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Reading Greece

Reading Greece

Reading Greece is a series of interviews featuring Greek writers and other stakeholders of the Greek book market. It forms part of Greek News Agenda, issued by the Public Diplomacy Secretariat of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Reading Greece

3 days ago

Reading Greece
🌈THESSALONIKI BOOK FAIR 2024– CHILDREN’S AND TEENAGERS’ CORNER🌈"One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world," Malala Yousafzai said in her historic speech at the UN in 2013. Cultivating love for reading and bringing #children and young people into interactive contact with quality books and the people behind them is one of the long-standing priorities of the Thessaloniki Book Fair / Διεθνής Έκθεση Βιβλίου Θεσσαλονίκης. Every year, the events, activities and workshops for children, #teenagers and #teachers are one of the most dynamic attractions of the TBF.This year, celebrating its 20th anniversary, TBF has created the most lively, colourful and lively area of the Children's and Teenagers' Corner, which awaits young and old people to participate and enjoy the festivities! Admission is free!Ελληνικό Ίδρυμα Πολιτισμού / Hellenic Foundation for Culture ... See MoreSee Less

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Reading Greece

7 days ago

Reading Greece
📚NEW BOOK RELEASE📚Harakiri: (Notes + Sketches) Averoff Prison 20-7-1969 by Elias Petropoulos (Cycladic Press, 2024)Edited and translated by Michael Alexandratos, “Harakiri” presents the notes and sketches made by Elias Petropoulos while he was incarcerated in Averoff prison in July 1969. Thirty years later, Petropoulos published an article based on this material, which detailed the practices of self-harm amongst prisoners and urban working class men, dubbed “harakiri” in Greek underworld slang.Translated into English for the first time, this article is accompanied by full-colour facsimiles of Petropoulos’s sketches, which were sourced from his personal papers archived by the Gennadius Library in Athens.👉For more info: cycladic-press.com/harakiri-notes-sketches-averoff-prison-20-7-1969/ Read also: 👇📕Poetry Anthology of the Month: ‘Mirror for You’, Collected Poems (1967-1999) of Greek Urban Folklorist Elias Petropouloswww.greeknewsagenda.gr/poetry-anthology-of-the-month-mirror-for-you-collected-poems-1967-1999-of-...📗Reading Greece: John Taylor on Narrating the Life and Work of Greek Urban Folklorist Elias Petropouloswww.greeknewsagenda.gr/reading-greece-john-taylor-on-narrating-the-life-and-work-of-greek-urban-f... ... See MoreSee Less

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