Accra and Guadalajara Book Capitals partner to promote books & reading
Accra and Guadalajara Book Capitals partner to promote books & reading
Events 20 May 2022

Accra (Ghana) and Guadalajara (Mexico) have initiated a project to promote authorship, books and reading. The project involves the exchange of stories, poems, books and authors between the two World Book Capitals.

AWBC, 2023 delegates at Guadalajara
AWBC, 2023 delegates at Guadalajara
Events 26 April 2022
Ms Ernesticia Lartey Asuinura (Executive Director, GBDC) and the Mayor of Accra in the office of the Mayor of Guadalajara
AWBC 2023, at Tbilisi World Book Capital 2021 closing ceremony
The Mayor delivering the closing speech at the Tbilisi World Book Capital, 2021 closing ceremony.
Events 26 April 2022

The Mayor delivering the closing speech at the Tbilisi World Book Capital, 2021 closing ceremony.

World Book and Copyright Day Commemorated in Accra
World Book and Copyright Day Commemorated in Accra
Events 25 April 2022

The Ghana Book Development Council and collaborative partners such as the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, the Ghana Publishers Association, the Ghana Association of Writers, the Copyright Ghana, and the UNESCO Ghana, hav

World Book and Copyright Day 2022
World Book and Copyright Day 2022
Events 22 April 2022

Zoom meeting.

Topic: WORLD BOOK AND COPYRIGHT DAY 2022 ( READING TO DEVELOP MINDS)
Time: Apr 25, 2022 10:00 AM Greenwich Mean Time

Accra World Book Capital 2023 to Participate in Guadalajara World Book Capital 2022
Accra World Book Capital 2023 to Participate in Guadalajara World Book Capital 2022
Events 26 March 2022

The Ambassador of Mexico to Ghana, His Excellency, Mr. Enrique Escorza has visited the Secretariat of the Accra World Book Capital 2023 (AWBC, 2023) to extend an invitation to Mrs.

Accra World Book Capital, 2023 And Présence Africaine to Collaborate
Accra World Book Capital, 2023 And Présence Africaine to Collaborate
Activities 18 March 2022
The Accra World Book Capital, 2023 (AWBC, 2023) Secretariat and Présence Africaine, a major pan-African publishing house and bookstore based in Paris,
Accra and Guadalajara to Collaborate
Accra and Guadalajara to Collaborate
Activities 1 March 2022
The Ambassador of Mexico to Ghana, His Excellency Enrique Escorza, has paid a courtesy call on the Mayor of Accra, Hon. Elizabeth Naa Kwatsoe Tawiah Sackey.
Publicity of Accra World Book Capital, 2023 at Expo 2020 Dubai
Publicity of Accra World Book Capital, 2023 at Expo 2020 Dubai
Events 18 December 2021

Publicity of Accra's designation as UNESCO World Book Capital, 2023 to the international community is ongoing at the Ghana stand (opportunity district) of Expo 2020 Dubai.

Akwaaba, Let's Read!

Submitted by master_admin on 17 December 2021

ACCRA WORLD BOOK CAPITAL, 2023 (ACCRA CAPITAL MUNDIAL DEL LIBRO 2023)

Theme: ‘Reading to Connect Minds for Social Transformation’

Slogan: Akwaaba, Let's Read!

Accra, the capital of Ghana, is the most populous city of the country. It is a coastal city along the Gulf of Guinea. The city covers approximately 225.67 square kilometres. The Metropolis is nearly 137 square kilometres, with an estimated population of 2,556,972 residents, of which 56% are young adults under age 24.

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The Ghana Book Development Council (GBDC) was established in 1975 as an Agency under the Ministry of Education. The objective of the Council is to ensure the development, publication, and distribution of textbooks and other reading materials in Ghana to foster national development.
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