Library Week kicks off with series of activities

The Macau Library Week 2017 kicked off on Saturday and will offer a lineup of activities for book lovers throughout the week.
Organized by the Macao Public Library, alongside the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) and the Macao Library and Information Management Association (MLIMA), the theme of this year’s edition is “Reading and Images”.

The event aims to broaden reading perspectives by exploring the relationship between images and reading and how visuals can spark imagination when reading, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement.

Activities at the Old Court Building over the weekend included the sale of archived periodicals for charity, a book exchange and book crossing (the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up, read and passed on by others). Other activities included English-
language hand puppet shows and various workshops such as “Marbling Bookmarks DIY” and “Non-woven Fabric Memo Holder DIY.”

This edition also includes an exhibition on German comic books (held from April 25 to May 21) and several reading game booths, among other activities. These will run until tomorrow.

The event is held every April as a celebration of “World Book Day.”

The Wu Yee Sun Library of the University of Macau (UM) is also participating by hosting a special reward scheme event titled “Fill the Campus with Reading Atmosphere”, which starts today and ends Friday, April 28. This event, which aims to promote reading and thinking habits in students on the UM campus, will grant free books to library users who borrow books during this week.

The next session of the English-language hand puppet show will tell the story of Pinocchio, as part of the exhibition “Storybooks can speak” at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 6 at S. Lourenço Library.