This year, the main objective of the ICIP meeting is to collectively organise the next International Conference of Independent Publishing, which will be held in Fez (Morocco) in 2027.
The ICIP programme is available here.
The International Alliance of Independent Publishers warmly thanks its partners for their support of this ICIP meeting : the Charles Léopold Mayer Foundation and the French Embassy in Togo.
Jean has left us.
Jean was a founding member of the Alliance, one of its pillars, who always believed in people, dialogue, and the intersection of languages and cultures. A fervent advocate of solidarity co-publishings, he initiated and participated in numerous projects aimed at circulating literature across countries and continents.
It is so hard right now to realise that we will no longer see Jean, that his laughter will no longer ring out, that we will no longer be able to learn from him. Jean’s passing reminds us of the necessity and importance of solidarity, friendship and generosity ; it is up to us to continue on this path, to be curious about life and about others ; it is up to us to believe in utopias.
Through the support of its international and local partners (ministère des Affaires culturelles en Tunisie, ALECSO, Clik2read, MIP Livre, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, Centre national du livre en France, Institut français de Tunisie, Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer...) and the support of publishing houses in Tunisia, in particular Med Ali (Sfax), the Alliance brings together 30 independent publishers from 17 countries in Tunis (Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Guinea, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Palestine, Quebec, Senegal, Syria, Togo, Tunisia, and Yemen).
The meetings will be centred around 3 themes :
The full programme and list of participants can be found here !
The ’Tehran Book Fair, Uncensored’ was launched in London in May 2016 at the initiative of Nogaam Publishing. After its incredible success and the impressive reception of this fair, in the following years, with the efforts of independent Persian publishers outside of Iran, the fair traveled to various cities across Europe, the United States and Canada every year on a tour. So far, this book fair has been held eight times, and in 2025 for the ninth time, it will travel to 24 cities across Europe and North America from April 25 to June 13.
This book fair is symbolically held simultaneously with the Tehran International Book Fair held annually in Iran, and is an effort to reflect and introduce the culture and literature that has been suppressed and censored by the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
This fair is organized by independent Iranian publishers outside Iran and scores of volunteers from cultural organisations and communities. It is an opportunity to introduce books that have been published free of censorship and to celebrate Iranian writers and thinkers who defy censorship and welcome pluralism and diversity.
This is a civil movement by publishers abroad to stand in solidarity with Iranian publishers and writers. A civil protest to reclaim the right to freedom of expression, freedom of creativity, and awareness with the help of all political, cultural, and social groups in Iranian society, as well as an opportunity for the Iranian and Afghan diaspora communities to access books and interact with authors and publishers who aspire the enrich and nourish the cultural life of their communities.
All the information (in Farsi) can be found here : https://uncensoredbookcom.wordpress.com/
Watch the replay of the two rights markets offered by the Alliance on 8 and 9 April 2025.
For any information (contact with publishing houses, request for details of a title, etc.), please do not hesitate to contact the Alliance team.
The coordinators of the Alliance’s language networks, meeting as the International Committee of Independent Publishers (ICIP), will be gathering in Paris from 22 to 24 October for the Alliance’s annual governance and operational meeting.
Consult the programme here.
Replays of Babelica 2024 are online on the Babelica platform and on the Alliance’s YouTube channel !
From 19 September, the books of the 2024 Babelica fair will be unveiled : over 90 publishing houses represented in 53 countries around the world.
A wealth of fiction, non-fiction and children’s books to discover here (and filters to help you refine your searches, by language, literary genre or country).
The 2024 edition of Babelica will take place on 20 and 21 September, 21 September being International Bibliodiversity Day.
The Babelica program is online here !
The Babelica book fair is available online throughout the year. Here you can find the books presented during the 2023 edition of Babelica. The books of the 2024 edition of Babelica will be unveiled on 19 September.
To watch the discussions and debates at Babelica 2023, click here.
Over 15 Iranian publishers and many cultures groups are participating in these events around the world (Nuremberg, Vienna, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Berlin, Hamburg, Leipzig, Paris, London, Brussels, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Amsterdam, Helsinki, Stockholm, Oslo, Gothenburg, Bremen, Malmo, Copenhagen, Lubec, Toronto, Montreal, Los Angeles). This year, a collective catalogue containing new titles of 12 publishers present in the Book Fair is accessible both digitally and in print.
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