In line with the global campaign of World Book Day 2021, the Ministry of Culture has coordinated with governmental organizations, museums and independent bookstores to organize over 150 activities across Taiwan revolving around six themes - literature and history, art, industrial culture, ecological science, social concern and cultural equality, and centennial of the establishment of Taiwanese Cultural Association.
As part of the "Taiwan Fiction" series, "Formosana: Stories of Democracy in Taiwan (Formosana: Histoires de démocratie à Taiwan )," a collection of nine short stories by contemporary Taiwanese writers, was published by the French publishing company L'Asiathèque in February.
The Taiwan Pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, which will run from May 22 to Nov. 21 this year, will explore and bring to light the boundaries between humanity, the environment and nature in echoing the exhibition's overarching theme of coexistence between humanity and nature.