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📚📚Award-winning children's #writer and founder of the non-profit organization "Planet Agents", Eleni Andreadis, spoke to Reading Greece about #literature as a means to raise environmental awareness among children and young people, and the challenges of implementing school curricula that help form environmentally conscious students.

"Yes, I believe literature is a really powerful tool that can nurture environmental awareness in children. Stories speak directly to the imagination, the heart, and the values of a child. They don’t just convey facts — they create emotional connections. When a child reads about a forest in danger or a sea creature trying to protect its home, they start to care. They begin to see themselves not as bystanders, but as part of the story.

Literature invites children to feel, to question, and to dream. It helps them explore complex issues —like climate change, biodiversity loss, or pollution— in a way that’s accessible and engaging. Through characters, adventures, and even humor, children absorb values of respect, empathy, and responsibility toward the planet.

And most importantly, stories help children imagine solutions. They offer hope. And in the face of such enormous environmental challenges, hope is not a luxury — it’s essential. It gives children the courage to act and the belief that their choices matter".

Εκδόσεις Μεταίχμιο - Ekdoseis Metaixmio
Eleni Andreadis - Writer
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Reading Greece: Eleni Andreadi – “Literature is a really powerful tool that can nurture environmental awareness in children”
Eleni Andreadi was born in London. She has travelled and worked in many countries, including the UK, Germany and the USA, where she specialised in Environmental Policy and Media at Harvard University. When she returned to Greece in 2009, she founded the non-profit organization Planet Agents, which i...
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Reading Greece2 days ago
🎉The Yannis Ritsos Municipal Museum was recently inaugurated at the castle town of Monemvasia, in the presence of Greek Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni.

The residence of Yannis Ritsos, an architectural structure with a history dating back to the post-Byzantine period, is located next to the main gate of the Castle Town. With the various interventions it has undergone—mainly from the late 19th to the 20th century—the house retains strong elements of the region's architectural and social history.

The transformation of the historic house of Yiannis Ritsos into a museum included research, documentation, and museological study, as well as the design and planning of the exhibition spaces. Through modern exhibition tools, digital applications, and interactive experiences, the multifaceted work, personality, and enduring connection of the poet with his birthplace are showcased.

To learn more about the work of Yiannis Ritsos
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📘Poem of the Month: ‘Moonlight Sonata’ by Yannis Ritsos
https://www.greeknewsagenda.gr/poem-of-the-month-moonlight-sonata-by-yiannis-ritsos/

📙Poem of the Month: “The Body and the Blood” by Yannis Ritsos
https://www.greeknewsagenda.gr/poem-of-the-month-the-body-and-the-blood-by-yannis-ritsos/
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Reading Greece4 days ago
📚📚On the occasion of the publication of his first poetry collection "Ionesco lurks at Porta Ianualis" (Θράκα, 2025), writer and director Panayiotis Kalivitis spoke to Reading Greece about #poetry "as a declaration not toward the aesthetic of the beautiful, but toward an aesthetic of the Real, of the Heideggerian Das Ding"
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Reading Greece: Panayiotis Kalivitis – “Poetry is an act of declaration toward an aesthetic of the Real, of the Heideggerian Das Ding”
Panayiotis Kalivitis is a Panteion University graduate. He studied theatre in Athens and pursued postgraduate studies in London (Royal Holloway, University of London – MA, Department of Drama and Theatre, Playwriting pathway), followed by advanced training in New York with the SITI Company (The Vi...
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Reading Greece1 week ago
📌It was on 29 July 1925 that internationally renowned composer Mikis Theodorakis was born. He was famous not just for his diverse body of work but also for his active involvement in Greece’s political and social struggles during the second half of the 20th century.

📚The “Roads of the Archangel” by Mikis Theodorakis is a monumental autobiographical work covering his musical, ideological, and political journey. Originally issued in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it was later republished in a refined two-volume edition in 2009 by the University of Crete Press. It offers not only a deep personal narrative but also a panoramic view of Greek cultural and political history throughout the mid 20th century.

Theodorakis presents a rich autobiographical account, delving into his childhood, formative years, and political and musical evolution. Yet, the work is not just personal memoir but also a portrait of Greek society and politics across tumultuous decades — from the Metaxas dictatorship, WWII, the Civil War, to the junta era and its aftermath. Indeed, the book offers a firsthand account of the personal, creative, and political paths of one of Greece’s most influential 20th-century figures and at the same time a national chronicle illustrating the intertwined history of art and politics in modern Greece.
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