A writer and poet, Mr Daniel Owusu-Koran­teng, has donated 40 books to the Logos Hope, the world's floating library vessel, as his contribution to promote reading culture, especially among the youth globally.

The two volumes are titled: 'Paying My Debt- an Autobiography' and 'The Wanderer's Poems- an Anthology of Twenty-Five Poems.' The consignment was received aboard the ship berthed at the Tema Port by the Assistant Book Fair Manager of the Logos Hope, Ms Viguier Christina Anne Grace, who expressed gratitude to Mr Owusu-Koranteng for the kind gesture saying the management and staff of Logos Hope appreciate you.

Mr Owusu-Koranteng making the presentation earlier commended the efforts of Logos Hope in promoting reading culture globally, especially among the youth through its Floating Library approach. "Reading culture carries with it enormous benefits because it is through reading that the youth would have access to extensive knowledge stored in books which would equip them to deal with the difficulties of life and prevent them from falling into temptation of engaging social vices such as smoking, drug addiction and alcoholism that were destroying the youth today, " he expained.

He appealed to the government to promote the reading culture among the younger generations through increased investment in institutions that are entrusted with the responsibility of promoting Reading Habit such as the Ghana Library Board and Ghana Book Development Council.

He recommended the Mobile Library concept as a means to open up oppor­tunities to people, especially those in deprived areas to benefit from access to books for the development of the Reading Culture among people in rural communities who do not have access to Libraries.

He also called on financially well- en­dowed individuals, philanthropists and well- meaning Ghanaians to regard in­vestment in the provision of Libraries to areas without Libraries as very important for human capital development.

His book (Paying My Debt-An Autobi­ography) won the Creative Non-Fiction (Kofi Awoonor ) Category in the 5th Literary Awards of the Ghana Associa­tion of Writers ( GAW) in 2021 and the " Wanderer's Poems- An Anthology of Twenty."  BY TIMES REPORTER