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Gathered in the city of Pamplona-Iruñea from 23 to 26 November 2021 at the fourth International Conference of Independent Publishers, organised in partnership with EDITARGI (Association of Independent Publishers of Navarre), we, the publishers of the International Alliance of Independent Publishers (IAIP), reaffirm our commitment to :

• the cultural, social and political character of books and reading ;
• the democratisation of books in our societies ;
• reading as an emancipatory practice that strengthens the critical thinking of citizens and stakeholders within their society.

Read the full Declaration here :

This Declaration is in line with the discussions and work of the International Alliance of Independent Publishers, in particular the Declarations of 2003, 2007 and 2014 and the 80 recommendations in favour of bibliodiversity. It will be complemented by a Guide to Good Practice (collective work in progress, for publication in the first half of 2022).

The round-table discussions of the Conference are available in replay on the Alliance’s YouTube channel.

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 round-table discussions of the Conference are available in replay on the Alliance’s YouTube channel.

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.

The Children’s Book HotList highlights children’s books from independent publishers in Africa, Latin America and Europe. It is launched during the 2021 Bologna Children’s Book Fair, on June 14.

Comprising books from 16 countries, 36 publishing houses and 14 categories, this HotList represents the richness and diversity of independent publishing for youth and children’s literature.

You can find a book by searching its country, publisher or literary genre. If you are interested in a book, please do get in touch with its publisher.

We wish you a great discovery !

While the Arab world shares a language, the Arabic language, which has cemented its culture over centuries, it is far from being the only one. From the Maghreb to the Mashreq, from the Horn of Africa to Cham, this immense space covers a diversity of realities. Linguistic diversity is therefore inherent to it.

More than 30 independent publishing houses from 7 countries (Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Qatar, Syria and Tunisia) and 9 languages offer you an immersion in the literature, humanities and children’s literature of the Arab world !

Through this HotList, available in Arabic and English, the independent publishers of the Arab world invite you to discover the 1001 facets of literary and intellectual creativity of their country.

Discover the HotList Arab world here !

The Arabic Language Network of the International Alliance of Independent Publishers expresses its strong condemnation of the forced deportation campaign of Palestinians from the « Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood » in East Jerusalem, and the systematic violence and persecution led by the government of Benjamin Netanyahu against Jerusalemites in particular and the Palestinians in general in restoring the « apartheid » policies that the world seeks to overcome.

Read here the entire open letter from the Arabic Language Network of the Alliance.

Gratteurs d’écailles dans une poissonnerie, vendeurs ambulants de montres de pacotille ou de statuettes en bois, journaliers payés au noir pour décharger des sacs d’un camion, hommes à tout faire d’un commerçant pakistanais qui revendait des pots de crème à l’hydroquinone censés procurer aux nègres l’éclat d’une peau blanche, la leur ne faisant plus l’affaire. Sur le marché Dejean, on trouvait de tout...

Née au Mali, Khadîja élève seule quatre enfants à Paris, dans le quartier de Château-Rouge. Pétrie de double culture, musulmane mais le doute chevillé au corps, elle se retrouve exclue de sa communauté du fait de sa liaison avec Jacques, le père de son fils métis.
Cercle après cercle, depuis ses voisines maliennes jusqu’aux patriarches du foyer Sonacotra et à ses propres enfants, Khadîja passe en jugement. Mais cette absurde comparution, où Africains et Européens rivalisent dans la bêtise et l’injustice, réveille en elle une force et un humour inattendus.
Tableau intense de Château-Rouge, Des fourmis dans la bouche est porté par une écriture inventive au ton très singulier, fondée sur la double appartenance. Un roman qui dit la difficile liberté d’une femme africaine en France.

Khadi Hane est née à Dakar en 1962. Venue en France pour poursuivre ses études, elle vit aujourd’hui à Paris. En 1998, elle publie son premier roman, Sous le regard des étoiles (Nouvelles éditions africaines du Sénégal). Suivent, entre autres, Le collier de paille (2002), Ma sale peau noire, Il y en a trop dans les rues de Paris (2005), Des fourmis dans la bouche (Denoël, 2011) pour lequel elle reçoit le Prix Thyde Monnier 2012 de la Société des Gens de lettres, et Demain, si Dieu le veut (Joëlle Losfeld, 2015).

Coéditeurs  : Apic (Algérie), Eburnie (Côte d’Ivoire), Ganndal (Guinée Conakry), Graines de Pensées (Togo), Le Fennec (Maroc), Proximité (Cameroun), Sankofa & Gurli (Burkina Faso) et Tombouctou (Mali)
Date de publication de la version panafricaine : 2021, 11,5 X 19 cm
Édition première en France : Éditions Denoël, 2011
Maquettage pour le collectif de maisons d’édition : éditions Apic (Algérie)
Choix de la couverture et corrections : le collectif de maisons d’édition
Impression commune en Algérie pour l’Algérie, la Guinée, le Togo, le Burkina Faso et le Mali. Transport des exemplaires d’Algérie vers le Mali par avion puis dispatch dans les différents pays par voie routière.
Impressions locales directement dans les pays pour la Côte d’Ivoire, le Maroc et le Cameroun.

Cette coédition solidaire porte le label Le livre équitable.

To find out more about the participants, practical information and to follow the Conference online, go to Babelica, the Alliance’s virtual space !

Consult the program below and register now !

To participate in the Conference, click here.

The Conference is organized by the International Alliance of Independent Publishers and the Association of Independent Publishers of Navarre, EDITARGI.

Physical meetings, virtual window, sound archives
The meetings can be followed in streaming (via the virtual space Babelica or the Alliance’s YouTube channel). They will also be recorded and may be the subject of audiovisual editing, depending on the agreement with the participants. The conclusions of the roundtables and workshops will be disseminated afterwards to all participants.

Bibliodiversity ambassadors !
Bibliodiversity ambassadors are public figures who have agreed to amplify the voices of independent publishers, to accompany the reflections and practices of publishers, to defend and support bibliodiversity. The personalities solicited will be revealed in the coming weeks !

Presence of international independent publishers at the Navarra Book Fair (25-28 November, 2021), organized by the Association EDITARGI
A collective stand dedicated to the invited international publishers will present the variety and diversity of independent production internationally. This collective stand will be a meeting place for readers but also a space for sales/ purchases/ trade of copyrights between invited and local professionals.

Calendar 2021 of the Alliance and the Pamplona Meetings

These 80 recommendations are built on the principles upheld in the 2014 International Declaration of independent publishers, an important document promoting bibliodiversity, signed on September 20th 2014, by more than 400 independent publishers from 45 countries.

They raise the necessary prerequisites, divided by themes, for the development, maintenance and strengthening of bibliodiversity in concerned countries. Some recommendations are accompanied by tools and projects (existing or to be developed in the context of the 2015-2016 Alliance programme of activities), enabling a practical implementation of independent publishers’ proposals.

Contents of the 80 recommendations & tools in support of bibliodiversity :

* Public policies safeguarding bibliodiversity
* Proposals and actions supporting digital bibliodiversity
* The Amazon system, a threat to bibliodiversity ?
* Essential measures for publishing in local and national languages
* Methods for rethinking book donations
* Proposals and actions to develop solidarity publishing partnerships
* Activities to strengthen diversity in youth publishing

For all book actors to take ownership of these recommendations and tools, we invite you to contact us with your comments, suggestions, ideas, and proposals that could enhance and strengthen this document.