Malika Benarab Attou, Member of the European Parliament, for the “Get Caught Reading” campaign
To quote Pessoa, reading truly is a “still journey” and a unique adventure to both the intimate and the universal. With these …
Reading has always been part of my life, says MEP Jörg Leichtfried for Get Caught Reading
“Reading has always been part of my life, be it at work or for personal pleasure. The book I am currently reading …
Linda, “so pleased to read that we could not take books away from her”
© Olga Kronberga “It was shot a few years ago when she was 5 years old and had just learned to read. She was so pleased to read that we …
Alexander Alvaro, MEP, reads Briefe einer Freundschaft for Get Caught Reading
Alexander Alvaro, Member of the European Parliament, reads Briefe einer Freundschaft by Ingeborg Bachmann/Hans Werner Henze for the Get Caught Reading campaign. The FEP …
I share my literary crushes with the people I love, says Fadila Laanan, Belgium, Minister for Culture, the Audiovisual Sector, Health and Equal Opportunities of Belgium
I’ve always loved reading; I share my literary crushes with the people I love. To give a book as a present is …
Aurélie Filippetti , Minister of Culture and Communication of France, for the “Get Caught Reading” campaign
When I read Proust for the first time, I was the same age as his “young blossoming girls” and it was a …
Margrete Auken, MEP, for the “Get Caught Reading” campaign
I love reading books that excite me to a degree that I feel the book almost eats me and I have a …
Vesselin Todorov, President of the Bulgarian Book Association, for the “Get Caught Reading” campaign
The title of the book is Palaveevi Sisters, and was the bestselling novel on the Bulgarian market for the first week of …
Reading is the number one way to attain knowledge, says Jo Leinen, MEP
Reading is the number one way to attain knowledge. And knowledge empowers people to make better decisions, including us politicians. Therefore, I …
Pierre Dutilleul, Vice-President of the Federation of European Publishers, for the “Get Caught Reading” campaign
It is quite tough to pick a single book amongst all those that were important in my life. It would indeed be …