The Finnish Reading Centre
The mission of the Finnish Reading Centre is to promote reading. Its national cooperation network provides a platform for meetings between authors and readers at readings and in reading campaigns. The Finnish Reading Centre serves libraries, schools and organisations, as well as readers.
The Finnish Reading Centre is a registered association comprising 10 writers' and national literary organisations. Its Board is composed of representatives of its member associations.
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A long-standing practice shows that meetings between authors and readers boost interest in books and reading. Authors also like to meet their readers. The Finnish Reading Centre helps different organisations to invite Finnish- and Swedish-speaking writers of fiction, non-fiction and children's books, translators, critics, illustrators, and scholars and scientists. It also gives advice on arranging literary events and setting up projects.
Reading campaigns
The Finnish Reading Centre organises national reading campaigns with events in schools, libraries and different cultural organisations: the Reading Week is held in March and the Favourite Book Day in October.
In autumn 2003 the Finnish Reading Centre launched a project called Lukuleikki (Reading game) to encourage families to read more with their young children. If children are introduced to books and fairytales during their first year, they get an important tool for personal growth for the rest of their lives. The project is being carried out in close cooperation with day-care centres, maternity and child care clinics, libraries and different partners working with families.
Magazines
The Finnish Reading Centre publishes three literary magazines:
LUKUfiilis (READvibes) is the only literary magazine for teenagers in Finland. It presents books and authors in reviews and interviews. Its editors and writers are both young readers and professional critics.
Vinski is a literary magazine for children in the book-devouring age, that is between 8 and 12. It gives tips about good reads and contains a wide range of entertaining stories about books and their authors. Most of the critics are young readers from different parts of the country.
The bilingual web magazine Kiiltomato.net - Lysmasken (Glow-worm) reviews Finnish and foreign fiction and non-fiction books which deserve more exposure than they get in the mainstream media. This virtual magazine features regularly changing editorials, a chat-room and a notice board. The magazine has 1000 visitors each day.
Contact us: tel. + 358 9 774 6110, email: lukukeskus(at)lukukeskus.fi
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