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International Assembly of

independent publishers

Cape Town meeting, South Africa 18-21 September 2014

Preliminary agenda

to promote and strengthen bibliodiversity together

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Preliminary agenda

17 September (Wednesday): arrival of participants

18 September (Thursday)

Morning (8.30 – 13.00)

Opening of the meeting

Plenary and public session / open to the public

Venue: Centre for the Book (Main Hall)

Simultaneous interpretation into English, French and Spanish

Welcoming coffee and tea / 8.30-9.00

Welcoming speeches by local actors and institutions / 20 minutes

General introduction of the meeting – Hélène KLOECKNER (Chairwoman of the

Alliance) / 10 minutes

Presentation of the publishers members of the Alliance – Clémence HEDDE and

Matthieu JOULIN (team of the Alliance) / 15 minutes

The Alliance over the past 7 years since the latest Assembly of 2007 – Pablo

HARARI (Ediciones Trilce, Uruguay) / 20 minutes

Interventions chaired by Jean RICHARD (éditions d’en bas, Switzerland)

The book in South Africa – Bridget IMPEY and Maggie DAVEY (Jacana Media, South

Africa) / 15 minutes

The national book policies in Latin America – Paulo SLACHEVSKY (Lom Ediciones,

Chile) / 15 minutes

Coffee break: 11.00 – 11.30

“Unit to exist”, perspectives of the book market in Mali – Hamidou KONATE

(Jamana, Mali) / 15 minutes

“Small is beautiful “– Jutta HEPKE (Vents d’ailleurs, France) and Juan Carlos SÁEZ

(JC Sáez Editor, Chile) / 15 minutes

Publishing perspectives after the revolution in the Arab world in Tunisia – Nouri

ABID (Med Ali, Tunisia) and Elisabeth DALDOUL (elyzad, Tunisia) / 15 minutes

E-publishing, what issues for bibliodiversity for an Iranian publisher in the diaspora?

– Tinouche NAZMJOU (Naakojaa, France/Iran) / 15 minutes

All interventions will be followed by exchanges with the public.

Lunch (13.00 – 14.30): Centre for the Book

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Afternoon (14.45 – 18.00)

Thematic workshops

Working groups sessions (5 to 20 participants)

Children books publishing (venue: Alliance française / 15.00 – 17.25 / facilitation:

Clémence HEDDE)

Publishing in local and national languages (venue: Alliance française / 15.00 –

17h25 / facilitation: Georges LORY)

Fair Trade Book (venue: Centre for the Book / 15.00 – 18h00 / facilitation:

Laurence HUGUES)

National book policies (venue: Centre for the Book / 15.00 – 18h00 / facilitation:

Matthieu JOULIN and Luc PINHAS)

E-publishing (venue: Fire & Ice hotel / 15.00 – 18.00 / facilitation: Octavio KULESZ

and Hélène KLOECKNER)

Small is beautiful (venue: Fire & Ice hotel / 15.00 – 18.00 / facilitation: Pablo

HARARI and Guido INDIJ)

Simultaneous interpretation into English, Spanish and French

Coffee break: 16.00 – 16.30

19 September (Friday)

Morning (8.30 – 12.00)

Language networks workshops

Working groups sessions

Validation of the governance issues by the networks; projects in the network for the next

period

French-language network (venue: Centre for the Book / facilitation: Serge D.

KOUAM, Clémence HEDDE and Luc PINHAS)

Spanish-language network (venue: Centre for the Book / facilitation: Juan Carlos

SÁEZ and Matthieu JOULIN)

English-language network (venue: Alliance française / facilitation: Susan

HAWTHORNE and Georges LORY)

Arabic-language network (venue: Alliance française / facilitation: Nouri ABID and

Hélène KLOECKNER)

Portuguese-language network (venue: hotel Cape Town Hollow / facilitation:

Araken GOMES RIBERIO and Mariana WARTH)

