Reading Greece: Marisa De Castro – “To make history interesting, it must be written with honesty, even when it addresses traumatic issues”
Marisa De Castro is born in Athens. She studied Pedagogy at the Sorbonne and Literature for...
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Category: 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,...
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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...
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Reading Greece: Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of Athens, Francesco Neri, on Italy as the Country of Honour at the Thessaloniki Book Fair 2025
Italy will be the country of honour at the 21st Thessaloniki Book Fair, which will take place on 8...
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Poetry of the Month: “Days of the Epitaph” by Nikos Gatsos
Easter, or Pascha in Greek, is the most important religious holiday of the Orthodox...
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Book of the Month: “Pope Joan” by Emmanuel Roïdes, translated into English by David Connolly
Pope Joan or Papissa Ioanna as is the title of the book in Greek, was presented by Emmanuel Roïdes...
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Reading Greece: Georgia Tsoukalochoriti – “When writing, language and the aesthetic side of it, is my main concern”
Georgia Tsoukalochoriti was born in Athens in 1994 and grew up in Athens and Vatera, Lesvos. She...
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Book of the Month: “The Greek Revolution of 1821 and its Global Significance” by Roderick Beaton
It has been called the ‘age of revolution’. The white heat of it came in the decades either side...
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Reading Greece: Marisa De Castro – “To make history interesting, it must be written with honesty, even when it addresses traumatic issues”
Marisa De Castro is born in Athens. She studied Pedagogy at the Sorbonne and Literature for Children and Young People. She taught History and Literature to primary school students in the private sector. She writes documentary books for children in the field of history and art, and translates literat...
