4 September 2010

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About EU READ

EU READ is a consortium of European reading promotion organisations.

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Featured EU READ projects

Poetry Day (Portugal)

Poetry Day is a festival designed to celebrate the World Poetry Day. Different events take place at Cultural Centres: poets are invited to present their poems and interact with the public; …more >

De Nationale Voorleeswedstrijd (The National Reading Aloud Contest) (Netherlands)

De Nationale Voorleeswedstrijd, a reading promotion project for the two highest classes of primary school, takes place in schools from September to November. Students read aloud for four minutes from their …more >


Poetry Day (Flanders)

Poetry Day is The Netherlands’ and Flanders’s favourite day to celebrate poetry together. Many organisations in both countries organise local events and festivities that day, generating widespread media attention. For The …more >

Diversity in a Class Setting – Magazines in Bavarian Schools (Germany)

Magazines are especially well suited to encourage reading because of their current content - short articles and variety of texts. Moreover, young men often develop an interest in reading about special …more >