Motovun Group of International Publishers
Livraria Lello, Porto
Our Mission
Exchange ideas to further cooperation between publishers from countries all over the world
Our Activities
- Communication with all members via regular newsletters
- Professional workshops and round table discussions via Zoom
- Receptions and dinners before the bookfairs of London, Bologna and Frankfurt
- Annual Summer Meetings of three days in a sunny resort in early Summer
MGIP Book Award Winners 2025 will be announced in July –
here you can read the Longlist: MGIP Book Award Longlist 2025
> These are the MGIP Book Award Winners 2024:
5 Continents Editions
Chene
Les Arènes
Bókadeild Føroya Lærarafelags
Elisabeth Sandmann Verlag
Veen Bosch & Keuning
Interno Pompeiano
Le Guide de la Cuisine Chinoise
The History of Jerusalem
BOB
Ukraine Buch
Het Ramadan Kookboek
5 Continents Editions
Chene
Les Arènes
Bókadeild Føroya Lærarafelags
Elisabeth Sandmann Verlag
Veen Bosch & Keuning
Kiran-and-Pramod Award 2024
The winner of the Kiran and Pramod Award 2024 for the best book of all categories was:
Interno Pompeiano, published by 5 Continents Editions, Italy.
Motovun stands for: conducting business in a relaxed atmosphere, making friends with business partners, transacting business with utter confidence and trust. I must say, post Motovun I am a better publisher.
Pramod Kapoor
Roli Books, New Delhi
Motovun brought me together with publishers that I had always wanted to meet which is the basis of new projects.
Peter Mayer
Overlook Press, New York
Duckworth Publishers, London
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Frankfurt
Organization
The Motovun Group consists of approximately 80 members from the world-wide publishing industry. They are professionals holding senior positions, in charge of the publishing programmes.
Membership
Membership of the MGIP is generally personal. Applicants are either introduced by a member or they can contact the MGIP office with a brief description of their activities in publishing.
Portoroz
Windsor
Activities
Upcoming events
| 9 March 2026 | London Book Fair Dinner |
| 12 April 2026 | Bologna Children’s Book Fair Dinner |
| 25–28 June 2026 | MGIP Summer Conference (Location will be announced at the Frankfurt Dinner and by Newsletter in October) |
| 24–27 June 2027 | 50 years of MGIP Summer Conference in Istria, close to Motovun |