Accra formally took over as the 2023 World Book Capital of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) from the Mexican city of Guadalajara on Monday 24 April, 2023.
Speaking at the launch of World Book Capital 2023 in Accra on Monday April 24, the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo urged parents to inculcate the habit of reading among their wards.
The Director-General of UNESCO Madam Audrey Azoulay is in Accra to join the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to open the Accra World Book Capital (AWBC) 2023.
UNESCO Director-General, Madam Audrey Azoulay and the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo are hosting the grand opening of the Accra World Book Capital 2023 in Accra.
In addition, they will host an array of important international personalities at the ceremony.
The Worldreader Ghana in partnership with the Secretariat of the Accra World Book Capital, 2023 and other stakeholders brought together children and educators for the second edition of the Accra DigiRead Experience. The reading activity which took place on December 7, 2023 at the premises of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly offered children the opportunity to share their love of reading through their participation in several reading activities. Visit our photo gallery for more pictures.
The Ghana Book Development Council (GBDC), the Ghana Education Service, the Ghana Library Authority (GhLA), and the Coalition of Ashanti Authors and Publishers (CoAAP) organised the 2022 Regional Book Fair in Kumasi, which kick-started on 20th October 2022. Its main purpose was to make books accessible to pupils and the general public in the Ashanti Region.
In all, 20 exhibitors comprising members of the CoAAP, the Coalition of Ashanti Book Sellers and Paper Converters, GBDC and GhLA were present at the fair.
