About 6000 books will be donated to the Jouberton Community and Stakeholders during World Book and Copyright Day on April 20 and 21 at Matlosana Local Municipality in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District.
The World Book and Copyright Day event is a
collaboration between the North West Provincial Department of Arts, Culture,
Sports and Recreation (ACSR), The National Library of South Africa (NLSA),
National Library for the Blind (NLB) and the City of Matlosana Local
Municipality.
World
Book and Copyright Day is a celebration to promote the
enjoyment of books and reading. Every year on April 23 celebrations take place
all over the world to recognize the magical power of books - a link between the
past and the future, a bridge between generations and across cultures.
The objectives of the event are: To raise awareness
about the importance of reading; to promote literature in South Africa’s
indigenous languages; to reach out and give people easy access to books; to
educate communities in taking care of their library facilities; to celebrate books
and instil the love of reading amongst the citizenry; to foster the
appreciation of authors and their works; to enhance the value chain around
writing, publishing, and reading; and to raise awareness about the importance
of copyrights.
The
National Library of South Africa (NLSA) through its outreach unit, the Centre
for the Book, coordinates the World Book Day campaign nationwide in partnership
with Provincial Library Services.
The
Centre for the Book unit is strives to develop, promote and sustain a culture
of reading, writing, and publishing in all local languages and further provide
easy access to books for all, which supports the objectives of World Book and
Copyrights campaign.
The 2023 World Book and
Copyrights Day will be commemorated under the theme “You are A Reader “,
focusing on reaching out to children from disadvantaged literacy backgrounds.
The 2023 World Book and Copyrights Day programme will unfold as follows:
Day
1, 20th April:
A
door to door and Commuter Reading Campaign : Donation of books to
local centres, schools, shelters, commuters, local communities and advocate the
importance of reading and educating communities on copyrights.
Day
2, 21st April:
The formal celebration will be
hosted at Jouberton Community Hall, advocating the importance of reading,
writing, and publishing in local languages and Provincial Libraries will share
their active reading promotion programmes.
Members
of the media are invited to attend and cover the event.
For more information and enquiries contact:
Mr Shuping Sebolecwe at 083 3026318/ ssebolecwe@nwpg.gov.za
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