World Book Day 2010

Did you know that on April 23rd we are celebrating World Book and Copyright Day all over the world?

Inspired by the Catalonian tradition of offering a rose and a book on Saint George's day (Sant Jordi) and because in the same year of 1616, Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died, UNESCO chose April 23rd as the date to celebrate world literature and the protection of intellectual property through copyright.
So if you would like to share one of your favourite read with your friends, classmates, lecturers, librarians, whoever you can think of... this is the day! And if you are interested in discovering poetry by Galician poet Rosalía de Castro go to Dublin Instituto Cervantes on Lincoln Place (Dublin 2) on Thursday 22nd.

Happy world book day 2010!