✦ BABELICA ✦ ☘︎ 21-22 SEPTEMBER 2026 ⚑ INTERNATIONAL ONLINE BOOK FAIR OF INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING ✦ BABELICA ✦ ☘︎ 21-22 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2026 ⚑ FERIA INTERNACIONAL Y EN LÍNEA DE LA EDICIÓN INDEPENDIENTE ✦ BABELICA ✦ ☘︎ 21-22 SEPTEMBRE 2026 ⚑ SALON INTERNATIONAL DE L’ÉDITION INDÉPENDANTE EN LIGNE

For several months, the International Alliance of Independent Publishers has been working alongside Double Ponctuation to publish a very special issue of the journal Bibliodiversité, which will give a voice to 30 young authors under the age of 30, from 30 different countries. Invited through the Alliance’s member publishers, these young authors speak out and tell us about their world, their society, their anxieties, but also their struggles, their utopian visions and their hopes. This huge project will not only result in a collection of texts entitled “Resist and Hope” but will also shape our discussions within Babelica. Publishers and booksellers from around the world will also take part in the discussions, alongside these authors.

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Monday 21 September 2026

Talk

English

French, Spanish

21 September, 10:00AM (UTC+2)

Standing together in the face of repression

Debout et ensemble face à la répression / De pie y unidos frente a la represión

Talk

English

French, Spanish

21 September, 02:00PM (UTC+2)

Exile: reinventing oneself across different worlds

L’exil : se (re)construire entre plusieurs mondes / El exilio: (re)construirse entre varios mundos

Talk

Arabic, English, French, Spanish

21 September, 05:00PM (UTC+2)

Imagining the future in a context of war

Projeter des lendemains en contexte de guerre / Proyectar mañanas en un contexto de guerra

Talk

Spanish

21 September, 07:00PM (UTC+2)

Naturaleza y espiritualidad: un refugio para resistir y tener esperanza

Nature and spirituality: a refuge for resilience and hope

Tuesday 22 September 2026

Talk

French

22 September, 11:00AM (UTC+2)

Transmettre et/ou s’adapter

Handing down and/or adapting

Rights Market

English, French, Spanish

22 September, 01:00PM (UTC+2)

Children's literature rights market 2026

Marché des droits 2026 (littérature jeunesse) / Mercado de derechos 2026 (literatura infantil)

Rights Market

English, French, Spanish

22 September, 02:00PM (UTC+2)

Non-fiction & fiction rights market 2026

Marché des droits 2026 (littérature et sciences humaines) / Mercado de derechos 2026 (literatura y ciencias humanas y sociales)

Talk

English, French, Spanish

22 September, 04:00PM (UTC+2)

Body and gender

Corps et genre / Cuerpo y género

Talk

French

English, Spanish

22 September, 06:00PM (UTC+2)

Décoloniser les imaginaires et la littérature

Decolonising the imagination and literature / Descolonizar el imaginario y la literatura

Talk

English, French, Spanish

22 September, 08:00PM (UTC+2)

AI: between dream and nightmare

IA : entre rêve et cauchemar / IA: entre sueño y pesadilla

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