WORLD BOOK DAY,
23rd April 2014
"World Book Day or World Book and Copyright Day (also known as International Day of the Book or World Book Days) is a yearly event on 23 April, organized by UNESCO to promote reading, publishing and copyright.
In the United Kingdom, the day is instead recognised on the first Thursday in March.
World Book Day was celebrated for the first time on 23 April 1995.(...)"
(in Wikipedia)
"Our goal is clear – to encourage authors and artists and to ensure that more women and men benefit from literacy and accessible formats, because books are our most powerful forces of poverty eradication and peace building. "
Irina Bokova
DO YOU KNOW that
"On World Book and Copyright Day, the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum joins the commemorations for the 450th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare.(...)"?
Find out more in http://www.un.org/en/events/bookday/
Don't forget: there's always a book for each one of us!
Open your minds.
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