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    AZG Armenian Daily #103, 07/06/2005


    Exhibition

    ARMENIAN PAVILION AT INTERNATIONAL BOOK EXHIBITION IN THESSALONICA

    Karapet and Anahit Galfayans together with Hay Dat Commission displayed
    around 150 books at the international exhibition of books in Thessalonica,
    on May 28. The Armenian pavilion presented the albums of Martiros Sarian,
    Vardges Sureniantz, the album of "Genealogy Carpets" from Nagorno Karabakh,
    encyclopedias of Areg publishing house, "Diaspora" encyclopedia, 6 volumes
    of "States Accepting Armenian Genocide" published by Museum-Institute of
    Armenian Genocide etc. The number of publishing houses taking part in the
    exhibition was 50. After the exhibition all books for children from the
    Armenian pavilion were presented to the Armenian school of Thessalonica.

    "Visitors showed special warmth to the Armenian pavilion. Officials,
    ministers and others were coming up to us. People were particularly
    interested in works of art. Unfortunately there are few such books in
    Armenia. We seem to be satisfied with publishing books with gray covers on
    state money", Vahan Khachatrian, chairman of National Association of
    Publishers, told yesterday a press conference.

    The most striking for the Armenian delegation in Greece was to see the love
    and interest of the locals as well as participants from Diaspora towards
    books -- something that has diminished in Armenia. There are certainly book
    exhibitions in Armenia but in considerably small sizes. "We are going to
    organize such an exhibition at the Opera hall but the question is how many
    people it will pull in. We have to think of organizing international
    exhibitions that will attract more than 30 publishers, will create
    conditions for development of book publishing and will restore our
    devotional approach to books", he added.

    Polygraphic features of our books have long ago equaled with the standards
    of international market but that is not enough for holding an international
    exhibition. The most important thing is the state policy in this sphere and
    love for reading among our officials. "Our state officials do read, but...
    draft laws, government decisions and other stuff. No one reads fiction ".

    By Ruzan Poghosian
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