IPA PODCAST

Join us in welcoming Stephan de Valk - Chair of the Educational Publishers Forum at the International Publishers Association.

This podcast series is brought to you by the International Publishers Association in honor of our 125th Anniversary.

Each episode is a short story told from the perspectives of our global publishing community. We hear their personal stories, where they started, and their journey into the world of publishing.

This episode features Andres Ossa - Director, CERLALC.

The InSPIRe initiative grew from a 2020 IPA report called From Response to Recovery, which gauged the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our global publishing industry.

In this series, we document some of the leading voices from our community, their challenges at hand, and an optimistic vision for a more collaborative and inclusive future.

To learn more about the InSPIRe initiative, visit www.internationalpublishers.org/inspire

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This episode features Antonio María Ávila - Executive Director, LIBER International Book Fair.

The InSPIRe initiative grew from a 2020 IPA report called From Response to Recovery, which gauged the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our global publishing industry.

In this series, we document some of the leading voices from our community, their challenges at hand, and an optimistic vision for a more collaborative and inclusive future.

To learn more about the InSPIRe initiative, visit www.internationalpublishers.org/inspire

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This episode features Isobel Abulhoul - Founder of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature.

The InSPIRe initiative grew from a 2020 IPA report called From Response to Recovery, which gauged the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our global publishing industry.

In this series, we document some of the leading voices from our community, their challenges at hand, and an optimistic vision for a more collaborative and inclusive future.

To learn more about the InSPIRe initiative, visit www.internationalpublishers.org/inspire

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This episode features Andre Breedt - Managing Director, Nielsen.

The InSPIRe initiative grew from a 2020 IPA report called From Response to Recovery, which gauged the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our global publishing industry.

In this series, we document some of the leading voices from our community, their challenges at hand, and an optimistic vision for a more collaborative and inclusive future.

To learn more about the InSPIRe initiative, visit www.internationalpublishers.org/inspire

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This episode features Ahmed Al Ameri - Chairman of Sharjah International Book Fair.

The InSPIRe initiative grew from a 2020 IPA report called From Response to Recovery, which gauged the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our global publishing industry.

In this series, we document some of the leading voices from our community, their challenges at hand, and an optimistic vision for a more collaborative and inclusive future.

To learn more about the InSPIRe initiative, visit www.internationalpublishers.org/inspire

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This episode features Ehab Al Qaisi - Director of the Basrah & Erbil International Book Fair.

The InSPIRe initiative grew from a 2020 IPA report called From Response to Recovery, which gauged the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our global publishing industry.

In this series, we document some of the leading voices from our community, their challenges at hand, and an optimistic vision for a more collaborative and inclusive future.

To learn more about the InSPIRe initiative, visit www.internationalpublishers.org/inspire

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This episode features Gbadega Adedapo - Chairman of the Nigeria International Book Fair.

The InSPIRe initiative grew from a 2020 IPA report called From Response to Recovery, which gauged the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our global publishing industry.

In this series, we document some of the leading voices from our community, their challenges at hand, and an optimistic vision for a more collaborative and inclusive future.

To learn more about the InSPIRe initiative, visit www.internationalpublishers.org/inspire

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This episode features Asare Yamoah - Chairman of the Ghana International Book Fair

The InSPIRe initiative grew from a 2020 IPA report called From Response to Recovery, which gauged the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our global publishing industry.

In this series, we document some of the leading voices from our community, their challenges at hand, and an optimistic vision for a more collaborative and inclusive future.

To learn more about the InSPIRe initiative, visit www.internationalpublishers.org/inspire

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This episode features Yuliia Кozlovets- Festival Coordinator for the Book Arsenal Festival.

The InSPIRe initiative grew from a 2020 IPA report called From Response to Recovery, which gauged the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our global publishing industry.

In this series, we document some of the leading voices from our community, their challenges at hand, and an optimistic vision for a more collaborative and inclusive future.

To learn more about the InSPIRe initiative, visit www.internationalpublishers.org/inspire

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This episode features Marisol Schulz Manaut - Director General of the Guadalajara International Book Fair.

The InSPIRe initiative grew from a 2020 IPA report called From Response to Recovery, which gauged the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our global publishing industry.

In this series, we document some of the leading voices from our community, their challenges at hand, and an optimistic vision for a more collaborative and inclusive future.

To learn more about the InSPIRe initiative, visit www.internationalpublishers.org/inspire

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This episode features Mohamed Rashad - President of the Arab Publishers Association.

The InSPIRe initiative grew from a 2020 IPA report called From Response to Recovery, which gauged the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our global publishing industry.

In this series, we document some of the leading voices from our community, their challenges at hand, and an optimistic vision for a more collaborative and inclusive future.

