Europe really needs reading – so Read. For Real!
This year’s European Authors Day will offer celebrations across Europe thanks to the collaboration of an international consortium of seven partners from five countries supported by Creative Europe.
The consortium, led by the Universal Reading Foundation from Poland, with partners including the National Library of Poland, Stiftung Lesen from Germany, CICLIC, the French public agency for books and images of the Centre-Val de Loire Region, the Bulgarian organisation Chetene, the Belgian-based Federation of European Publishers and the EURead network, has won the privilege to run a multi-level strategy to raise readership in Europe and promote European literature which will be the continuation of the European Authors Day initiated in 2023 by Creative Europe.
Europe really needs reading. 75 million adult Europeans are unable to read with understanding and lack properly developed literacy skills. A large part of the population does not participate in the life of economies and communities due to insufficient reading skills – it is a tremendous loss for them individually and for the societies and democracies as a whole. Reading for pleasure (which is a sign of literacy skills) is at the lowest level since years.
The consortium will be continuing Creative Europe’s work around three pillars: annual celebrations of Authors through the pan-European Read.ForReal campaign, annual workshops to strengthen reading promotion professionals and their networks, and annual conferences to create a platform of thought and impact.
The first huge celebration of the European Authors Day will be held during November 11th-December 12th each year. Meetings with European Authors travelling from country to country will take place across Europe. Schools, preschools, libraries and bookstores from all around Europe will be invited to join in with their creativity and unlimited potential.
More information and details will be published at the end of summer 2025.
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