Ghana Library Authority - Eastern Region

Today, we celebrate the heart and strength of the Ghana Library Authority, our dedicated staff across the country.

From guiding young readers, supporting digital learning, managing our spaces, to driving innovation in our libraries, your commitment continues to transform lives and communities every single day.

Your passion, resilience, and service do not go unnoticed. Ghana is reading, learning, and growing because of you.

Happy Workers’ Day to all our incredible staff members, you are truly the backbone of our impact.

Ghana Library Authority Hosts “Reading Amnesty” at Nsawam Medium Security Prison.

The Ghana Library Authority, through the Eastern Regional Library, organized a Reading Amnesty initiative at Nsawam Medium Security Prison to advance literacy and lifelong learning among inmates.

Themed “Free to Read,” the program encouraged inmates to prioritize education and personal development, reinforcing that growth and achievement remain possible regardless of circumstance.

Inmates also had the opportunity to undertake a Read Aloud session.

The Acting Executive Director, Mr. Alhassan Betintiche Ziblim and his delegation reaffirmed the Authority’s commitment to supporting inmates on their educational journey of reformation. As part of the visit, the team assessed the prison’s library facilities and donated a collection of reading resources to strengthen its holdings and improve access for inmates.

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Nkawkaw Library proudly marked International Book and Copyright Day with an engaging and impactful program for selected schools within the municipality.

The session was led by Ms. Justine Perfect Alorwu, Founder of ESEC Coaching and a volunteer with the Ghana Association of Writers, in collaboration with Nkawkaw Library.

Pupils were taken through:
📚 The power of reading in shaping careers
🧭 Career discovery activities using guided career texts
©️ A simplified understanding of copyright and why it matters

It was inspiring to see young minds actively participate, ask questions, and begin to see the connection between reading, creativity, and their future paths.

We remain committed to nurturing a culture of reading, creativity, and responsible use of knowledge among our young learners.

The Koforidua Youth Engagement Centre marked Girls in ICT today with 10 girls from the Koforidua Presbyterian Basic School.

The girls were introduced to several IT careers as well as a session on the Introduction to Scratch programming, a block-based programming language made for beginners.

The Ghana Library Authority - Eastern Region will be at the Nsawam Prisons on Friday 24th April to mark Reading Amnesty, an initiative to celebrate International Book and Copyright Day.

This initiative is themed "Free to Read". The prisons library will be supplied with reading resources to boost literacy.

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World Book & Copyright Day 2026

In commemoration of World Book and Copyright Day, the Ghana Book Party presents the maiden Ghana Book Dialogue; a thought-provoking conversation on the past, present, and future of Ghana’s book industry.

This engaging session brings together key voices to explore the industry’s role in Ghana’s socio-cultural development and uncover new opportunities within the book ecosystem.

Featuring:
• Elliot Agyare – CEO & Publisher, Smartline Publishers Ltd.
• Richardson Commey Fio – Special Aide to the Minister of Tourism, Culture & Creative Arts
• Joseph Baffuor-Gyamfi – Executive Director, CopyGhana
• Apiorkor Seyiram Ashong-Abbey – Poet/Author, Media Practitioner, Cultural Strategist & Creative Entrepreneur

Moderated by Thelma Tagoe – Communication Officer, Ghana Library Authority

A dialogue by book people, for book people, aimed at shaping policy and strengthening Ghana’s literary landscape.

📅 23rd April, 2026 | 10:00 AM
📍 National Children and Mobile Library

Be part of the conversation and share with your literary community.

The Eastern Regional Director of the Ghana Library Authority, Sir Evans Korletey-Tene engaged pupils at the Children's Section of the Regional Library to wrap up vacation activities at the library.

Children took part in "Words in sixty Seconds - WiSS" an activity where pupils accurately write several words from a long list of words in sixty seconds.

It was fun and educative as it helps build their listening and writing skills.

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Our library spaces are always interesting places to be.

Movie time at the Children's Section of the Regional Library in Koforidua was fun.

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Over the weekend, the Obo Branch Library in partnership with My Girl, My Pride Foundation, held an advocacy session for girls on girl child reproductive health and literacy promotion.

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The Ghana Library Authority - Eastern Region in partnership with the Koforidua Area Church of Pentecost will commence a Mobile Library Service for Sunday School Children of all Pentecost Churches in the Koforidua Area.

The initiative, themed "MissionaRead" by the Chirch and the Authority aims at supporting pupils to improve their literacy. Pupils will be provided with reading resources for home reading every other Sunday.

They will also be introduced to digital reading platforms.

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ACTIVITY WEDNESDAY

The Oscar Dapaah Memorial Library in the Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipality held a Personality Reading Session with Fire Officer Augustine Adusei for some pupils of the Rev. Father Wieggers School.

Pupils were encouraged to undertake more reading sessions during this vacation through the Ghana Library App.

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