To learn more about the InSPIRe initiative, visit www.internationalpublishers.org/inspire

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This episode features Dr. Mohammed Sulaiman - Chairman of the Alexandrina International Book Fair.

The InSPIRe initiative grew from a 2020 IPA report called From Response to Recovery, which gauged the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our global publishing industry.

In this series, we document some of the leading voices from our community, their challenges at hand, and an optimistic vision for a more collaborative and inclusive future.

To learn more about the InSPIRe initiative, visit www.internationalpublishers.org/inspire

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This episode features Trasvin Jittidecharak - Secretary General of the ASEAN Book Publishers Association.

The InSPIRe initiative grew from a 2020 IPA report called From Response to Recovery, which gauged the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our global publishing industry.

In this series, we document some of the leading voices from our community, their challenges at hand, and an optimistic vision for a more collaborative and inclusive future.

To learn more about the InSPIRe initiative, visit www.internationalpublishers.org/inspire

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This episode features Jorge Gutiérrez Brianza - Commercial Director of the Buenos Aires International Book Fair.

The InSPIRe initiative grew from a 2020 IPA report called From Response to Recovery, which gauged the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our global publishing industry.

In this series, we document some of the leading voices from our community, their challenges at hand, and an optimistic vision for a more collaborative and inclusive future.

To learn more about the InSPIRe initiative, visit www.internationalpublishers.org/inspire

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This episode features José Manuel Anta - Managing Director of the International Publishing Distribution Association.

The InSPIRe initiative grew from a 2020 IPA report called From Response to Recovery, which gauged the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our global publishing industry.

In this series, we document some of the leading voices from our community, their challenges at hand, and an optimistic vision for a more collaborative and inclusive future.

To learn more about the InSPIRe initiative, visit www.internationalpublishers.org/inspire

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This episode features Jaber Abu Faris, Director of Amman International Book Fair.

The InSPIRe initiative grew from a 2020 IPA report called From Response to Recovery, which gauged the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our global publishing industry.

In this series, we document some of the leading voices from our community, their challenges at hand, and an optimistic vision for a more collaborative and inclusive future.

To learn more about the InSPIRe initiative, visit www.internationalpublishers.org/inspire

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This episode features Wanjiru Koinange & Angela Wachuka, Co-Founders and Managing Trustees of NBO Litfest & Book Bunk Trust

The InSPIRe initiative grew from a 2020 IPA report called From Response to Recovery, which gauged the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our global publishing industry.

In this series, we document some of the leading voices from our community, their challenges at hand, and an optimistic vision for a more collaborative and inclusive future.

To learn more about the InSPIRe initiative, visit www.internationalpublishers.org/inspire

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This episode features Lawrence Njagi, President of the Nairobi International Book Fair

The InSPIRe initiative grew from a 2020 IPA report called From Response to Recovery, which gauged the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our global publishing industry.

In this series, we document some of the leading voices from our community, their challenges at hand, and an optimistic vision for a more collaborative and inclusive future.

To learn more about the InSPIRe initiative, visit www.internationalpublishers.org/inspire

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This episode features Elena Pasoli, Director of the Bologna Children's Book Fair

The InSPIRe initiative grew from a 2020 IPA report called From Response to Recovery, which gauged the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our global publishing industry.

In this series, we document some of the leading voices from our community, their challenges at hand, and an optimistic vision for a more collaborative and inclusive future.

To learn more about the InSPIRe initiative, visit www.internationalpublishers.org/inspire

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Gbadega Adedapo is an APIF Committee Member, the Chairman of Nigeria Book Fair Trust, and CEO Rasmed Publications Limited.

This is his story.

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About APIF

In May 2019, the International Publishers Association and Dubai Cares had a vision to support publishers across the African continent.

The result was a courageous initiative called the Africa Publishing Innovation Fund- An $800,000 fund to support literacy, book access, indigenous publishing, and library restoration.

This podcast series features the dreamers and free-thinkers who have stepped up in the face of adversity. We'll learn about their ambitious projects and a shared belief— that access to knowledge is an undeniable human right.

Akoss Ofori-Mensah is an Africa Publishing Innovation Fund Committee Member. She is a Ghanian publisher and the founder of Sub Saharan Publishers, Accra. Akoss has served on the Ghana Book Publishers Association as the Honorary Secretary and Vice President. She was elected President of the Association from 2003-2005. She has been a member of the African Publishers Network (APNET), the IBBY Executive Committee, and sits on African Books Collective's Council of Management.

This is her story.

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About APIF

In May 2019, the International Publishers Association and Dubai Cares had a vision to support publishers across the African continent.

The result was a courageous initiative called the Africa Publishing Innovation Fund- An $800,000 fund to support literacy, book access, indigenous publishing, and library restoration.

