Ian Denison

Head, UNESCO Publishing and Branding
and UNESCO World Book Capital Co-ordinator

[Ian Denison @denison_i]

@finn_mcredmond "Every generation looks badly read until you meet the next one." Not sure which I feel most, relieved for myself or very worried for the next generation. Probably both, and a big disappointment to my parents.

[Ian Denison @denison_i]

@AnitaNingKang Read Kairos, Booker prize winner

[Audrey Azoulay @AAzoulay]

Qu'ils nous informent, nous instruisent ou nous divertissent, les livres ont un pouvoir immense pour nous ouvrir à d'autres mondes. Je souhaite à @Strasbourg, désignée capitale mondiale du livre 2024 par l'@UNESCO_fr, une très belle année de célébrations !

[Ian Denison @denison_i]

@lukagrigolia Me neither, bro!

[UNESCO @UNESCO]

Today, we have lost a giant of human dignity and fierce advocate of #HumanRights, an intellectual, a statesman of global stature and a close friend of UNESCO.

Robert Badinter embodied a unique witness and a global leader of the fight against #antisemitism and all forms of #racism. We are forever inspired by his wisdom and moral clarity.

https://t.co/9IhZYdferQ

[UNESCO Ghana @UnescoGhana]

@UnescoGhana joined the annual launch of the Ghana Association of Writers Book Festival dubbed “GAWBOFEST" in Accra.

The festival involves several activities aimed at promoting Ghanaian literature & culture & rides on the back of the UNESCO World Book Capital in Accra.

[UNESCO @UNESCO]

🔴BREAKING!

Just inscribed on the List of #WorldHeritage in Danger: Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, #Ukraine 🇺🇦.

https://t.co/69Xvi4BtYv #45WHC

[Audrey Azoulay @AAzoulay]

It’s a great day for @UNESCO! Building on the momentum our Organization has regained in recent years, it is once again moving towards universality, with the return of the #UnitedStates of America. I would like to congratulate our 193 Member States for their decision.

[Audrey Azoulay @AAzoulay]

This is a strong act of confidence in @UNESCO - the concrete result of the action taken in recent years to reduce political tensions, launch ambitious new projects and make our Organization more efficient. A great team effort. Congratulations to all Member States & UNESCO staff.

[PEN International @pen_int]

#USA: PEN International joins @PENamerica in condemning the censorship of @TheAmandaGorman's book, The Hill We Climb, from elementary school library shelves in Miami-Dade County, Florida, as the result of a complaint by a single parent: https://t.co/YjNPqKkn49 @PEN_LAC

[not_ias @not_ias]

@TWASnews @iiscbangalore

[Audrey Azoulay @AAzoulay]

In #Ghana, to officially launch the Accra World Book Capital programme. Congratulations to the city for being designated by @UNESCO. This year, Accra will put reading & writing at the center of the city life, and strengthen the place of the book in society.
#AccraWBC2023 #Thread

[Audrey Azoulay @AAzoulay]

Books are a driving force of social cohesion and development. They are source of information and knowledge. They open our mind to other cultures and other ways of thinking. They help us move forward and grow.
#AccraWBC2023

[Audrey Azoulay @AAzoulay]

In coordination with @UNESCO, dozens of measures are planned by the authorities: developing book kiosks in schools, creating reading clubs in health establishments and prisons, organizing conferences, workshops & performances that will link literature to other arts.
#AccraWBC2023

[Audrey Azoulay @AAzoulay]

It is to develop this potential that @UNESCO is working hand in hand with #Ghana, and with many other African countries, to review cultural policies, to better support authors, literacy and reading. So that throughout #Africa, everyone can enjoy the power of books.
#AccraWBC2023

[Audrey Azoulay @AAzoulay]

The potential of books is especially important in #Africa, where the population is young, increasingly literary and connected. Yet major barriers still exist, including the lack of public libraries and the insufficient linguistic diversity of publications.
#AccraWBC2023

[Audrey Azoulay @AAzoulay]

#Books are also a unique creative industry, which support a chain of valuable know-how – from book binders to printers, from authors to editors, from booksellers to librarians. It is through their work that the book's potential is revealed.
#AccraWBC2023

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

What's your favourite book?

Here six master storytellers reflect on the power of books - celebrating the written world of human experience and imagination.

#WorldBookDay

[Ian Denison @denison_i]

Accra to host UNESCO 2023 World Book Capital - AM Show https://t.co/PsETK9cQiX via @YouTube

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

Worldwide, 129 million girls are out of school.

Nothing can justify keeping girls out of the classroom.

Investing in girls, their education & human rights, is investing in our common future.

https://t.co/IxJvqJRWBy