Tag: Book
Book Club, The Iliad, (Cobán, Guatemala)
At the Reading Club at our headquarters in Cobán, we began reading The Iliad, and in this session we discussed the first twelve songs, analysing the main characters in the […]
World Philosophy Day: Book Exchange at the National Library (Guatemala)
We celebrated World Philosophy Day by sharing with others some of the books that have moved us, given us profound ideas, or from which we have learned a great deal. […]
Book Club: Isabel Allende, first session of La Casa de los Espíritus (Guatemala, Guatemala)
At the Centro Histórico venue, we kicked off this year with the book ‘La Casa de los Espíritus’ by Isabel Allende. We learned a little about the trajectory of this […]
Book Club: ‘The Dream of the Just’ (Cobán, Guatemala)
In the Cobán Reading Club we read ‘The Dream of the Just’, by Francisco Pérez de Antón, and during the session we were able to reflect on the history of […]
Children’s Reading Festival (Táriba, Venezuela)
The Táriba Public Library ‘Presbítero Juan Bautista Soleri’ hosted a children’s reading festival organised by this important library that offers its educational and knowledge services in the municipality of Cárdenas, […]
Reading Clubs (Guatemala)
In most of the country’s Centres, we hold Reading Clubs. The process is similar: we choose a classic literary work, we read it and then on the day of the […]
Storytelling for Children (San Cristobal, Venezuela)
The New Acropolis centre in San Cristóbal organised a special event for Children’s Day in Venezuela, and held a storytelling event at its bookstore with the participation of a professional […]
Reading Club: “Rayuela” by Julio Cortázar (Guatemala, Guatemala)
This year we resumed our Reading Club, starting with with Rayuela by Julio Cortázar at the New Acropolis branch in the Historic Centre. Each month we meet to discuss what […]
Joint project of New Acropolis and the Chelyabinsk Regional Public Library (Russia)
New Acropolis together with the Chelyabinsk Regional Public Library implements the project called “Books that have changed the world. This project have already existed for two years. The idea is […]
The ‘Child for the Good’ program expands its services to families (Brazil)
The Child for the Good Program of New Acropolis is preparing to celebrate its 15th anniversary this year, by expanding its services to the families of about 200 vulnerable children […]
