The opening of the Bandung 2019 Book Festival as a series of events to commemorate National Education Day 2019, was inaugurated by the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia. General Chairperson Ikapi Jabar Mahpudi said, the Bandung Book Festival this time was different because it was held on April 4-10 2019, ahead of the democratic party on April 17, 2019. “The committee gave the theme: Urang Bandung Democracy Party (not Democracy). This theme was chosen to show the consistency of the management of Ikapi Jabar while still focusing on the mission and vision of the organization to make the book the basis of the nation’s civilization, “he said.
The Mayor of Bandung, Oded M Danial, invited all people in Bandung to return to reading books. This is due to the fact that the reading interest rate of the Indonesian people is presumably still tending to be worrying. Moreover, based on the results of research conducted, Bandung residents can spend time with their gadgets on average three hours a day not worth the reading power.
“There is no advanced civilization if people do not read books, do not publish books, and do not write books. Even though Oded has had a private library since the school age, because from there we can get a lot of new knowledge that is useful to be used in activities in life, such as to fill material in preaching or giving a speech like this, “he said.
UGM Press as the academic publisher returned for the third time in Bandung, as a participant in the Bandung Book Festival event which will be held on April 4-10, 2019 at the Landmark Building Jalan Braga No. 129 Bandung. UGM Press is on booths numbers 53–54 by holding special discounts and 100 first buyers will get attractive souvenirs, according to the terms and conditions that apply at the booth. (Dimas / UGM Press)