About
Every Book Its Reader is a Wikimedia campaign, launched in 2023, that encourages people to improve and create content about books, literary works, and oral stories in Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikisource, and other sister projects.
Under the hashtag #EveryBookItsReader, participants contribute during April each year, to coincide with World Book Day on April 23.
Where the name comes from
“Every book its reader” is the third of Ranganathan’s five laws of library science.
How it started
The campaign idea and name came out of an online conversation in 2022 between three librarians: Laurie Bridges, Nuria Ferran-Ferrer, and Michael David Miller.
The first edition, in 2023, was run by a handful of volunteers with ties to libraries who loved the idea and wanted to make it happen:
- Lilian Viana, Brazil
- Stela Madruga, Brazil
- Michael David Miller, Canada
- Alejandra Quiroz Hernández, Mexico
- Martín Adalberto Tena Espinoza de los Monteros, Mexico
- Nuria Ferran-Ferrer, Catalonia, Spain
- Tebogo Khama, Botswana
- Lynn Jibril, Botswana
Take part
Anyone can organize local and regional events. See Events for how to add yours to the campaign dashboard, and tag any edits you make in April with #EveryBookItsReader.