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Join us for the pan-European celebration this fall!
17-09-2025 [PRESS RELEASE] An open invitation to celebrate the European Authors Day. “Be the change you want to see in the world” – this is the call for everyone to join in a shared celebration of reading and human creativity. The special multilingual website www.readforreal.eu is inviting authors, bookstores and publishers, schools and kindergartens, libraries […]
Read moreReading: The Hidden Infrastructure of European Competitiveness. A reading promoter’s perspective on the Draghi report
The state of the European Union has recently been the subject of critical and in-depth analysis by Mario Draghi, former President of the European Central Bank and one of Europe’s foremost economic thinkers. His report, The Future of European Competitiveness, has informed the European Commission’s strategic direction for its new mandate and serves as the foundation […]
read moreEurope 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 […]
read moreEURead Marks 25th Anniversary with Global Gathering in Brussels
EURead celebrated its 25th anniversary with a vibrant gathering of its members, alongside participants from the Global Network for Early Years Bookgifting and the Researchers Network. The event brought together people from five continents to discuss reading promotion from multiple perspectives over three days in Brussels. Iedereen Leest hosted this year’s event. Its bookgifting programme, […]
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