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21/04/2024. BiblioNight at the National Library of Karelia
April 20, 2024:
The National Library of Karelia joined the All-Russian event BiblioNight 2024.
This annual large-scale event has been held for the 13th time. It aims at supporting reading and the social significance of literature as an important part of national culture.
This year, the BiblioNight was dedicated to the Year of Family, and its theme was Let’s Read Together with the Whole Family. According to a tradition, the first guests of the BiblioTwilight were our young patrons.
Children’s program started with the opening of the Children’s Book Week. From the 21st till the 28th of April, our young readers and their parents will meet famous children’s writers, take part in workshops, children's literature reviews, creative programs, loud readings, quizzes and much more!
After the opening ceremony of Children's Book Week, playgrounds, quests and master classes began their work for the youngest readers. At BiblioTwilight, writer Anna Tilles and her fairy-tale characters came to visit young readers.
Family reading is a creative and useful process for both children and adults. At 6 p.m., the BiblioNight 2024 sites began their work.
The guests of the BiblioNight could get acquainted with rare editions of past centuries. The library organized three excursions to the exhibition Family Reading of Romanov Dynasty in the Rare Book Sector.
Tour guides, local historians and everyone interested in the history of Karelia visited two sites at once on BiblioNight. The educational program Ice Age in Karelia was carried out within the framework of cooperation between the National Library and the Institute of Geology of the Karelian Research Centre.
Both permanent and new members of the SoNeT literary club presented Reading with Family program. For lovers of the local history, a film “Roerich. Northern Odyssey" was shown. This stunning film was shot at the request of the St. Petersburg Museum-Institute of the Roerich Family, and it is based on available materials from the period of residence of the friendly and creative Roerich family in Karelia.
Every year, during the BiblioNight, writers and librarians introduce readers to new books. That time, a presentation of an electronic edition took place. Its author is Yana Zhemoitelite, writer, Chairman of the Union of Young Writers of Karelia, Head of the Severnoye Siyaniye publishing house and our colleague. Her book I'm lying unkilled, alive tells about poets dead during the Winter War near Suoyarvi. The book has just been published in St. Petersburg.
After such a rich program, it was time to take a family walk. Our patrons participated in walking tours of the Read Streets like Books project on Pushkinskaya and Sobornaya streets.
The guests of the Biblionight visited wonderful book exhibitions. The Rare Books Sector prepared an exhibition dedicated to the anniversary of Nikolay Gogol. Visitors saw writer’s books and also a unique edition of Mirgorod published in 1835 during the author's lifetime.
To the 460th anniversary of William Shakespeare, the Department of Literature in Foreign Languages opened an exhibition The Legacy of a Brilliant Bard with author’s books in the original language.
PHOTOES OF THE BIBLIONIGHT ARE AVAILABLE ON THE SITE
