ARMENIA TO PRESENT 80 BOOKS AT INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR IN PARIS

PanARMENIAN.Net
25.03.2010 17:04 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia presented in a separate pavilion at the
30th International Book Fair in Paris (Salon du livre de Paris)
today, Gayane Durgaryan, public relation officer of the RA Ministry
of Culture told PanARMENIAN.Net. The Armenian delegation, headed by
Edward Militonyan, chief of the publishing agency of the ministry of
culture will present 80 books, including 2 electronic books. Private
Armenian publishing houses will also show their books at the fair.

The 30th International Book Fair in Paris gathers representatives of
approximately 1,000 publishing houses from 25 countries. The fair
has invited 90 authors, both French and foreign, including Nedim
Gursel (Turkey), Salman Rushdie (UK), Doris Lessing (UK), Firouz
Nadji-Ghazvini (Iran), Paul Auster (US), and Umberto Eco (Italy). At
least 220,000 visitors are expected, which is 15,000 more than last
year. Special programs are planned to attract the youth aged 15 to 25.

Some key topics in this year’ fair include the application of new
technologies in publishing business and copyright policy issues. The
Salon du livre de Paris runs till March 31.

Among them – Umberto Eco, Salman Rushdie, Doris Lessing, Paul Auster.

Within the cabin will be more than 600 events.