Persian group (venue: hotel Cape Town Hollow / facilitation: Hamid MEDHIPOUR

and Laurence HUGUES)

Coffee break: 10.15 – 10.30

Lunch (12.30 – 14.00): Centre for the Book

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Afternoon

(14.00 – 17.00)

Review and validation of the preparatory workshops held between November 2012 and

September 2014

Plenary and public session / open to the public

Interventions chaired by Hélène KLOECKNER and Luc PINHAS

Book donations: Marie Michèle RAZAFINTSALAMA (Jeunes malgaches, Madagascar)

Children books publishing: Mariana WARTH (Pallas Editora, Brazil)

Fair Trade Book: Serge D. KOUAM (Presses universitaires d’Afrique, Cameroon)

Publishing in local and national languages: Jean-Claude NABA (Sankofa & Gurli,

Burkina Faso)

Coffee Break: 15.30 – 16.00

E-publishing: Octavio KULESZ (Libros del Zorzal, Editorial Teseo, Digital Lab,

Argentina)

National book policies: Juan Carlos SÁEZ (JC Sáez Editor) and Jose Mari ESPARZA

(Txalaparta, Basque Country, Spain)

Small is beautiful: Guido INDIJ (la marca editora, Argentina)

All interventions (15 minutes each) will be followed by exchanges with the public.

Venue: Centre for the Book (Main Hall)

Simultaneous interpretation into English, French and Spanish

20 September (Saturday)

Morning (8.30 – 12.30)

Conclusions and validation of Declaration 2014 by publishers in attendance

Plenary and public session / open to the public

Welcoming coffee and tea / 8.30-9.00

Session chaired by the permanent team of the Alliance

Presentation and validation of the Declaration 2014 by the permanent team of the

Alliance

Coffee Break: 11.00 – 11.30

Reading of the final Declaration 2014 by the International Committee of

independent publishers (ICIP)

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Sending of conclusions to absent allies for validation

Venue: Centre for the Book (Main Hall)

Simultaneous interpretation into English, French and Spanish

Lunch (12.30 – 14.00): Centre for the Book

Afternoon:

(14.00 – 16.30)

Meetings of collectives

Afrilivres, Latin America collectives

Venues: cafes near the hotels (to be confirmed)

Conferences in partnership with the Open Book Festival

14.00 - 15.00

Independent feminist publishing: experiences from around the world.

Zethu MATHABENI / Desiree LEWIS discusses the experiences of feminist publishers:

Colleen HIGGS (Modjaji, South Africa), Susan HAWTHORNE (Spinifex, Australia) and Ritu

MENON (Women Unlimited, India)

16.00 - 17.00

Translation around the world: what, how and why?

Jean RICHARD (en bas publishing, Switzerland), Jutta HEPKE (Vents d’ailleurs, France) and

Siphiwo MAHALA (DAC) discuss what gets translated and why. Chaired by Deborah PRIMO

(UKZN Press)

“free” (touristic visits, Open Book Festival activities, meetings with local actors: print on

demand, e-publishing...)

21 September (Sunday)

Morning and afternoon

Conferences in partnership with the Open Book Festival:

10.00 - 11.00

International Day of Bibliodiversity (B Day)!

12.00 - 13.00

Censorship, an international perspective

Samar HADDAD (Atlas publishing, Syria), Samir AL KADIRI (Bright fingers, Syria), Kader

ABDOLAH (Iran/Netherlands). Chaired by Margie ORFORD

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16.00 - 17.00

Panafrican publishing, “Terres solidaires collection”, a case study.

Yasmin ISSAKA (Graines de Pensées, Togo), François NKEME (Ifrikiya, Cameroon). Chaired

by Maggie DAVEY

Tourism…

Robben Islands

Cape of Good Hope

19.00

Drinks party with the Open Book Festival.

