As part of the celebration of the National Book Day, a bright and truly inspiring event took place in Zhastar Sarayy - the Regional Reading Contest "The Living Word". Deputy Head of the Department of Culture of the Akimat of Kostanay region S.D. Zhusupov, members of the Union of Writers of Kazakhstan, famous authors Akylbek Shayakhmet and Alexandra Suslova congratulated the participants of the event on the National Book Day. The competition was organized based on the motives of the Republican Literary competition named after Ibray Altynsarin for the best work for children and teenagers and gathered the winners of the regional and city qualifying stages – 21 finalists. The participants presented excerpts from the works of modern Kazakhstani authors included in the collections of "Taza bulak". These texts sounded in a new way – sincerely, with soul and artistry, performed by children for whom literature has become a close, native world. The atmosphere of live reading has united everyone – those who create, teach, read and love books. The best of the best were awarded with well-deserved awards: 1st place – Dayana Yertanova, Karabalyk district 2nd place – Nazym Baymurzina, Kostanay region 3rd place – Daniil Komarov, Kostanay city Special nominations: "Mura" – Tolegen Sezim, Zhangeldinsky district "Artistry" – Eginsayeva Aruzhan, Kostanay city "Bright stage image" – Elina Shirenina, Sarykolsky district "The best creative essay in the Kazakh language" – Anel Nazekeeva, Mendykara district "The best creative essay in Russian" – Kurmantaev Daniyar, Lisakovsk. A special place in the event was occupied by book exhibitions — "Zhana kitap – zhana alem" and "Urpakka mura – ulttyn sozi, kitaptyn izi". They presented the best publications from the collections of the Regional Library for Children and Youth named after I. Altynsarin and the Kostanay Regional Universal Scientific Library named after L.N. Tolstoy. Each book is a reflection of the cultural wealth and spiritual heritage of modern Kazakhstan.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/kostanai-madeniet/press/news/details/979539?lang=kk