The French city of Strasbourg has been declared the «World Book Capital» of 2024

UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay has designated Strasbourg (France) as the "World Book Capital" for 2024, according to the results of the World Book Capital Advisory Committee.

For information, every year UNESCO designates the world book capital. As of 2001, Strasbourg is the 24th city to be awarded this title (Madrid (2001), Alexandria (2002), New Delhi (2003), Antwerp (2004), Montreal (2005), Turin (2006), Bogotá ( 2007), Amsterdam (2008), Beirut (2009), Ljubljana (2010), Buenos Aires (2011), Yerevan (2012), Bangkok (2013), Port Harcourt (2014), Incheon (2015), Wroclaw (2016) ), Conakry (2017), Athens (2018), Sharjah (2019), Kuala Lumpur (2020), Tbilisi (2021), Guadalajara (2022) and Accra (2023).

The UNESCO World Book Capital Advisory Committee includes representatives of the European and International Booksellers' Federation, the International Authors' Forum, the Federation of International Library Associations, the International Publishers' Association and UNESCO.