The 9th Cambodia Book Fair will be held for three days from December 9-11 with the theme of “One Day to Read, One Day to Know” at the National Library. There will be hundreds of booths and nearly 1,000 companies from the publishing industry participating, according to Khlot Vibolla, director of the National Library of Cambodia, who spoke at a press conference on November 28.
The winners of the Indra Devi Award, organised by the Department of Books and Reading of the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, were announced on November 25.
Writing and especially composing poetry has strong roots in the history of Cambodia going all the way back to the Nokor or Funan eras, but in modern times there has been a sharp decline in this area of Khmer culture.
The winners of the Indra Devi Award, organised by the Department of Books and Reading of the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, were announced on November 25. The top five entries in two categories, poetry and short stories, were awarded a range of prizes.
The One Book-One Community Project has launched a campaign to provide mini-libraries in the form of specially designed four-tier bookcases with roofs sheltering them and built-in donation boxes that will be placed at public locations throughout the capital.