About EURead
Building a culture of reading across Europe
EURead is a European network of organisations working to promote reading, literacy and access to books for all.
Who We Are
EURead is a network of reading promotion organisations founded in 2000. We believe that reading is essential for full participation in today’s media-driven and culturally diverse society.
We bring together organisations across Europe to:
- exchange knowledge and experience
- develop new strategies for reading promotion
- strengthen collaboration across countries
What We Do
Promote reading for all
Supporting access to books in both print and digital formats
Connect organisations
Sharing knowledge, experience and best practices
Influence policy
Working with educators and decision-makers
Reach families
Already impacting over 12 million families across Europe
The Global Network for Early Years Bookgifting
A global network of early childhood programmes providing free books and guidance to families, encouraging shared reading from the earliest years.
Inspired by initiatives like Bookstart (UK), the network:
- strengthens existing programmes
- supports new initiatives worldwide
- promotes early literacy development
The Researchers Network
EURead connects organisations with research teams to strengthen the evidence behind reading promotion.
Through the Researchers Network, members:
- share research findings
- identify gaps and priorities
- collaborate on literacy studies
Members
Currently, our members comprise organisations from:
- 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
- 🇦🇹 Austria
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- 🇭🇷 Croatia
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- 🇫🇷 France
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- 🇬🇷 Greece
- 🇭🇺 Hungary
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- 🇱🇻 Latvia
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania
- 🇲🇹 Malta
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- 🇸🇰 Slovakia
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
As you will see from the information on this website, the work of the individual members is very diverse; but there are clear similarities in each organisation’s strategies for reading promotion.
Board
The Board consists of three Board members, elected among the members.
Chair, Reading Foundation (Bulgaria)
Co-CEO, BookTrust (UK)
CEO, Children’s Books Ireland
‘Reading is fundamental to the development of individuals as well as the society as a whole. It fosters critical thinking, creativity, and empathy – skills essential for orientation in our complex world.
Through reading, people empower themselves to participate actively in democracy and enhance social cohesion.
Strengthening reading capacities is an investment in our collective future, ensuring that every citizen has the opportunity to thrive and contribute to a more inclusive and prosperous Europe.’
KATARINA BARLEY
VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
‘Reading is fundamental to the development of individuals as well as the society as a whole. It fosters critical thinking, creativity, and empathy – skills essential for orientation in our complex world.
Through reading, people empower themselves to participate actively in democracy and enhance social cohesion.
Strengthening reading capacities is an investment in our collective future, ensuring that every citizen has the opportunity to thrive and contribute to a more inclusive and prosperous Europe.’
KATARINA BARLEY
VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
European impact
Already reaching 12 million families through our work, EURead members are committed to ensure access to reading for all, whether in print or digital media. We work with practitioners, educators and policy-makers to highlight best practices and effectively influence member governments, and ensure the sustainability of the member organisations and their activities.
EURead has already demonstrated European-wide action on reading and literacy:
Early literacy programmes like Bookstart
Exchange of family literacy programmes
Reading Aloud, Reading Together (2013)
Europe Reads campaign