Recommending reading: where, who and how to suggest works and books
Tribune The Postgraduate Degree in Recommended Reading: bringing an idea into being || Maria Batllori Non-prescriptive prescription || Jordi Gràcia Articles From the selection process to the readers’ advisory: choosing titles in fiction || Patrícia de Almeida [ English abstract | Spanish abstract | Portuguese text | Catalan text ] Readings 2.0: online book … Read more
[Versió catalana] [Versión castellana] Maria Batllori Area for Books, Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals (Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies, ICEC) Ministry of Culture, Government of Catalonia mbatllori@gencat.cat 1 Introduction Readers’ advisory is sufficiently important that it merits specific university-level training aimed at all parties involved in the activity. The aim of this text is … Read more
[Versió catalana][Versión castellana] Jordi Gràcia Professor of Department of Philology Universitat de Barcelona jgraciagracia@ub.edu The word ‘prescription’ no longer stirs surprise for anyone and, in fact, it is a well-integrated feature of the language of pedagogues, intellectuals and cultural agents. However, I am not sure we are always talking about … Read more