Everyone will find here something interesting
 
The Baku Book Center on Aug. 31 hosted an event for representatives of creative and intellectual circles of the society - popular writers, poets, musicians, scientists and artists. 

The guests were informed about the activity of the Baku Book Center, various projects and events implemented by the Center.
 
In her welcome address, Executive Director of the Baku Book Center Gunel Rzaeva expressed deep gratitude to the First Vice President of Azerbaijan, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Mehriban Aliyeva, for her support in creation of the Baku Book Center. Gunel Rzayeva said she hopes the Baku Book Center will play one of the key roles in education of the younger generations and will promote reading motivation in people.
 
The Executive Director of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Anar Alakbarov spoke about various cultural projects implemented by the Foundation, as well as the work carried out to encourage the interest of young people in studies, reading and added that this work will be long.   

Anar Alakbarov emphasized the role of the First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva in the creation of the Baku Book Center. “For a long time, we wished to create a high-profile book center in Baku, which would combine different book publishers.  I believe that we have achieved this goal," Anar Alakbarov said, adding that the Baku Book Center will be interesting for everyone.
 
Anar Alakbarov said that the Baku Book Center will be open to public, including people with physical disabilities.  He said that on the second floor of the Center there is a reading hall, visually impaired people area, special zones for various literary and cultural events, kids’ area and educational area for people engaged in scientific activities.
 
 
Window opening into the world
 
Addressing the event, Chairman of the Writers' Union of Azerbaijan, People's Writer Anar, highly valued the establishment of the Baku Book Center and stressed the important role of books in the life of a human being.

Anar emphasized the activity of the First Vice President of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva in promotion of Azerbaijani culture. He has compared the Baku Book Center with a window opening into the world. "I would like to spend my whole life here. Because here I found all the books that I’ve never read," Anar said.
 
Reading people will always live
 
Secretary of the Writers Union of Azerbaijan, People's writer Chingiz Abdullayev highly appreciated the establishment of such a center in Azerbaijan. "Our future, policy, economy, army, the Karabakh issue start from the book. If there is no book, then there will be nothing. The reading people will always live," Chingiz Abdullayev said, adding that the development of modern Azerbaijan became possible due to education. 
 
The event participants then watched a video about the Baku Book Center.
 
The main goal of the Baku Book Center, which was created upon an initiative of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, is to increase interest in reading. The Center offers bestsellers in the Azerbaijani and other languages, art albums, guidebooks for tourists, musical books and notes. The Center also offers books published by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.

The Center holds various presentations, book signings, meetings with famous writers, poets, musicians, master classes, reading days, language courses and other events to increase the interest of young generations in reading. 
 
 
Book lovers can effectively spend free time
 
When working on the BBC project, special attention was paid to break out areas so that the visitors could spend their spare time. Coffeemood café located on the first floor of the Center offers a beautiful dining space with stunning views.  While relaxing in the cafe, guests can look through the books and magazines presented in the Center.
 
Interactive touchscreens empower customers to get information about the books and new arrivals. Along with the various publications, the BBC also houses "I love Baku" souvenir barnd’s store and products of "Azermarka". The website of the Baku Book Center operates in three languages and includes online book store.  The Baku Book Center's new products can also be tracked trough its social media accounts on Facebook and Instagram.
 
(AZERTAC)