Category: Reading Greece

📚📚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

🎉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/

📚📚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"