and Arab writers also took place during this period. Other events included thematics such as Lebanon and the Alphabet, festivals of poetry, comics, storytelling, a professional book fair, conferences dealing with copyright, the future of books, translation, meetings with Mediterranean booksellers, competitions and prizes. Ljubljana 2010 Theme: “In The Realm of the Book” The programme incorporated objectives related to the promotion of reading books, the increase in the accessibility of books by all the population, the spread of the culture of reading and the introduction of different literary genres to the public. More than 300 activities were organised during the Ljubljana World Book Capital 2010 including: Ljubljana Reads: Growing up with Books was a project intended for three-year-olds, first-formers, and Slovenian secondary school students, who each received at the end a small gift in the form of a picture book or a Slovenian fiction book. Books and Creativity in Culture: events organised and held by museums, galleries, theatres, musicians, and other artists. Books and the City: literary events, traditionally held in Slovenia. Ljubljana installed new reading nooks in public spaces, intended for all the people of the city. A park maze was created where people got to read quietly, book reading was facilitated in hospitals, in old people's homes, and in asylum detention centres. World Book Summit 2011 – Books as Promoters of Human Development: From 31 March to 1 April 2010, Ljubljana hosted this international summit. The main issues discussed were the challenges of digitization for the publishing industry, the aspects of translation from the world's minor to major languages, and international bestsellers. During the World Book Summit, The Ljubljana Resolution on Books was adopted. The resolution outlined the directions in which public administration could move in order to improve its support of books and reading. Pogledi: The bi-weekly newspaper, launched by Ljubljana's newspaper and publishing house Delo. Pogledi incorporated content in areas of culture, media, and intellectual life. It also constituted a platform for critical reflection on culture and society. Books for Everyone project: approximately 8,000 copies of 21 books were printed and were available for purchase at the symbolic price of €3.00 per copy. Buenos Aires 2011 The World Book Capital programme during the year 2011 was held in Buenos Aires in Argentina. The project unit “Unidad de Proyectos Buenos Aires Capital Mundial de Libro” was created especially for the occasion and was ran by Luciana Blasco.