World Book And Copyright Day 2025: Theme, History, Significance And How To Celebrate
World Book And Copyright Day 2025: World Book and Copyright Day is an annual global event dedicated to celebrating the books and reading. Held every year on April 23, it recognises books as powerful tools that connect generations, preserve history and bridge cultures across the world.
On this day, the three major stakeholders in the book industry — publishers, booksellers and libraries — come together and organise various events to promote book reading. They also select the World Book Capital for a year to maintain through their own initiatives, according to the UNESCO.
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