The Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania invites you to participate in the Early Reading Forum. It is a yearly event by the National library that aims to promote a professional and credible message on the benefits of early reading. Read More …
Norwegian Ministers about reading and reading promotion
“Literature and art are among the most beautiful ways to open up the world. In the shared experience of reading aloud, stories grow from glances, images and voices and tell of life, of dreams and also of ourselves.” Andrea Mayer, Read More …
A statement by Ms. Claudia Roth, the German Minister of State for Culture and Media, about the importance of reading promotion. She applauds the idea of a European Book Week. EURead is continuing its efforts to make that wish Read More …
This September, the third edition of the Polish Book Institute’s campaign “Small Book – Big Person” was launched. As part of the campaign, every preschooler who comes to the library with their parent will receive an extraordinary book First Readings Read More …
On International Literacy Day 2018, the first National Month of Reading Together (NMRT, Slov. Nacionalni mesec skupnega branja) commenced as a joint initiative of nine organisations. More than 250 partners and supporters proved that unity is strength indeed – more Read More …
“DIAVAZOYME PAREA!” (“Let’s read together!”) Open-air event that was held on the International Literacy Day (September 8th) and took place in Athens, at a park where two public children’s libraries are located. It consisted of parallel reading aloud sessions in Read More …
Today we organize the very first Bookstart day in Flanders and Brussels. On this day, more than 110 libraries open their doors especially for children between 0 and 2,5 years old. They organize reading aloud moments, sing-alongs and other special Read More …
On the 28h of March 2019, the Austrian Reading Aloud Day celebrated the importance of reading and literacy promotion in Austria by holding 1727 public readings nationwide. The Austrian Reading Aloud Day gives a noticeable impulse for more literature in Read More …
Children’s Reading Days have proved that children in the Czech Republic are frequent and enthusiastic readers. The challenge proposed by the Growing with the Book campaign was taken up by a surprisingly large number of schools and preschools, reading Read More …
On International Literacy Day 2018, the first National Month of Reading Together (NMRT, Slov. Nacionalni mesec skupnega branja) commenced as a joint initiative of nine organisations. More than 250 partners and supporters proved that unity is strength indeed – more Read More …
“DIAVAZOYME PAREA!” (“Let’s read together!”) Open-air event that was held on the International Literacy Day (September 8th) and took place in Athens, at a park where two public children’s libraries are located. It consisted of parallel reading aloud sessions in Read More …
Today we organize the very first Bookstart day in Flanders and Brussels. On this day, more than 110 libraries open their doors especially for children between 0 and 2,5 years old. They organize reading aloud moments, sing-alongs and other special Read More …
On the 28h of March 2019, the Austrian Reading Aloud Day celebrated the importance of reading and literacy promotion in Austria by holding 1727 public readings nationwide. The Austrian Reading Aloud Day gives a noticeable impulse for more literature in Read More …
The Week of Reading to Kids, the largest reading campaign in the Czech Republic, that promotes the importance of reading aloud to children and young people, is held every first week in June. Schools, nurseries, libraries, mothers’ centres, literary cafes, the Read More …
EUROPE READS OZEN IRAKURTZEKO KANPAINA – CAMPAÑA DE LECTURA EN VOZ ALTA On Tuesday, April the second over 100 people including babies and toddlers gathered in the City Hall of San Sebastián to support the EUROPE READS Campaign for reading Read More …
Read Every Day is a national information campaign to promote the importance of parents reading aloud to their children every day. As studies show correlation between reading for pleasure and academic achievement, we aim to inspire parents to read aloud Read More …
The Reading Week has become a stable part of national annual calendar.The Reading Week celebrates the literacy and the reading in general in April. Many literature events will be organised during the week. Moreover, the Reading Week produces lesson tips Read More …
The National Reading Plan has joined the celebration of the World Read Aloud Day with an Event and the promotion of different activities. This event promoted by the National Reading Plan had the support of the Municipality of Alcochete, the Read More …
On Friday April 12th 2019, over 204,00 individuals, book clubs, corporates and schools registered to take time out and to ‘Drop Everything and Read’ for twenty minutes at 12 noon. This was an extraordinary increase of over 207% participation. The simple Read More …
Children’s Reading Day will be held in the Czech Republic on 23 April, (World Book and Copyright Day), its purpose being for children to read extracts from their favourite books – at school to their classmates, at home to their Read More …
The Swiss Reading Aloud Day is the largest reading campaign in Switzerland that promotes the importance of reading aloud to children and young people. It was launched in 2018 by the Swiss Institute for Children’s and Youth Media SIKJM/ISJM/ISMR in Read More …
The National Reading Aloud Days (Nationale Voorleesdagen) have become a real tradition over the past 15 years in the Netherlands. The kick off is organised in kindergartens and daycare centers throughout the country. During the National Reading Aloud Breakfast politicians, mayors, tv Read More …
The German Reading Aloud Day is the largest reading festival in Germany – initiated by Weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT, Stiftung Lesen and Deutsche Bahn Stiftung. In 2018, more than 660.000 People were reading aloud or listening to stories on November Read More …
The 2018 programme for Book Week Scotland, Scotland’s annual celebration of reading, is bigger and better than ever, with over 400 incredible events taking place across the country. During Book Week, at least 600,000 people of all ages and Read More …
