Irina Bokova, the Director-General of UNESCO, has named Athens World Book Capital for 2018 on the recommendation of the program's Advisory Body.
The city of Athens was chosen for the quality of its activities, supported by the entire book industry.
The proposed programme includes meetings with writers, translators and illustrators, concerts, thematic exhibitions, poetry readings and workshops for publishing professionals.
The aim of the program is to make books accessible to the city's entire population, including migrants and refugees. Members of the Advisory Committee also praised Athen's cultural infrastructure and its expertise in organizing international events.
Cities designated as World Book Capital undertake to promote books and reading and to organize activities over the year starting which starts with the celebration of World Book and Copyright Day (23 April).
The Advisory Body brings together representatives of UNESCO, the International Publishers Associations (IPA-UIE) and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA).
It recently met in Paris, at UNESCO's Headquarters, to examine a record number of candidacies for the title of World Book Capital.
Athens is the 18th city to become World Book Capital. It was preceded by Madrid (2001), Alexandria (2002), New Delhi (2003), Antwerp (2004), Montreal (2005), Turin (2006), Bogota (2007), Amsterdam (2008), Beirut (2009), Ljubljana (2010), Buenos Aires (2011), Yerevan (2012), Bangkok (2013), Port Harcourt (2014), Incheon (2015), Wroclaw (2016) and Conakry (2017).
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