On Wednesday June 12, the “Easy to read” fund was inaugurated at the Jean-Degoul media library, a wooden piece of furniture made by carpenters from the town supporting more than 150…
On Wednesday June 12, the “Easy to read” fund was inaugurated at the Jean-Degoul media library, a wooden piece of furniture made by carpenters from the town supporting more than 150 books. The latter, novels, documents, comics, illustrated books, etc., are offered to people, adults or adolescents, who have remained far from reading: foreigners, individuals with disabilities, etc. The books are short and have a simple vocabulary, and each has the “Easy to read” logo attached.
The initiative was launched years ago by the Brittany library network. The approach has since been approved by the Ministry of Culture and all libraries can submit a project. Asylum seekers registered at the municipality’s reception center can refer to this label, a reference allowing them to know the book more easily.
Out loud
The cultural action was associated with writing and voice-over workshops set up since April, under the aegis of the Argentine writer Eduardo Berti. The inauguration of the fund went hand in hand with a reconciliation with the written word, literature, words. The objective was to make people understand that they are not enemies, that literature exists for everyone and allows us to create links. The workshop participants, of foreign origin, read aloud texts written with Eduardo Berti, worked with Martine Lucciani and Sophie Robin. The writer spoke with the latter, mixing his personal journey with extracts from his texts.
An effort is being made to “work in depth on public reading so that the book is present everywhere; there is this fund open to all that everyone can use,” said Mayor Christine Bost. Eduardo Berti also expressed himself by saying that “each book is a small country. Books form families, there are connections deeper than hometown or original language. »