This podcast series features the dreamers and free-thinkers who have stepped up in the face of adversity. We'll learn about their ambitious projects and a shared belief— that access to knowledge is an undeniable human right.

Online learning reaches just 70% of school-age children in Ghana, so the Learners Girls Foundation will support 400 at-risk girls in Paga, a rural community of 100,000 in the country's north, to continue their education and access educational resources despite technology and internet connectivity challenges.

This is their story.

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About APIF

In May 2019, the International Publishers Association and Dubai Cares had a vision to support publishers across the African continent.

The result was a courageous initiative called the Africa Publishing Innovation Fund- An $800,000 fund to support literacy, book access, indigenous publishing, and library restoration.

This podcast series features the dreamers and free-thinkers who have stepped up in the face of adversity. We'll learn about their ambitious projects and a shared belief— that access to knowledge is an undeniable human right.

Save the Children Rwanda will train 270 librarians in eight community libraries on the use of technology to strengthen a culture of reading in remote and rural communities while providing digitally accessible reading materials in Kinyarwanda that will keep 1.6 million children reading while unable to attend school. With the closure of schools, community libraries have taken on an even more important role in building critical literacy skills and fostering a reading culture.

This is their story.

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About APIF

In May 2019, the International Publishers Association and Dubai Cares had a vision to support publishers across the African continent.

The result was a courageous initiative called the Africa Publishing Innovation Fund- An $800,000 fund to support literacy, book access, indigenous publishing, and library restoration.

This podcast series features the dreamers and free-thinkers who have stepped up in the face of adversity. We'll learn about their ambitious projects and a shared belief— that access to knowledge is an undeniable human right.

Lawrence Njagi is an IPA Africa Publishing Innovation Committee member. He is also Chairman of, Kenya Publishers Association; Founder and Managing Director, Mountain Top Publishers (Kenya); Treasurer and board member, African Publishers Network (APNET).

This is his story.

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About APIF

In May 2019, the International Publishers Association and Dubai Cares had a vision to support publishers across the African continent.

The result was a courageous initiative called the Africa Publishing Innovation Fund- An $800,000 fund to support literacy, book access, indigenous publishing, and library restoration.

This podcast series features the dreamers and free-thinkers who have stepped up in the face of adversity. We'll learn about their ambitious projects and a shared belief— that access to knowledge is an undeniable human right.

As African publishers embrace digital content due to schools shifting online, many lack expertise in inclusive publishing practices to meet global accessibility standards. Starting in East Africa’s regional publishing hub of Kenya, with plans to scale to 12 African countries, eKitabu will work with publishers to enrich the remote learning of more than nine million students and teachers with accessible digital learning materials.

This is their story.

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About APIF

In May 2019, the International Publishers Association and Dubai Cares had a vision to support publishers across the African continent.

The result was a courageous initiative called the Africa Publishing Innovation Fund- An $800,000 fund to support literacy, book access, indigenous publishing, and library restoration.

This podcast series features the dreamers and free-thinkers who have stepped up in the face of adversity. We'll learn about their ambitious projects and a shared belief— that access to knowledge is an undeniable human right.

As Chief Executive of Book Aid International, Alison Tweed is responsible for the organisation’s strategy and development. She worked for 25 years in publishing materials for developing world markets and has extensive knowledge of the African education sector. Book Aid International will transform three shipping containers into fully-equipped libraries in Dunga, a rural community of 76,000 in the Zanzibar region of Tanzania, where children can enjoy reading, young learners can study for exams, and adults can read and learn new skills. It will be filled with 5,000 new books for children and adults in English and local languages.

This is their story.

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About APIF

In May 2019, the International Publishers Association and Dubai Cares had a vision to support publishers across the African continent.

The result was a courageous initiative called the Africa Publishing Innovation Fund- An $800,000 fund to support literacy, book access, indigenous publishing, and library restoration.

This podcast series features the dreamers and free-thinkers who have stepped up in the face of adversity. We'll learn about their ambitious projects and a shared belief— that access to knowledge is an undeniable human right.

Alissa Everett co-founded Exposing Hope in 2007 to bring awareness to human rights abuses neglected by the mainstream media through photography and to raise funds to support the subjects of her photography. Today, Exposing Hope is building a facility at the sprawling Kakuma refugee settlement in northern Kenya. Kakuma was created in 1992 to take in the so-called Lost Boys of South Sudan and refugees from Ethiopia and Somalia fleeing conflict at home. It is now one of the largest refugee camps in the world, with a population of over 191,000 from 19 different countries, including thousands of school-age children.

This is their story.

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About APIF

In May 2019, the International Publishers Association and Dubai Cares had a vision to support publishers across the African continent.

The result was a courageous initiative called the Africa Publishing Innovation Fund- An $800,000 fund to support literacy, book access, indigenous publishing, and library restoration.

