The International Book Fair (FIL) recognizes university publishers

Lía Castillo Meneses, president of the Association of University Presses of Latin America and the Caribbean. Credit: Courtesy

In a publishing world dominated by large commercial publishers, university presses have, for decades, carried out a quiet but decisive task: opening up space for academic thought, fostering bibliodiversity, and giving visibility to research and voices that would otherwise have difficulty circulating beyond the classroom.