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You and your family will have the opportunity to browse books and chat with over 80 authors of a wide variety of literary genres and also enjoy artist displays, music and literature programs, poetry readings, food trucks, and more. Children across the uk and ireland will be taking part in bookthemed festivities today thursday 3 rd march to mark world book day 2016, a celebration of books and reading taking place in 100 countries across the globe. Most children in developing countries do not own books. World book day, the annual celebration of books and reading for children and young people, has announced its allstar lineup of authors and illustrators to help it celebrate its 20th anniversary on thursday 2 march 2017.
World book night 2016 uk the selection for world book night 2016 in the u. Current and past posters are available from the ibby secretariat. World book day is a day to encourage reading, celebrated every year on 23rd april. It is also the date of birth or death of other prominent authors, such as maurice druon, haldor k. The kensington day of the book festival is an outdoor street festival held rain or shine. The organizing body of the day, unesco, comes with different themes for the day each year. Independent bookstore day is a one day national party that takes place at indie bookstores across the country on the last saturday in april. International book giving day february 14th getting books into the hands of as many kids as possible. Each year, unesco and the international organizations representing the three major sectors of the book industry publishers. Debut novel surprise favourite to win costa book of the. Book tokens are sent out to schools each year in the hope that it will help more children to own a book of their own. World book day, also known as world book and copyright day, or international day of the. Click on a cover image to find out more about that book. Wine holidays 2020 international wine days to celebrate.
These are the international days currently observed by the united nations. Nurses across the uk and around the world have been celebrating international nurses day today in a variety of ways. Kensington day of the book festival 2020 in kensington. International childrens book day 2018 national and. World book day in the uk and ireland march 5, 2020. Join the community and be part of this special day. In uk as well as ireland, the day is celebrated on the first thursday of march instead of april 23.
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For those that dont already know, this year world book day will take place on the 3rd of march in the uk and ireland, although children will have from monday 29th february until sunday 27th march 2016 to spend their book tokens. As one of the uks leading voices on disabled issues and rights, dr frances. On thursday 5 march, thousands of you up and down the uk will be dressing up for world book day. It was a year when the no 1 book was a play script. Over 2,000 bookshops are preparing to celebrate the uks inaugural bookshop day on saturday. Ibby slovenia is the sponsor for international childrens book day 2020.
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