The subdelegate of the Government in Pontevedra, Abel Losada, claimed the books as the “best refuge” and “defense against barbarism” before half a hundred schoolchildren of the IES Ribeira del Rubio, in Porriño. He did so during a literary encounter between the lighting of the 3rd ESO of this educational center and the writer María Reimóndez, organized with the rooster World Book Day.
The activity, funded under the Ministry of Culture’s Literary Encounters at IES programme, focused on the author’s latest work, Furia. Not act were also present the director of the educational center, Juana Rosa Muñoz, and the inspector of Education, Rosalía Por el. The writer directed an activity based on this work that deals with the world of boxing and that comes from publishing. A title in Galician and that, currently, is translating for publication in Spanish.
The subdelegate stressed that books and reading are “the best tool to build a more egalitarian and better society, since they allow us to transform and transform our environment.” “Books are written by those who write them, but also by those who mess them up,” he said.
Losada also highlighted the role of the reading promotion initiatives promoted by the Ministry of Education, “as the program that made this event possible and that is allowing the meeting between creators and schoolchildren in thirteen educational centers in the province.” Likewise, the subdelegate claimed the courage and courage of the Pontevedra writers and writers, and that “María Reimóndez exemplifies perfection, not because of her prolific career and extensive work, but because of her commitment to women, feminism and a more just world”.
From 1995 until today, April 23 celebrated World Book and Copyright Day, a Spanish proposal approved by UNESCO to promote reading, recognize the figures of authors and authors and seek to strengthen the publishing industry.
Reading promotion activities
The Ministry of Culture launched in 2024 a new edition of the programs of literary activities in Secondary Education Institutes of public ownership. The Literary Encounters in IES' initiative will reach 13 educational centers in the province. Likewise, one of the twenty activities organized under the program ‘Why Read the Classics’ also highlighted in the province. In total, these programs, attached to the Reading Promotion Plan 2021-2024, will bring together 302 creators in 404 activities that will take place until June 14 throughout the Spanish territory.