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May 08, 2006
Reading for discussion
There was two events related to reading and reading promotion, in Spain, last month. On the one hand, the European Meeting about Books and Reading was held in Madrid with the heading “Reimaginando la lectura”, (Thinking reading up). It was organizad by the European Union and the Spanish Culture Department, in the frame of the multiannual agreement for the cooperation in matter of books and reading, approved and financed jointly by the European Commision, inside the program Culture 2000. It is aimed to know and discuss about the reading habits, promotion policies and the involved agents in its developement along Europe. The conclusions will be officially given to the European Union. At the same time, it was, the I Congreso Nacional de la Lectura, (I National Reading Meeting), held in Cáceres by the Culture Department and the Junta de Extremadura, with the advice of the Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez. That meeting joined more than 400 people for three days. The joiners were profesionals in different fields, and the gathered round a full program, with representatives of all the fields related to reading. It was an attempt to move forward a clear and full view of reading and its challenges in the 21st Century.
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