Mastodawn

Books hold power!

They inform us, make us think... and question.

Reading has been shown to be good for health and wellbeing. It also improves academic performance, creativity, employability, and democratic participation.

Even so, literacy amongst adults is stagnating or declining in many European countries. Recent studies also show reading for pleasure is in decline.

So, what better day than World Book and Copyright Day to highlight some amazing European literature ➡️https://euprizeliterature.eu/

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slotos

@EUCommission

My father in law got his entire military unit to read back in USSR. Turns out, sitting in a library took you out of the view of the officers. A few minutes in, and soldiers would read just to do something, which turned into a habit.

Moral of the story - when libraries are seen as a safe space, people end up reading there.

Fund libraries and librarians.