Germany’s popular and still-new KulturPass for 18-year-olds sees its per-person allocations dropped ‘from €200 to €100 for this year.’ In the second year of Germany’s KulturPass for 18-year-olds, the program’s allocation for each eligible teen’s spending on books and/or other cultural goods and services has been cut in half. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Wiiliam87 By […]
From Germany’s Reading Monitor 2023: Families read aloud together more when children ask their parents for it. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Carpinxo By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘Children Are the Key to Encouraging Parents To Read Aloud’ As Publishing Perspectives readers know, the German book industry has been particularly prompt in assessing and addressing
The state of Brandenburg’s ‘Reading Is Life’ campaign is providing some €3 million in book and workbook vouchers to schools. A Brandenburg Bücherscheck, a ‘books check,’ which a school can use to buy books and workbooks in physical bookstores to support the needs of students — who are allowed to keep their reading materials By
The Carta Cultura has a different structure: The philosophy behind this measure is that the barrier preventing young people from accessing culture—and which this public intervention is intended to remove—is mainly economic. The card is in fact aimed at young people with a comparatively low “ISEE,” a metric of one’s economic situation that takes into
Isobel Abulhoul, who founded the Emirates LitFest and Magrudy’s bookstore chain in the UAE, focuses on turning children into readers. Isobel Abulhoul. Image: Emirates Literature Foundation By Hannah Johnson | @HannahSJohnson ‘New Trends Can Be Adapted and Utilized’ Isobel Abulhoul is a singular figure in the United Arab Emirates’ literary scene. Her credentials are impressive thanks
Frankfurt Book Fair joins new effort, opened during Bologna by the Montreuil Children’s Book Fair, of event producers to support reading in Europe. At the 2010 Frankfurter Buchmesse, a session on books for young readers. Image: FBM, Alexander Heimann By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘A Wide Range of Societal Concerns’ After years of observing
Two panels at the International Congress of Arabic Publishing and Creative Industries looked at ways public and private sectors can support culture and creative industries. Audience at the 2024 International Congress of Arabic Publishing and Creative Industries in Abu Dhabi. Image: Congress PCI By Hannah Johnson In numerous countries, public and private organizations are working
The annual “I Read Because” project — called #IoLeggoPerché — is opening for registration ahead of its autumn book donations to Italy’s libraries. Artwork for the ninth annual #ioleggoperche event in Italy, the nationwide donation drive steered by the publishers’ association for library collections. Image: Association of Italian Publishers / Silvia Introzzi By Porter Anderson,
The eighth edition of Scholastic’s ‘Kids & Family Reading Report’ series looks at books’ support for readers as well as parents. Image – Getty: KieferPix By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Previous reports: 2017: Scholastic’s Kids & Family Reading Report: Insights From the US, UK, India, and Australia2019: Scholastic’s ‘Kids & Family’ Report Sees Summer Youth Reading
