The IBBY-iRead Outstanding Reading Promoter Award has been established by the Shenzhen iRead Foundation and IBBY to encourage a real commitment to the cause of reading promotion in the hope of spreading this dedication to others around the globe. The Award aims to encourage further investment by individuals, organizations and Read more…
This is a passage from International Companion Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature’s entry on Iran: The growing success of children’s literature in Iran can be seen clearly in the development of research, criticism and literary theory in the field. While the IIDCY has been crippled by its intense dependence upon Read more…
Two of the most referenced English encyclopedias about children’s literature include entries on children’s literature in Iran: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature and International Companion Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. In the International Companion Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature, edited by Peter Hunt, the entry on Iran opens with an introduction to the poem Drakht-i Read more…
During last year I have had several meetings with members of the local council in my village and we have planned various projects in which I will also take part. An interesting idea came up in these meetings which I believe will have effects well beyond this village and even at Read more…
On Wednesady, August 28th, in the first White Hoopoe (Hodhod-e Sefid) festival, I was awarded the “White Hoopoe medal” for my book “Aunty Oldie’s House is not so Far” (Khane-ye Khale Pirzan noor nist). The jury of the festival consisted of a thousand children and adolscents from all around the Read more…
In the first days of 2019, a group of writers, illustrators and publishers of children and young adult literature gathered to honor Ali Asghar Seidabadi for his efforts in promoting a reading culture all around the country. In this event, which took place in the Institute for the Intellectual Development Read more…
Bam, a garden-city located in Kerman province and one of the largest growing regions of dates in Iran, is among the most active Iranian cities in forming book reading clubs. Its Arg-e Bam, the largest adobe building in the world, has been listed by UNESCO as part of the World Read more…
I met the principal of a famous primary school in Tehran a few days ago. He asked my advice about how to encourage his students to read. I suggested that he should get his students joined the children book club cup and gave him some explanations. As I got home, Read more…
I’ve been traveling for a while, and meeting with children and reading promoters has been on my schedule. Last Saturday, a group of book reading clubs’ active members and I came together to have a chat and sign my books in Sabzevar, a city in Razavi Khorasan Province. It was Read more…
Last weekend, I went to east of Iran. I was to hold a workshop for some cultural and city managers, namely mayors and council chairmen of Neyshabour, Sabzevar and Gonabad, in Mashhad, the capital of Razavi-Khorasan Province. The subject was how to run cultural places in those cities. I also Read more…