National book festival to be held following month
The National Book Festival will be held under the auspices of the Speaker of the State Great Khural at Sukhbaatar Square between May 19 and 22
The National Book Festival will be held under the auspices of the Speaker of the State Great Khural at Sukhbaatar Square between May 19 and 22. In the framework of the implementation of the Law on Public Holidays and Celebrations, the long-term development policy of Mongolia ‘Vision-2050’, and Decree No.158 issued by the President of Mongolia, the Festival is organized on a wider scale to promote public reading, enrich the collection being kept by libraries, support children's and youth's desire to learn and disseminate knowledge. The “Nomiin Ertunts” NGO, together with book publishers and authors have been organizing the Book Festival twice a year in May and September since 2007. This year, the three-day Book Festival will be organized under the motto of “Let’s Read More”. With an aim to promote reading, the Book Festival brings together a large number of book lovers, authors, publishing companies, and artists for various book-related activities, such as author talks, discussions, performances, book signings, Meet the Author events, book exchange, and book launching events, and workshops, so on. In recent years, organizers have been working to introduce Mongolian books and culture to the world by inviting international writers. Additionally, the annual Festival usually attracts around 30,000-40,0000 book lovers, 200 publishers, and 300 authors. According to the statistics, 95 percent of people who visit the Festival purchase books.
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