Babelica
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Babelica, an initiative launched and led by the International Alliance of Independent Publishers, is a place for independent publishers from around the world to discover, share, meet and experiment, in a space created by independent publishers, artisans of bibliodiversity. Babelica invites publishers to embrace the unknown, be surprised and ask themselves questions; to imagine alternative possibilities.
The fifth edition of Babelica will take place on 21 and 22 September 2026.
The fourth edition Babelica was held from 23 to 24 September 2025, a few days after the International Day of Bibliodiversity on 21 September.
Babelica is an open space and it is your space: if you have comments and suggestions, don’t hesitate to write to the International Alliance of Independent Publishers: equipe@alliance-editeurs.org
Book fair
Babelica is a book fair dedicated to books published by independent publishing houses. It is designed to raise awareness of the variety of voices in international publishing and ensure they are heard, so as to promote diversity and creativity. At Babelica, a selection of titles from the many books published by independent publishers are being presented.
The Babelica book fair is available online throughout the year.
Talks and readings
Babelica is also a space for debate, exchange and discussion between book professionals, academics, readers, those who are simply curious, and more.
You can watch the replays of talks, readings, workshops and rights market here.
The Babelica book fair is an initiative of the International Alliance of Independent Publishers; Babelica therefore reflects as much as possible the diversity of an international and intercultural network and strives to put into practice the beliefs and values held by this network. For example, criteria of geographical representativeness and gender and age balance are taken into account in the design of the round tables; however, these balances could not systematically (particularly in terms of gender balance) and we apologise in advance.
In addition, the talks, readings and rights markets offered during Babelica are opportunities for exchange and debate – the speakers can express a variety of opinions and share different points of view. While this diversity of voices and opinions guarantees the much-needed plurality of ideas, we would like to remind you that all intolerant and disrespectful comments (whether hateful, rude, racist, homophobic, transphobic, etc.) run counter to the values of the International Alliance of Independent Publishers (cf. ‘Declaration of Pamplona-Iruñea for decolonial, ecological, feminist, free, social and solidarity-based independent publishing’) and will not be tolerated.
Rights markets
Babelica is an opportunity for exchanges of rights. Rights markets are organised during Babelica, which can be viewed here.
If you are interested in buying or selling rights, you can contact publishing houses throughout the year directly via the Babelica platform.
Workshops
Finally, Babelica is a place for exchanging know-how and practices, a place for experimentation: workshops are organised throughout the year to complement Babelica’s talks and round tables, to delve deeper and develop themes such as digital, discoverability, artificial intelligence and book ecology in small working groups.