CIS Book Art contest first time in Minsk
MINSK. April 16. KAZINFORM The international contest Book Art of the CIS member states will take place in Minsk for the first time, BelTA learned from representatives of the Belarusian Information Ministry. The Ministry in association with the Federal Agency for Printed Media and Mass Communications of Russia is an organizer of the event.
The tenth contest is scheduled for 23-24 May. Members of the international panel of judges will gather in the National Library of Belarus to name the best books in seven nominations: Commonwealth, My Country, Books for Children and Youth, Culture. Science. Education, Artbook, Printed in the Commonwealth, Grand Prix.
Specialists believe that the respect for the contest in the book space of the Commonwealth of Independent States grows higher. The contest makes an important contribution to popularizing printing business achievements and the development of book printing as a whole, said the source.
Laureates of the contest Book Art of the CIS member states will be awarded during the Moscow International Book Fair in September.
The awarded books will be put on display during the Moscow fair by the Federal Agency for Printed Media and Mass Communications of Russia. After that they will be presented to the CIS Executive Committee for the sake of replenishing the book reserves of the CIS history museum, BelTA reports.
The best CIS books will be also on display as part of the 21st Minsk international book fair in February 2014.