World Book and Copyright Day

World Book and Copyright Day are celebrated to promote and recognise the benefit of reading books, publishing and copyright. World Book Day is organised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).

In 1995, UNESCO decided that World Book and Copyright Day would be celebrated on 23 April, as the date is also the anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega and that of the birth or death of several other prominent authors. April 22.