On August 18, the Book Square event took place in Lviv on the square near the monument to Ivan Franko, during which over 5,000 books were exchanged. The initiator of the exchange was the Lviv City Library.
This was reported to Ukrinform by Vasyl Kmet, director of the Lviv City Library.
“More than 5,000 books were exchanged at today’s event,” said Vasyl Kmet.
Well-preserved books in a language other than Russian were accepted for exchange, regardless of the year of publication.
In addition to the book fair, the organizers had prepared an interesting program with various activities for children and adults.
The Book Place project has existed since 2021, but was put on hold due to the large-scale invasion. This is the first book exchange since the beginning of the war. The project is implemented with the support of the Ukrainian Book Institute and at the expense of the state budget of Ukraine.
As Ukrinform reported, Costa Rica has become the anniversary country of the Ukrainian Bookshelf project. From now on, works of Ukrainian literature can be found in the National Library of Costa Rica’s capital, San José.
