Alexander Alvaro, MEP, reads Briefe einer Freundschaft for Get Caught Reading
Alexander Alvaro, Member of the European Parliament, reads Briefe einer Freundschaft by Ingeborg Bachmann/Hans Werner Henze for the Get Caught Reading campaign. The FEP …
I share my literary crushes with the people I love, says Fadila Laanan, Belgium, Minister for Culture, the Audiovisual Sector, Health and Equal Opportunities of Belgium
I’ve always loved reading; I share my literary crushes with the people I love. To give a book as a present is …
Aurélie Filippetti , Minister of Culture and Communication of France, for the “Get Caught Reading” campaign
When I read Proust for the first time, I was the same age as his “young blossoming girls” and it was a …
Margrete Auken, MEP, for the “Get Caught Reading” campaign
I love reading books that excite me to a degree that I feel the book almost eats me and I have a …
Vesselin Todorov, President of the Bulgarian Book Association, for the “Get Caught Reading” campaign
The title of the book is Palaveevi Sisters, and was the bestselling novel on the Bulgarian market for the first week of …
Reading is the number one way to attain knowledge, says Jo Leinen, MEP
Reading is the number one way to attain knowledge. And knowledge empowers people to make better decisions, including us politicians. Therefore, I …
Pierre Dutilleul, Vice-President of the Federation of European Publishers, for the “Get Caught Reading” campaign
It is quite tough to pick a single book amongst all those that were important in my life. It would indeed be …
Kristiina Ojuland, MEP, supports “Get Caught Reading”
Reading is very important for me. I try to read as much as possible, especially books which are related with my job …
“Get Caught Reading” with Rudy Vanschoonbeek
I chose Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier, since this novel is one of my all-time favourites; an overwhelming voyage into …
Niccolò Rinaldi, MEP, was “caught” reading
Mr Niccolò Rinaldi, Member of the European Parliament, for the “Get Caught Reading” campaign: “When I am in an aeroplane, I see …