Rio De Janeiro Becomes World Book Capital  In April, the Marvelous City celebrated the official opening of Rio de Janeiro as the World Book Capital, a title granted to the city by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The last cities selected by UNESCO were Sharjah (2019), Kuala Lumpur (2020), Tbilisi (2021), Guadalajara (2022), Accra (2023) and Strasbourg (2024).
Over the course of a year, Rio will have an agenda of events and actions aimed at formulating new public reading policies. The city government has highlighted the Book Biennial, from June 13 to 22, and a special edition of the Jabuti Prize, that will be held for the first time in Rio de Janeiro. |
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