This podcast series features the dreamers and free-thinkers who have stepped up in the face of adversity. We'll learn about their ambitious projects and a shared belief— that access to knowledge is an undeniable human right.

Celebrated Zimbabwean poet Chirikure Chirikure has built a modern community library in Zimbabwe's Nemashakwe area, Gutu district, to offer 800 students and young people access to books, a place to study, and programs to attain livelihood skills.

Chirikure's family is converting some of their buildings for the project. They are investing the APIF grant in computers, connectivity, solar installation, and a water borehole for the users of the resource center.

This is his story.

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About APIF

In May 2019, the International Publishers Association and Dubai Cares had a vision to support publishers across the African continent.

The result was a courageous initiative called the Africa Publishing Innovation Fund- An $800,000 fund to support literacy, book access, indigenous publishing, and library restoration.

This podcast series features the dreamers and free-thinkers who have stepped up in the face of adversity. We'll learn about their ambitious projects and a shared belief— that access to knowledge is an undeniable human right.

Join us in welcoming Kristenn Einarsson - Chair of the Freedom to Publish Committee at the International Publishers Association.

This podcast series is brought to you by the International Publishers Association in honor of our 125th Anniversary.

Each episode is a short story told from the perspectives of our global publishing community. We hear their personal stories, where they started, and their journey into the world of publishing.

Join us in welcoming Jessica Sanger - Chair of the Copyright Committee at the International Publishers Association.

This podcast series is brought to you by the International Publishers Association in honor of our 125th Anniversary.

Each episode is a short story told from the perspectives of our global publishing community. We hear their personal stories, where they started, and their journey into the world of publishing.

Join us in welcoming José Borghino - Secretary-General of the International Publishers Association.

This podcast series is brought to you by the International Publishers Association in honor of our 125th Anniversary.

Each episode is a short story told from the perspectives of our global publishing community. We hear their personal stories, where they started, and their journey into the world of publishing.

Join us in welcoming Karine Pansa - Vice President of the International Publishers Association from 2021 to 2022.

This podcast series is brought to you by the International Publishers Association in honor of our 125th Anniversary.

Each episode is a short story told from the perspectives of our global publishing community. We hear their personal stories, where they started, and their journey into the world of publishing.

Join us in welcoming Bodour Al Qasimi - President of the International Publishers Association from 2021 to 2022.

This podcast series is brought to you by the International Publishers Association in honor of our 125th Anniversary.

Each episode is a short story told from the perspectives of our global publishing community. We hear their personal stories, where they started, and their journey into the world of publishing.

Join us in welcoming Hugo Setzer - Former President of the International Publishers Association from 2019 to 2020.

This podcast series is brought to you by the International Publishers Association in honor of our 125th Anniversary.

Each episode is a short story told from the perspectives of our global publishing community. We hear their personal stories, where they started, and their journey into the world of publishing.

Join us in welcoming Dr. Michiel Kolman - Former President of the International Publishers Association from 2017 to 2018.

This podcast series is brought to you by the International Publishers Association in honor of our 125th Anniversary.

Each episode is a short story told from the perspectives of our global publishing community. We hear their personal stories, where they started, and their journey into the world of publishing.

Join us in welcoming Richard Charkin - Former President of the International Publishers Association from 2015 to 2016.

This podcast series is brought to you by the International Publishers Association in honor of our 125th Anniversary.

Each episode is a short story told from the perspectives of our global publishing community. We hear their personal stories, where they started, and their journey into the world of publishing.

Join us in welcoming Y.S. Chi - Former President of the International Publishers Association from 2010 to 2014.

This podcast series is brought to you by the International Publishers Association in honor of our 125th Anniversary.

Each episode is a short story told from the perspectives of our global publishing community. We hear their personal stories, where they started, and their journey into the world of publishing.

Join us in welcoming Herman P. Spruijt - Former President of the International Publishers Association from 2008 to 2010

This podcast series is brought to you by the International Publishers Association in honor of our 125th Anniversary.

Each episode is a short story told from the perspectives of our global publishing community. We hear their personal stories, where they started, and their journey into the world of publishing.

Join us in welcoming Ana María Cabanellas - Former President of the International Publishers Association from 2004 to 2008.

This podcast series is brought to you by the International Publishers Association in honor of our 125th Anniversary.

Each episode is a short story told from the perspectives of our global publishing community. We hear their personal stories, where they started, and their journey into the world of publishing.

Join us in welcoming Pere Vicens - Former President of the International Publishers Association from 2000 to 2004.

This podcast series is brought to you by the International Publishers Association in honor of our 125th Anniversary.

Each episode is a short story told from the perspectives of our global publishing community. We hear their personal stories, where they started, and their journey into the world of publishing.