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Chaque année, l'UNESCO décerne à une ville le titre de Capitale mondiale du livre du 23 avril - la Journée mondiale du livre de l'UNESCO - au 22 avril de l'année suivante. Pendant cette année, la ville sélectionnée s'engage à organiser et à animer plusieurs activités et événements liés aux livres, à la lecture et à la littérature. Ces activités sont mises en oeuvre grâce à un programme qui vise à accroître la sensibilisation à l'alphabétisation et à la lecture ainsi qu'à souligner l'importance des bibliothèques et des librairies et les avantages d'une culture du livre vivante.

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Bodour Al Qasimi is the Founder of the Emirates Publishers Association, past President of the International Publishers Association and Chief Executive Officer of children's publisher Kalimat Group based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. She is an advocate for developing publishing markets and global publishing industry issues such as literacy, freedom to publish, copyright, digital transformation, and diversity and inclusion. Al Qasimi leads several Sharjah, United Arab Emirates regional, and global institutions and initiatives to foster socio-economic development, support cultural industries and heritage, and catalyse multi-stakeholder partnerships for sustainable development. Her career spans public service, business, and community organizations. Sophie J. Morgan is an author and translator from Aurora, Ontario. She has completed her BA degree in Professional Writing and French at York University and MA degree at the University of Waterloo. Her first book Contradictions was published in 2015 in English and translated to French in 2017. She has been teaching French and English, involved in several linguistics research projects, and contributed to various literary blogs. As a literary translator, she has previously translated five books from English to French. She is a member of the Writers Union of Canada.

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