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📚📚The City of Athens Library, one of the most important and historic libraries of the country, reopened its doors to the citizens on 11 February 2025. The Library has been radically modernized, while some 25,000 books of all categories are now freely accessible to the public.

On this occasion, read about the library's history, the books, archives and rare collections it houses, the challenges it faces and the future prospects as it enters a new era

Δημοτική Βιβλιοθήκη Αθήνας
Δήμος Αθηναίων
Οργανισμός Πολιτισμού, Αθλητισμού και Νεολαίας Δήμου Αθηναίων
Reading Greece
Reading Greece: A New Era for the City of Athens Library
The City of Athens Library, one of the most important and historic libraries of the country, reopened its doors to the citizens on 11 February 2025. The Library has been radically modernized, while some 25,000 books of all categories are now freely accessible to the public. On this occasion, Reading...
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Reading Greece3 days ago
21st THESSALONIKI BOOK FAIR (8-11 May 2025)
✏️11th Young Writers’ Festival✏️

The 11th Young Writers’ Festival will present a wide and diverse range of #poets and prose #writers and will again this year prepare the successful Poetry Black Box, which will host #videopoems, but this time also events.

On weekend afternoons from 14:00–16:00, the 11th Young Writers’ Festival is organizing literary meetings, discussions, and readings featuring 12 emerging Greek authors, coordinated by poet and publisher Giorgos Alisanoglou and poet Alexios Mainas. The poets present their work through discussions on contemporary poetry, complemented by readings, personal narratives, and poetic dialogues.

Participants: Santi Vasileiou, Thekla Georgiou, Petros Gioulekas, Giorgos Dritsas, Christina Ioannou, Theda Kaidoglou, Giorgos Katraouras, Michalis Malandrakis, Ilia Boura, Kallirroi Parousi, Menelaos Pistikos, and Lina Foundoglou. Guest speaker: Maria Athanasopoulou, Associate Professor of Modern Greek Literature and Literary Theory.

📍POETRY BOX - Pavilion 14
Saturday 10 & Sunday 11 May TIF HELEXPO
⏰14:00-16:00

Learn more 👉thessalonikibookfair.gr/new/35

HFBC Ελληνικό Ίδρυμα Βιβλίου και Πολιτισμού
Thessaloniki Book Fair / Διεθνής Έκθεση Βιβλίου Θεσσαλονίκης
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Reading Greece5 days ago
📚📚Little #bookstores constitute an integral part of our culture and our local communities. It’s the place where #writers can connect with #readers, where we discover new, unknown worlds, where children are captivated by the thrill of reading that can last a lifetime. They are the places that never stop inspiring us, uniting us and spreading the love for #books.

Reading Greece spoke to Ioanna Diamanti and Miltos Gitas, owners of Μωβ Κουκουβάγια, a little bookstore in Ioannina, Epirus, about the role of little bookstores and their influence on reading preferences, as well as the challenges they are faced with and the prospects ahead.
Reading Greece
Reading Greece: “Mov Koukouvagia”, a Little Bookstore in Ioannina, Epirus, that Fosters Love for Books and Reading
Little bookstores constitute an integral part of our culture and our local communities. It’s the place where writers can connect with readers, where we discover new, unknown worlds, where children are captivated by the thrill of reading that can last a lifetime. They are the places that never stop...
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