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Takis was a pioneering Greek sculptor world-renowned for his kinetic art. His sculptures turned magnetism, movement, and sound into art and reshaped the way we think about energy, space, and the unseen. Explore his unconventional universe!

📚📚Little bookstores constitute an integral part of our culture and our local communities. They are the places that never stop inspiring us, uniting us and spreading the love for books. Their role proves crucial in case they are located in remote areas such as the Greek islands or the Greek countryside.

Reading Greece spoke to Elpida and Dimitris, owners of Simoun, a beautiful little bookstore in Preveza, 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.

📚📚Which are the challenges of turning classical literary works into graphic novels? Is there something from the original work that is lost in the process of turning it into a graphic novel? Do graphic novels constitute an effective way to introduce classical literary works to younger generations?

Stella Stergiou and Georgia Zachari spoke to Reading Greece about the challenges they faced while turning Alki Zei's classical novels "Wildcat under glass" and "Near the rail tracks" into graphic novels and the way graphic novels have motivated children to also read the original works.

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