Fair-Play and Collaboration: Georgia

Intellectual property, working conditions and collaborative actions for writers and literary translators: 25-26 January 2013, Tbilisi
The third workshop in the series of authors/translators workshops, entitled "Fair-Play and Collaboration: Intellectual property, working conditions and collaborative actions for writers and literary translators", took place on 25-26 January in Tbilisi, and was hosted by the National Library of Georgia. Skillfully moderated by Lasha Bakradze (director of Literature Museum), the workshop featured presentations by international and local speakers, group discussions and practical exercises.

Participants shared very different - both positive and negative - personal experiences with contracts (and the lack of contracts), payment terms and copyrights. Practical exercises on current contracts used in Georgia and international model ones, seemed to be extremely useful in pointing to concrete possibilities of improvement. At instances, however, participants also had to put themselves in the publishers' shoes, evaluating commercial risks, discussing book pricing policy and shared responsibility in ensuring good quality.

Alongside the very positive evaluation of the workshop as a whole, the majority of the evaluation questionnaires point to the lack of discussions inside the authors/translators milieu - a gap that the workshop had to an extend compensated for. In practical terms, participants agreed on the need for more solidarity at the "creators end" and on launching an online platform for discussion and exchange.


Participants: Georgian writers and literary translators

Open to registered participants only. Coordinator Ketevan Jakeli, local manager Book Platform project, dir@gpba.ge

Invited speakers, discussants and moderators:
  • Daniel Hahn (UK) − Director of British Center for Literary Translations, author, translator
  • Lasha Bakradze (Georgia) Director of Literature Museum
  • Medea Shengelia (Georgia) A lawyer from Georgian Copyright Association
  • Yana Genova (Bulgaria) Director Next Page Foundation and manager of Book Platform project

Gallery



  
Comments

There are no comments on this publication yet.

Additional information
Related News
03/01/2013
The second workshop for 2013 within the Book Platform project will take place on 25-26 January in Tbilisi. The workshop is entitled "Fair-Play and Collaboration: Intellectual property, working conditions and collaborative actions for writers and
Read more...
09/01/2013
Book Platform's achievements and future plans will be presented to organizations in the books sector, media and the general public in Tbilisi on the 25th January (Friday)!
Read more...
16/01/2013
Press Release: “Fair-Play and Collaboration” Workshop on Intellectual Property, Working Conditions and Collaborative Actions for Writers and Literary Translators in Tbilisi, 25-26 January
Read more...
16/01/2013
Press Release: Book Platform project presentation in Tbilisi, 25 January
Read more...
28/01/2013
The third workshop in the series of authors/translators workshops on rights took place in Tbilisi at the premises of the National Parliamentary Library. Skillfully moderated by Lasha Bakradze (director of Literature Museum), the workshop featured
Read more...
14/02/2013
The "Fair-Play and Collaboration" workshop, which took place in Tbilisi on 24-25 January 2013, and the project presentation that followed, were broadly covered by the online media, TV and radio. The announcement of the forthcoming workshop
Read more...

More news...

Member Login News Media Newsletter Terms & Conditions