On Sunday, May 10 2009, I just read there is World Book Capital. Choose by UNESCO to promote books and reading and dedication of all players in the book industry for whole year. 2009 is Beirut’s year. International book conferences, library seminar, reading corner seminar, audiobooks dialogs for blind people, poems and prose festivals.With those, Beirut invite author-writers-novelists, publishing houses, book designers and illustrators, book stores from around the world. How ironic. We know that Beirut is in crisis because it lies in Middle East, but they can perform spectacular book events. It proves that Beirut deserve to be considered as literature city.
2001: Madrid
2002: Alexandria
2003: New Delhi
2004: Antwerp
2005: Montreal
2006: Turin
2007: Bogota
2008: Amsterdam
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