Tag Archives: literacy

Can Brazil Build 39 Libraries Per Day Until 2020?

By Iona Teixeira Stevens | Published: January 31, 2013
library_books

Brazil’s is demanding that every school in the country house a library by 2020. To meet that goal, 128,020 libraries will have to be built, or 39 per day. Read More

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Frankfurt Makes CONTEC Confab Annual, Plans New São Paulo Office

By Iona Teixeira Stevens | Published: August 15, 2012
Juergen Boos at CONTEC

The Frankfurt Book Fair will host its new education conference, CONTEC, in Brazil each year, and has announced plans to open a São Paulo office. Read More

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Portraits of Readership in Brazil: Is Reading on the Decline?

By PublishNews Brazil | Published: May 7, 2012
Instituto Pro Livro

According to a recent survey, publishers in Brazil continue to produce and sell more books each year, but people may not be reading them. Read More

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Brazil Gov’t Backs Literary Programs, Libraries with R$211 Million

By Roberta Campassi | Published: November 8, 2011
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By Roberta Campassi Fundação Biblioteca Nacional (FBN), the government institution responsible for reading politics and public libraries in Brazil, will invest a total of R$211 million this year in programs. This will include the construction  …  Read More

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Passo Fundo: A Surprising City of Book Lovers in Southernmost Brazil

By Maria Fernanda Rodrigues | Published: May 3, 2011
Tania Rosing

Passo Fundo may be a small agricultural and cattle town of just 184,000 inhabitants in Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost Brazilian state, but it also happens to be one of the most literate cities  …  Read More

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