Overview
- After María Pombo said readers are not better than non-readers, a home video showing shelves without books drew criticism and defenses on social media.
- Faro de Vigo defends her right to voice an uncomfortable view and frames reading or not as a voluntary act grounded in freedom of expression.
- The same column encourages her to try books, highlighting benefits such as personal time, reflection, richer language, and self-exploration.
- La Vanguardia argues that reading does not confer moral superiority and points to data showing an improvement in reading rates to be discussed at Forum Edita Barcelona.
- The forum’s tenth edition opens with reports of rising youth readership, especially among girls, alongside signs of a resilient books-and-bookstore ecosystem.