'Tonight, Lokman and Lebanon are having a drink with Voltaire,' the Prix Voltaire laureate Rasha Al Ameer tells her Guadalajara audience. She is the sister of the slain Lebanese publisher Lokman Slim.

With attendees from some 40 countries, this week's International Alliance of Independent Publishers conference reflected an issue-driven, reader-focused community.

Having kept his staff paid through the pandemic, Malaysian publisher Syazrul Aqram says he has discovered a new wave of young people's interest in books and the business. (Sponsored)