South Africa commemorates National Book Week every first week of September. It is an initiative of the South African Book Development Council (SABDC) in collaboration with the Department of Arts and Culture.
National Book
Week 2014 is commemorated under the theme: “Going Places”. It focuses on
the power of books and how they can ‘figuratively’ and ‘literally’ take South
Africans to places. Events are planned in all the provinces and will include
reading in indigenous languages, storytelling and motivational talks,
word-a-thons, poetry sessions and book debates.
Reading
statistics report that only 14% of the South African population are active book
readers, and a mere 5% of parents read to their children. National Book Week is
an important initiative in encouraging the nation to value reading as a fun and
pleasurable activity and to showcase how reading can easily be incorporated
into one’s daily lifestyle.
What are you
doing in your library, area and community to promote this event?
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