World Book Day on 23 April 2016

World Book and Copyright Day (also known as International Day of the Book or World Book Day) is a yearly event on 23 April. The day is organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), to promote reading, publishing and copyright.

"A book is a link between the past and the future. It is a bridge between generations and across cultures. It is a force for creating and sharing wisdom and knowledge.
Frank Kafka once said, “a book must be an ice-axe to break the seas frozen inside our soul.”
A window onto our inner lives, books are also the doorway to mutual respect and understanding between people, across all boundaries and differences."

Read more at UNESCO 

Let's act on World Book and Copyright Day 2015 - Focus on Mobile

"World Book and Copyright Day is an opportunity to recognise the power of books to change our lives for the better and to support books and those who produce them."

The following Infographic about Reading in the Mobile Era shows how much reading habits have changed in the Mobile Era. 

World Book and Copyright Day is will again be celebrated on 23 April this year!

Related post:

- World Book and Copyright Day 2015 - How to join in the celebration 

World Book and Copyright day 2015 - How to join in the celebration

World Book and Copyright Day is again on 23 April 2015 this year.

UNESCO WBCD Bookmarks

UNESCO has compiled 10 ways to join in the celebration this year:

• Download books published for 70 years on UNESDOC, it's free!

• Share your passion for an author and offer his book to someone!

• Take this opportunity to discover something new from what you're used to read.

• Write a note in a book saying “Happy Book Day!” drag one of our bookmark in it, and leave it on a park bench or a metro seat!

• Give books that you are no longer using to associations.

• Print out our campaign materials and organize a book sell around your place!

• Plan local reading events in schools and libraries and encourage famous guest readers to get involved.