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The Education Ministry is launching a literary initiative aimed at familiarizing students with classic works and renowned authors. 

Starting in February, artists will visit schools to read from a selection of 21 literary books, including works by Arthur Conan Doyle, Anne Frank, Anton Chekhov, and George Orwell. 

A total of 302,786 people applied to state employment agency Hellenic Manpower Organization (DYPA) for €20 vouchers to be used to buy books in the first half of the year, compared to 231,857 in 2022 and 166,125 in 2021.

The recipients have a discount of at least 10% on books written in Greek from registered bookstores and publishers.

Biblos, the largest Slovenian platform for buying and borrowing e-books, is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Launched by the publisher Beletrina in 2013, it currently offers 7,200 book titles.

The writer Georgi Gospodinov will be a guest at the Spring Book Fair today. He will meet his readers from 18:00 p.m. at the Janet-45 publishing house stand in front of the National Palance of Culture (NDK).

Requests for books to be removed from U.S. shelves soared to a record-high in 2022, with the majority of titles "targeted for censorship" related to LGBT issues and minorities, according to data released by the American Library Association on March 23.

One of the most successful PR books at the moment "The Global PR Revolution" by Maxim Behar is now available in ebook format in Bulgarian language. The book can be purchased from the website of Helikon bookstore and in the next weeks it will be offered by some other online stores, as well.

The Herakleidon Museum pays tribute to the inquisitive spirit of the ancient Chinese that led them to the invention of printing, bookbinding, the compass and the seismograph, among other fascinating achievements, with the exhibition "Ancient Chinese Science and Technology," running through April 29 at both its venues in the downtown Thiseio district.

The Codex Gigas or The Devil’s Bible is the largest 13th-century manuscript in the world. It is also one of the strangest manuscripts because it contains a large, full page portrait of the Devil.

It is so large that it takes at least two people to lift it and it is said to have taken more than 160 animal skins to make it.

On the World Book and Copyright Day 23 April the club "Chitalishte.to" is organizing a donors campaign for books, reported BNR. They will be send to different community centers in Bulgaria.

The books will be collected from 11:00 to 15:00 at the "Chitalishte.to" 's office on the "Lom" Street in Sofia.

The ‘Sahaflar’ (used books) Bazaar has a history that stretches back into the days of New Rome, when the city was renamed Constantinople The “Sahaflar” (used books) Bazaar, nestled in the shadow of Beyazıt Mosque, has a long and for the most part honorable history that can be traced to Byzantine times.