Venue: Fugard Foyer

22 September (Monday)

(10.00 – 17.00)

Meeting of the International Committee of Independent Publishers

With new coordinators, vice-coordinators and members of the Alliance’ Board

Feed-back of the Cape Town meeting

Meeting perspectives

Governance issues

The projects of language networks for the next period (2014-2016)

Venue: Alliance française du Cap

Simultaneous interpretation into English and French

Departure of other participants

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Participants

Publishers

Nouri ABID – Med Ali publishing and coordinator of the Arabic-language network –

Tunisia

Waël ABID – Al-Tanweer – Tunisia

Silvia AGUILERA – Lom Ediciones – Chile

Samer AL KADIRI – Bright fingers – Syria

Ángeles ALONSO – Baile del Sol – Canary Islands / Spain

Marie Agathe AMOIKON FAUQUEMBERGUE – Eburnie – Ivory Coast

Haroldo CERAVOLO SEREZA – Alameda Editorial and representative from the collective

LIBRE – Brazil

Indira CHANDRASEKHAR – Tulika Books and representative from the collective The

Independent Publishers’ Distribution Alternatives (IPD Alternatives) – India

Gilles COLLEU – Vents d'ailleurs – France

Élodie COMTOIS – Ecosociété – Quebec (to be confirmed)

Élisabeth DALDOUL – elyzad – Tunisia

Anna DANIELI – Ediciones Trilce – Uruguay

Maggie DAVEY – Jacana Media – South Africa

Serge DONTCHUENG KOUAM – Presses universitaires d’Afrique and coordinator of the

French-language network – Cameroon

Fatma EL BOUDY – Elain publishing – Egypt

Jose Mari ESPARZA – Txalaparta – Basque Country (Spain)

Araken GOMES RIBEIRO – Contra Capa editora and coordinator of the Portuguese-

language network – Brazil

Silvia GONZALES – Madriguera and representative from the collective EIP – Peru

Müge GURSOY SOKMEN – Metis – Turkey

Agnès GYR-UKUNDA – Bakame – Rwanda

Samar HADDAD – Atlas Publishing – Syria

Pablo HARARI – Ediciones Trilce and vice-coordinator from the Spanish-language

network – Uruguay

Susan HAWTHORNE – Spinifex Press and coordinator of the English-language network

– Australia

Jutta HEPKE – Vents d’ailleurs – France

Colleen HIGGS – Modjaji Books - South Africa

Déborah HOLTZ – Trilce and representative from the collective AEMI – Mexico

Jafar HOMAIE – Ney publishing - Iran

Bridget IMPEY – Jacana Media – South Africa

Guido INDIJ – la marca editora – Argentina

Yasmin ISSAKA-COUBAGEAT – Graines de pensées – Togo

Aline JABLONKA – Éditions Charles Léopold Mayer – France

Ivana JINKINGS – Boitempo – Brazil

Billy KAHORA – Kwani Trust – Kenya

Hassan KHALIL – Dar Al Farabi – Lebanon

Hamidou KONATE – Jamana – Mali

Octavio KULESZ – Libros del Zorzal, Editorial Teseo, Alliance Lab – Argentina

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Béatrice LALINON GBADO – Ruisseaux d’Afrique – Benin

Ester LEVINRAD – Jacana Media – South Africa

Hamid MEDHIPOUR – Forough Verlag and coordinator from the Persian-language

network – Germany

Ritu MENON – Women Unlimited – India

Anita MOLINO – Leone Verde and representative from the collective FIDARE – Italy

Nabil MROUEH – Al Intishar – Lebanon

Jean-Claude NABA – Sankofa & Gurli – Burkina Faso

Tinouche NAZMJOU – Naakojaa – France/Iran

Abdoulaye Fodé NDIONE – Abis éditions – Senegal (to be confirmed)

