The National Book Development Council Cameroon has launched an “Operation a Book for Christmas” campaign in Cameroon as part of the Christmas festivities in 2009.

In this connection the National Book Development Council shall from 22^nd to 24^th December 2009 place books at strategic  areas in the towns of Buea, Kumba and Limbe and parents shall be expected to procure books for their children as they do with toys, footwear and dresses during the Christmas season.

Another activity, according to a Press Release by the Chairman of the Book Council, Mwalimu George Ngwane, shall be the “Read as you Ride” campaign which involves the offering of novels free to bus commuters traveling between Buea and Bamenda and back as well as between Buea-Yaounde-Buea from 22^nd to 24^th December 2009.   Passengers boarding some commuter buses between Buea and Bamenda and between Buea and Yaounde shall be donated fiction works with the aim of encouraging them to read the books in the course of their journey.

The purpose of this campaign is to promote a reading culture among children and young adults between the ages of five and eighteen and to cultivate a book buying culture among parents different from the school text book mentality that obtains at the beginning of each academic year.

The “Operation book for Christmas” campaign comes on the heels of a survey conducted by the National Book Development Council Cameroon in August 2008 whose results showed that the reading habit among children and young adults at home was much lower during holidays as compared to home video and Television viewing.

It should be recalled that in September 2009 the National Book Development Council Cameroon initiated a “books on wheels” project whose main objective was to promote a book culture and library development in college and community libraries and in early December 2009, the 14^th Convocation of the University of Buea was spiced with a National Book Council book promotion activity. The “books on wheels” project shall be carried out in the North West Region during the World Book Day (April 23^rd) in 2010.

Meanwhile anyone interested in buying a complete set of Encyclopedia, (21 Volumes), a complete set of Year Book (12 Volumes), and a complete set of Science Book (13 Volumes) should call 97 79 39 03.

• 20/04/2009 00:00 - German centre promotes culture reporting
• 20/04/2009 00:00 - German centre promotes culture reporting