Friendship--An Introduction
January 2004
Banner photo: Hokkaido, Japan ©SEKAI BUNKA PHOTO
Book Fairs
The Belgrade Book Fair
The 55th annual Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's largest international trade fair for books, multimedia and communications, was held in Frankfurt, Germany, from October 8-13. SGI registered for the event for the first time, with a stall promoting "The Power of Dialogue," displaying some 300 books. The event drew some 300,000 visitors, with exhibitors from 111 countries.
SGI-Canada participated in "The Word on the Street," an annual book and magazine street fair hosted in five Canadian cities, on September 28. SGI-Canada was represented in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Toronto. More than 2,000 visitors who attended the fair in Toronto stopped by SGI-Canada's booth, which introduced SGI-Canada's New Century magazine and other publications on SGI's peace, culture and education activities.
Meanwhile, a Serbian translation of Dialogue on Life by Daisaku Ikeda, published by Balkanska Gnoza of Belgrade, was introduced at the Belgrade Book Fair 2003 from October 21-27. The members of SGI-Serbia and Montenegro (former Yugoslavia) were also celebrating the organization's official registration.
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