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The International Book Forum is a Turin International Book Fair initiative realized by Biella Intraprendere in cooperation with the Italian Trade Commission (ICE), thanks to the economic support of Regione Piemonte and Ministry of Economic Development according to the program agreement among the Ministry, Regione and ICE.

Next edition: 13-15 May 2010 - Centro Congressi Lingotto, Torino

The main feature of the 2009 event was the hectic pace: more than 6000 meetings in the 30 hours of the forum. An absolute marathon for almost 700 partecipants coming from approximately thirty countries (Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Mexico, Holland, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the USA) to take part in the IBF – International Book Forum 2009, the business to business area inside the Torino International Book Fair that is dedicated to publishing and audiovisual rights exchange and to developing new  publishing projects.

Among the publishing houses and literary agencies from Europe taking part were: Gallimard and Flammarion (France), C. Bertelsmann and Suhrkamp Verlag (Germany), Assirío & Alvim (Portugal), Norstedts Förlagsgrupp (Sweden), 451 Editores (Spain), Zed Books and Little Brown Book Group (Great Britain). The world of cinema was also well represented, with scouts and literary consultants from important production companies and talent agencies in America, like Fox, Creative Artists Agency, Marc Platt Productions, New Line Cinema, Smoke House; from France, groups like Grandeur Nature, from Germany Constantin Films among others, from Russia the Bazelevs and Central Partnership, from the UK Rosalind Ramsay Agency, Anne Louise Fischer Associates and The Bureau.

Since 2004 the Book Film Bridge has facilitated the ever-growing transfer between paper and screens by hosting private negotiations and public initiatives for the awareness of professionals in both the publishing and the audiovisual industries, where convergence trends are accelerating.