On 17/9, a delegation led by FEP President Sonia Draga & Vice-President Phaedon Kidoniatis met with Chairwoman of the #CULT Committee Nela Riehl and Commissioner for Culture Glenn Micallef

Among the subjects discussed, the Culture Compass, transparency for #AI & proper funding for the book sector🙌

With 39 other organisations in the creative sector, FEP rejects the AI Act's implementing measures. They represent a betrayal, not a compromise.

Instead of fostering transparency & legal practices, the European Commission sold out Europe's creators to non-European tech companies.

In our 2nd statement approved at our GA in Tallinn, we call on the #EU institutions for the immediate release of Boualem Sansal, Gui Minhai and the safety of all Belarusian and Ukrainian writers and publishers! More: fep-fee.eu/FEP-Statemen...

@ec.europa.eu @consilium.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu

On 13/6, during our GA in #Tallinn, we approved a statement in support of the #EUPL author Andrej Nikolaidis, who received a death threat after having had his effigy burned at a carnival

Read the statement👉 fep-fee.eu/Statement-in...

#FreedomOfSpeech #Montenegro #FreedomOfExpression

🙌European Publishers celebrating an important step towards inclusion

📢Today the Dutch Media Authority published official accessibility conditions for ebooks. Our Dutch members GAU&deMediafederatie are at the forefront of accessibility
More👉 www.algemene-uitgevers.nl/actueel/cvdm...

📸Aliis Sinisalu

We want the EU to #StayTrueToTheAct and to #StayTrueToTheArt!

35+ EU associations representing the cultural & creative sectors call on the EU to ensure the AI Code of Practice:

· PROTECTS Copyright & Innovation
· ENSURES Transparency
· ALLOWS Creative Markets & AI to grow together

Live from Prague's Book Fair: Boualem Sansal awarded the Fair’s Freedom of Speech Prize. In his absence, due to his unfair imprisonment in Algeria, his daughters accepted it. European fairs & publishers call for his release. #FreeBoualemSansal @ec.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu @consilium.europa.eu

Let's celebrate #WorldBookDay by defending human-created art!

Today, FEP, #EWC & @ceatl.bsky.social call on the @ec.europa.eu & #EU Members to prevent AI products from benefiting from authors’ rights legislations or being considered cultural assets

Share our statement👉 fep-fee.eu/A-Call-For-T...

Renate Punka, Latvian publisher, translator and #FEP Treasurer, at a debate on the "Translators on the cover report" at the #BCBF25

She calls on MS to ensure that publishing literary translations through the entire process is viable. This requires proper funding @creativeeurope.bsky.social

🌿How is publishing tackling its carbon footprint? Discover the latest on sustainability at #BCBF25!

📍Panel: Taking Stock & Reviewing the Roadmap to a Sustainable Future in the Book Industry
📅31/03, 16:00-17:20, Illustrators Café

💬FEP Director Anne Bergman will be there for the #European publishers

Along with a large coalition of rightholders from all sectors, FEP warns against the latest draft of the AI Code of Practices.

It would severely breach the AI Act and EU copyright law, disregarding the intention of the legislator. No Code would be better than this

More: fep-fee.eu/Rightsholder...

On 20/3 #FEP and 50+ orgs from #culture & #creative sectors participated in an event organised by @ec.europa.eu to provide input for the new Culture Compass for #EU

We demanded more efforts to produce data on #reading and a "culture test" for EU policies. Here with colleagues from the book sector!👇

👀Looking for news to kick off the week?

In #France, #publishers and #authors associations united in a lawsuit against #Meta to Protect #Copyright from infringement by generative #AI developers

Read the press release by SNE, the French Publishers' Association! 👉 fep-fee.eu/Authors-and-...

👀 Curious about the world of publishing?

📚 Meet Gauthier van Meerbeeck, Editorial Director at Éditions Le Lombard, who shares why publishing is vital for authors and readers in our latest #BooksFace!

Read the interview in English & French: 👉 fep-fee.eu/Book-s-Face-18

#Publishing #Comics #Books

📢Today, the European Union Prize for Literature announces the 13 #EUPL2025 shortlisted authors!

💬FEP President Sonia Draga: "Discovering a new literary talent is a wonder—imagine thirteen!"

🙌Congrats to all of them!

More: www.euprizeliterature.eu/news/europea...

#EuropeForCulture #CreativeEurope

A successful #Author-#Publisher Dialogues at the #EP on 12/2! Alix Garin&François Boucq spoke about the relationship with their publisher Gauthier Van Meerbeeck (Le Lombard) and Philippe Glorieux (CMO #Smurfs) explained their role in the publishing house. Thanks #MEP Farreng & Sofia for the support!

Today in #Venice we attended the 42nd annual seminar of the School for Booksellers Umberto e Elisabetta Mauri!📚

We explored the latest #ItalianBookMarket & listened to #FEP President Sonia Draga, who highlighted the rise of #YoungAdult books & young readers' love for beautifully crafted editions