23 April, World Book Day at the Ikaros Publications Bookshop

The 400th anniversary of the deaths of Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare provided the perfect occasion for Greece to celebrate World Book Day 2016 last Saturday, 23 April.The walk, which took place in central Athens from early on Saturday morning, featured 24 stops filled with books and brought readers closer to the authors of the books as well as to their ‘paper heroes’.Ikaros Publications celebrated World Book Day with an event at our historic bookshop, where authors, poets and illustrators who publish their books with us turned out in force. The event was honoured by a large crowd of people, readers young and old, who also wanted to celebrate this unique day of the book in their own way. In the morning, our young friends met and chatted with: Maria Angelidou, Myrto Delivoria, Christos Kourtoglou, Antonis Papatheodoulou, Alekos Papadatos and Irida Samartzi, whilst the luckiest ones even secured signed copies of their books!The event then continued with the presence of distinguished authors: Athanasios Alexandridis, Yannis Antiochos, Christos Giannaras, Kiki Dimoula, Aristos Doxiadis, Lelis Bey, Dimitris Nollas, Dimitris Oikonomou, Thanos Stathopoulos and Giorgos Psaltis. Seventy-three years after its foundation, Ikaros remains a vibrant organisation, a contemporary publishing house that collaborates with leading creators in their fields and constantly renews its readership.The grand celebration concluded with best wishes for World Book Day and for a society in which reading books will be an integral part of our daily lives.