette Robbes (https://marietterobbes.fr/)
The International Conference of Independent Publishers held in Pamplona-Iruñea brought together more than 100 book professionals from 40 countries and was attended by more than 300 participants connected to the Babelica platform.
6 round-table discussions and 3 collective workshops in 4 languages of communication ; B2B meetings ; closing speeches by Vandana Shiva and Djaïli Amadou Amal...
The conclusions of the Conference are currently being drafted and will be available on the Alliance’s website in early 2022. They will present the highlights of the Conference, the proposals and recommendations of the independent publishers for REthinking, and the Alliance’s perspectives for the period 2022-2025.
The declaration of the Conference “For an independent, decolonial, ecological, feminist, free, social and solidarity-based publishing” is also being finalised (proofread by the different networks of the Alliance, in several languages). This declaration will be completed by a guide of good practices - the first drafts of this guide were elaborated during the Conference and are the object of a collective work within the Alliance, for publication during the first quarter of 2022.
The photos and press review of the Conference can already be found here !
The Alliance would like to thank once again all the partners of the Conference (see here) and especially the association EDITARGI, co-organiser of this unique meeting !
International Conference of Independent Publishers, round tables and workshops : the international independent publishing online on Babelica !
All information about the Pamplona Conference is available on Babelica in English, French, Spanish and Basque.
On 21 September, we are celebrating bibliodiversity and also the 20th birthday of the Alliance !
The publishers are offering you a literary world tour in more than 30 countries : 45 readings in 25 languages to listen to and watch here !
A big thank you to all of you for this gift ; thanks also to Naima Éditions for making this map.
Read here the 2021 programme of the Alliance and the 2020 highlights !
In 2021, we would like to share with you the highlights and cultural inspirations of the independent publishers who make up the strength of our network : international playlists and selections of music, books and films recommended by the members of the Alliance.
To be discovered every week on our social media (Facebook ; Twitter ; Youtube and Instagram) and throughout the year on the Alliance website...
Follow us to broaden your musical, literary and cinematographic horizons !
On Youtube, listen to the Alliance’s international playlist for 2021 and see all the recommendations of Alliance members below.
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