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Our Coverage of UNESCO's World Book Capital Program

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IPA Leaders Tour Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival Ahead of World Book Day

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonApril 22, 2019

On the eve of Sharjah’s year as UNESCO’s World Book Capital, the International Publishers Association brass sees the 11-year-old children’s reading fair.

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Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival: ‘Making Reading a Lifelong Habit’

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonApril 17, 2019

Devised as a highly participatory hub of more than 2,500 events, the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival opens in the coming UNESCO World Book Capital.

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UNESCO Reviews Sharjah’s World Book Capital Plans; 2021 Applications Deadline is May 2

In News by Porter AndersonMarch 24, 2019

Bodour Al Qasimi met with UNESCO director-general Audrey Azoulay in Paris to discuss the coming Sharjah’s World Book Capital programming.

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At London Book Fair: ‘Libraries on the Beach’ Courtesy of Sharjah

In News by Porter AndersonMarch 15, 2019

Those restful beach lean-tos at London Book Fair were reminders that in April, the United Arab Emirates’ Sharjah becomes UNESCO’s World Book Capital.

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Kuala Lumpur Named 2020 World Book Capital; Political Book Sales in the US; PRH Names New CFO

In News by Porter AndersonSeptember 21, 2018

Kuala Lumpur is the 2020 World Book capital; more political books in the US released and compete with growing sales of Woodward’s ‘Fear’; and PRH has a new CFO.

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Greece Opens Athens’ Year as UNESCO’s World Book Capital

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonApril 24, 2018

International officials and media gather on World Book Day to open the 18th UNESCO World Book Capital program in Athens, celebrating what Greece’s Prokopis Pavlopoulos calls ‘the powerful potential of books.’

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Readers Rack Up Pages Read in Free Translations from AmazonCrossing for World Book Day

In News by Porter AndersonApril 19, 2018

A fast-updating ticker from Amazon Charts is displaying how many pages have been read in nine AmazonCrossing translations that can be downloaded free through April 24 in recognition of World Book Day.

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UNESCO World Arabic Language Day in Paris Features Sharjah’s Sheikh Al Qasimi

In News by Porter AndersonDecember 15, 2017

UNESCO’s World Arabic Day focuses on the world’s 5th most-spoken language with a number of high-profile speakers, including the ruler of Sharjah.

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Bokova and Al Qasimi Certify Sharjah as UNESCO World Book Capital 2019

In News by Porter AndersonAugust 10, 2017

Calling for ‘a more open dialogue regionally and internationally,’ Bodour Al Qasimi accepts UNESCO’s designation of Sharjah as World Book Capital 2019.

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UNESCO Names the UAE’s Sharjah World Book Capital 2019

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonJune 26, 2017

New recognition for efforts that Sharjah’s royal family and civic leadership have made, Sharjah follows Athens 2018 in the “World Book Capital” designation.

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