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.
The next edition of the International online book fair of independent publishing, Babelica, will take place on 24 and 25 September 2025. To find out about all the activities at Babelica, click here !
The programme for the 2025 edition focuses on three themes :
The Babelica programme is available here and online here
The books featured in the 2025 edition of Babelica will be unveiled on 21 September (International Bibliodiversity Day) !
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.
Samia Zennadi, co-founder of the APIC publishing house in Algeria, coordinator of the Alliance’s French-language network, friend, comrade... Samia lit up minds and faces, Samia was committed, Samia was funny, Samia had a big heart.
Samia left us in January 2025 and we are at a loss for words to express our immense sadness.
The members of the International Alliance of Independent Publishers send their warmest and most supportive thoughts to Samia’s family, friends and loved ones.
Auteur(s) : Vandana SHIVA
Pays de parution : Argentine, Australie, Brésil, Chili, Égypte, Espagne, France, Grèce, Inde, Indonésie, Iran, Liban, Pays-Bas, Royaume-Uni, Syrie, Tunisie
Depuis les forêts himalayennes de son enfance jusqu’aux tribunes de l’ONU, Vandana Shiva offre pour la première fois le récit de son combat pour la vie et pour la Terre. Dans une écriture à la fois sensible et rebelle, elle revient sur près de cinquante années de lutte contre la déforestation et contre l’accaparement de l’eau et des semences.
Défenseuse infatigable de l’autonomie alimentaire, des connaissances indigènes et de la démocratie directe, elle établit par ses actes et sa pensée les liens entre crise écologique, patriarcat et capitalisme.
Lutte contre les OGM, catastrophe de Bhopal, mouvement Chipko : ces Mémoires terrestres nous font retraverser un demi-siècle de résistances planétaires en faveur de l’écologie et de la Terre-Mère. Par son destin hors du commun, la militante indienne incarne l’idée, aux côtés de tant d’autres, que les femmes sont « les véritables gardiennes des connaissances liées à la biodiversité ».
Vandana Shiva s’impose ici comme une héritière des luttes menées par Gandhi et Rachel Carson.
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Première édition par deux membres de l’Alliance, Women Unlimited (Inde) et Spinifex (Australie).
Traductions et coéditions de Terra viva par des membres de l’Alliance :
Plusieurs de ces traductions ont bénéficié du soutien de la Fondation Jan Michalski.
Vandana Shiva est l’une des ambassadrices de la bibliodiversité de l’Alliance. Écoutez ici le replay de la table ronde avec Vandana Shiva lors de Babelica 2023.
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.
“It is important to understand the key role that the public procurement of books plays–similar to that of roads in a country’s development–and the related impacts of these actions on the ecosystem of books, culture, and education.
In purchasing books and socializing the processes of reading, the state’s actions may have numerous impacts. The selection of books is not only a question of quality and price, nor is it a simple technical process or an isolated action.”
This document is based on the Brevísimo manual de buenas prácticas para las compras públicas de libros (print and digital) that was included in the work of the Comisión de Compras Públicas de la Política Nacional de la Lectura y el Libro 2015-2020 (Chile), prepared by Paulo Slachevsky, coordinator of the commission. We are grateful to Germán Gacio Baquiola for his critical feedback and contributions.
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