Galician Literature Day or "Día das Letras Galegas"

Hi my dear friends, how are you?

I´m pretty sure some of you might know that today, the 17th of May,  is a celebration day in Galicia, where I´m from. But, many of you perhaps don´t know what is the meaning of this day for a Galician person.

Apart of being a bank holiday in our region, the important part is that we celebrate our pride of being Galician which means having an own language, an own literature, culture and our own identity.

In addition, every year it is devoted to a different Galician writer to remember his or her contributions in different areas such as Literature, Language, History, Education, etc.

I´ve found an interesting article written by Emma Chang, a writer from the Michigan Daily, which summarizes her vision about this celebration while she was living in Santiago de Compostela. Click on the picture to read it (remember to look for the vocabulary you don´t understand in Wordreference online dictionary).

This year, 2020, the day is devoted to Ricardo Carvalho Calero, a Galician intellectual who made exceptional contributions to our culture, have a look at his biography clicking on the picture.

Talking about books

Hi everyone! Today is so nice outside, bright and hot, great to go for a walk!

I hope you have watched the video from Luke Bakik, I found it highly interesting and also agree with him in everything he says.

So now, let´s think about some of the statemens he explains and please leave your comments in the blog, don´t be shy!

1- What is your opinion about this one? 

"Good reades make good writers

Good writers make good communicators

Good communicators make good persuaders

Good persuaders make good societies".

Can you write easily? Can you talk about any topic without any problem?

2- Luke Bakik says people today speak about different things but books, which ones?

3- What series of books does he like reading? Have you read any of them?

4- Where does he like reading?

5- "Reading is love in action", what is the meaning of this expression?

6- "When you have a good book there is nothing better in the universe", do you agree?

7- He says that he is very good at spelling and vocabulary, why?

Finally, I invite you to analyse what kind of reader you are and if not, just reflect why you don´t read.

Now, that I don´t have the time to do it I really miss it. I try to look for any moment to read and immerse myself into a magical world...

If you want more information about the benefits of reading, click on this link: Reading for the joy of it.