François NKEME – Ifrikiya – Cameroon

Carla OLIVEIRA – Orfeu Negro – Portugal

Isabelle PIVERT – Éditions du Sextant and vice-coordinator of the French-language

network – France

José Antonio QUIROGA – Plural Editores – Bolivia

Medhi RAHIMZADEH – Ferdosi – Sweden

Marie Michèle RAZAFINSTALAMA – Jeunes malgaches and representative from the

Francophone African publishers association Afrilivres – Madagascar

Dan RAYMOND-BARKER – New Internationalist – United Kingdom

Jean RICHARD – éditions d’en bas – Switzerland

Verónica RIERA – Editorial Biblos and representative from the collective EDINAR –

Argentina

Luis Daniel ROCCA – Taller de edición Rocca and representative from the collective

REIC – Colombia

María José RUIZ VILAS – Txalaparta – Basque Country (Spain)

Juan Carlos SÁEZ – JC Sáez Editor and coordinator from the Spanish-language

network – Chile

Abdulai SILA – Ku Si Mon – Guinea Bissau

Paulo SLACHEVSKY – Lom Ediciones and representative from the collective EDIN - Chile

Rodney SAINT-ELOI – Mémoire d’encrier – Quebec/Haiti

Bernard STEPHAN – Les éditions de l’Atelier – France

Mariana WARTH – Pallas Editora and vice-coordinator from the Portuguese-language

network – Brazil

Representatives of the book professionals René YEDIETI – Librairie de France and representative of the Association internationale

des Libraires francophones (AILF) – Ivory Coast

Independent South African booksellers

International Federation of Library Associations, South Africa

Nuruddin FARAH – author (Somalia/South Africa) – to be confirmed

Achille MBEMBE – author (Cameroon/South Africa) – to be confirmed

Researcher and observer Sébastien LEHEMBRE – sociologist – Université de Picardie Jules Verne – CURAPP

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Members of the Alliance board Hélène KLOECKNER, Chairwoman

Luc PINHAS, Vice-Chairman

Georges LORY

Volunteer Emily STEWART – social media coordinator

Members of the Alliance team Clémence HEDDE

Laurence HUGUES

Matthieu JOULIN

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Local partnerships and supports

Alliance française du Cap

Centre for the Book (National Library of South Africa)

Goethe-Institut South Africa

Institut français de Johannesburg – and especially Jérôme CHEVRIER

Jacana Media – and especially Ester LEVINRAD

Modjaji Books – and especially Colleen HIGGS

Open Book Festival – and especially Frankie MURREY and Mervyn SLOMAN

Public supports

Canarias Cultura, "Canarias crea" (Spain)

Centre national du livre (France)

Université de Picardie Jules Verne – CURAPP (France)

Centro Estero per l'Internazionalizzazione (Italy)

Cooperación Regional Francesa para los Países Andinos (Bolivia)

Copyright Agency Cultural Fund (Australia)

Direction du développement et le la Coopération Suisse (Switzerland)

Institut français de Beyrouth (Lebanon)

Institut français de Tunis (Tunisia)

Organisation internationale de la Francophonie

Région Ile-de-France (France)

Organisation africaine de la Propriété intellectuelle (OAPI - Africa)

Private supports

Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer (Switzerland)

Fondation de France (France)

Abis éditions (Senegal) – for the participation of Abdoulaye Fodé NDIONE

Association Livres pour l’enfant rwandais (Switzerland/Rwanda) – for the participation of

Agnès GYR-UKUNDA

Ediciones Trilce (Uruguay) – for the participation of Anna DANIELI

Éditions Charles Léopold Mayer (France) – for the participation of Aline JABLONKA

Georges LORY (member of the Board) for his participation

Lom Ediciones (Chile) – for the participation of Sylvia AGUILERA

Med Ali éditions (Tunisia) – for the participation of Waël ABID

Txalaparta (Basque Country/Spain) – for the participation of Jose Mari ESPARZA

Vents d’ailleurs (France) – for the participation of Gilles COLLEU

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Contact:

International Alliance of independent publishers

38, rue Saint-Sabin

75011 Paris – FRANCE

Tel.: +33 (0)1 43 14 73 66/67

equipe@alliance-editeurs.org

www.alliance-editeurs.org