People’s Writer of Azerbaijan Anar on Nov. 28 met with schoolchildren in Shabran, a town located 123 km north-west of Baku.
 
The meeting was held as part of the Voluntary Reading project, co-organized by Regional Development Public Association of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and Baku Book Center.
 
The event took place in Shabran Cultural Center.
 
The project, which involves high school students aims to expand reading skills among schoolchildren and to contribute to the effective organization of out-of-school reading.
 
Greeting the participants of the event, the People's Writer Anar spoke about the significance of the meeting with schoolchildren. The Chairman of the Writers' Union stressed a great interest in literature in country's regions. Then the national writer answered the students' various questions related to literature.
 
The meeting, which aroused great interest among students, discussed Anar’s novel "Ağ qoç, qara qoç" (White ram, black ram).
 
At the meeting, the authors of the interesting questions were presented with gifts.
 
The writer also signed his books for the children. 
 
The event held in Shabran is the first meeting organized in the regions within the framework of the project.