BOOK FESTIVAL TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 13-14 IN YEREVAN WITHIN FRAMEWORK OF TRANSLATORS' DAY
Author: Hakobian Hasmik Editor: Eghian Robert
Noyan Tapan News Agency
Oct 9 2007
Armenia
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. A Book Festival under the motto We
Build a Spiritual Homeland will be held on October 13-14 in Yerevan,
within the framework of Translators' Day. The festival's organizers
are the Ararat Patriarchal Diocese, the Republican Party of Armenia
(RPA), and the De Facto public-political magazine.
As Grigor Hovhannisian, the Chairman of the festival's steering
committee, said at the October 9 press conference, both
publishing-houses and individuals can take part in the festival.
According to the organizers, pavilions will be given to all
participants free of charge, for them to have the possibility to
present their books to society. It was also mentioned that the whole
gain from the festival will be spent on founding a bookstore-library
in Stepanakert.
According to Eduard Sharmazanov, an RA MP, RPA's Spokesperson, the
festival's goal is to restore society's interest and love for books,
to raise books' role and importance in all strata of society.
Author: Hakobian Hasmik Editor: Eghian Robert
Noyan Tapan News Agency
Oct 9 2007
Armenia
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. A Book Festival under the motto We
Build a Spiritual Homeland will be held on October 13-14 in Yerevan,
within the framework of Translators' Day. The festival's organizers
are the Ararat Patriarchal Diocese, the Republican Party of Armenia
(RPA), and the De Facto public-political magazine.
As Grigor Hovhannisian, the Chairman of the festival's steering
committee, said at the October 9 press conference, both
publishing-houses and individuals can take part in the festival.
According to the organizers, pavilions will be given to all
participants free of charge, for them to have the possibility to
present their books to society. It was also mentioned that the whole
gain from the festival will be spent on founding a bookstore-library
in Stepanakert.
According to Eduard Sharmazanov, an RA MP, RPA's Spokesperson, the
festival's goal is to restore society's interest and love for books,
to raise books' role and importance in all strata of society.
