In advance of READ PALESTINE WEEK 2024, Publishers for Palestine is releasing a digital chapbook and abbreviated zine version of And Still We Write: Recent Work by Palestinian Poets & Actions You Can Take to Stop Genocide Now.
Join us for an international #ReadPalestine week, starting Wednesday, November 29, on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Translations: Arabic, Greek, Persian, Korean, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Portuguese Download our press release here. Full updating list of signatories here. We, as writers, publishers, literary festival workers, and other book workers, publish this letter as we face the most profound moral, political and cultural crisis of the 21st century. The overwhelming injustice faced by … Continue reading Letter: Refusing Complicity in Israel’s Literary Institutions
On the 19th and 20th of this month, the inaugural Palestinian Liberatory Book Fair is set to run opposite the fairgrounds of the massive Frankfurt International Book Fair, one of the annual centers of the book trade, and the place where -- last year -- organizers shut down and silenced an event to award Palestinian novelist Adania Shibli a prize and another around her prize-winning novel, Minor Detail. Palestinian Liberatory Book Fair organizers say they plan to hold the fair opposite Frankfurt, as "we believe confrontation is required to break this suffocating silence."
Frankfurt Book Fair omits Palestine genocide from programming, celebrates awarding of German Peace Prize to writer who called Palestinian media 'a legitimate target' for military attacks.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: International publishers demand Frankfurt Book Fair cut ties with IsraelDownload Read our open letter in German, Arabic, Catalan, French, Italian, and Spanish. We international publishers stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine, and with resisters of Israeli apartheid and genocide within Germany, including the organizers and participants of the Palestine Congress … Continue reading Publishers for Palestine Open Letter to the Frankfurt Book Fair
In his talk, Dr. Salman Abu Sitta drew on records, documents, and maps from the PLSC collection, illustrating and exploring the role of archives and heritage pertaining to Palestinian history and identity to counter epistemic violence, colonial erasure, and the cultural dimensions of genocide.
At a recent action, Andaleeb Cartonera -- a cardboard book press based in Madison, Wisconsin, USA -- produced handcrafted editions of Poems for Palestine: Recent Poems by Nine Palestinian Poets & Actions You Can Take to Stop Genocide Now.
Of particular relevance to writers and publishers is the fact that the Frankfurt Book Fair (FBM), the world’s largest book industry event, has historically warmly welcomed apartheid Israel’s presence.
On Wednesday, July 17, 2024, acclaimed author and organizer susan abulhawa, author of the globally beloved novel Mornings in Jenin, founder of Playgrounds for Palestine, and director of the Palestine Writes Literature Festival, will speak at the second installment of Archives & Heritage for Palestine, a series hosted by Dr. Jamila Ghaddar and Tam Rayan, in defense of Palestinian life, land, liberation, and return.
Publishers for Palestine 