Literature, publishing and reading culture seminars prepared with original content, compiled by Mine Soysal, founding manager of Günışığı Kitaplığı, and the author of Eyvah Kitap! (Oh No Books!), a long-best seller which has reached hundreds of thousands of readers of all ages.
The content can be customized for different target audiences being mainly educators and/or parents.
Based on the needs of target audience seminar covers either one or both of the following sections:
1. Literature and Publishing
– Literature, children’s and YA literature, age groups.
– The journey of a book in the publishing house, outline of publishing.
2. Current components of reading culture
– Culture and arts environment (schools, libraries, academy, media, book retail).
– Book selection/suggestion critearia for children an young adults, creative reading practices.
– Suggestions and tips for parents and/or educators.
Duration: 60 or 90 minbased on content.
Some examples of topics covered
- Reading tendencies of current times…
- Is “Reading Habit” a correct expression?
- How reading needs change according to age?
- Discriminating literature books from educational books.
- What if children choose their books on their own?
- The effects of genres and subgenres on children and YA readers..
- Has the age of reading the classics changed?
- Can books be dangerous and harmful for child reader?
- When it comes to reading rights and freedoms of children..…
- Is it possible for young adults to become book readers in a digital world?
- What does shared reading mean and in which ways it can help?
- Different dimensions of communication within the family through literature readings.