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By: cearta.ie » I cannot live without books

cearta.ie » I cannot live without books — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:35:16 +0000

[...] post is a famous quotation from Thomas Jefferson (left); and it’s apt for the coming week (here’s an equivalent week earlier in the life of this [...]

By: Eoin

Eoin — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:39:58 +0000

More on World Book Day in its 23 April guise from The Patry Copyright Blog UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day and IPKat UN copycats?.

By: Eoin

Eoin — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:47:29 +0000

In fact, 1 March was "World Book Day" only in Ireland the UK. In the rest of the world, taking their lead from UNESCO, World Book Day is today, 23 April. From that site:

By celebrating this Day throughout the world, UNESCO seeks to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property through copyright. 23 April: a symbolic date for world literature for on this date and in the same year of 1616, Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died. ...

By: cearta.ie » Blog Archive » Consumers’ Days

cearta.ie » Blog Archive » Consumers’ Days — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:26:26 +0000

[...] World Consumer Day to encourage consumers to protect themselves from scams. Though I am largely sceptical of the value of days for this and that, I can’t help feeling that, given the week [...]

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.. — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:02:51 +0000

[...] Day but time ran out for me and the power cut didn’t help my motivation much. Nevertheless, Cearta.ie blogged it. Check out some of my photos from last year’s World Book Day celebration! [...]