zimamagazine.com
First Book Club for teenagers opened in London, zimamagazine.com reports. The idea to open a book club belongs to Karina Karmenian. She's founded Russian Children's World website, and organizes annual Russian Education exhibition Kniguru in Britain contest.
For several years Karina and her friends were nursing this idea. The need in a Russian Book club was obvious. There are many Russian schools in UK, several Russian-language websites and a big Russian language section in Waterstones book store and in several libraries, Under the Blanket readings conducted by Arbuzz project several times a month. And, of course, big
Russian Children’s Books festival organized by Karina Karmenian and her collaborators. Apart of presenting contemporary literature for kids, Russian popular writers are invited to meet with young audience.
The book club idea is very simple: one time a month teens meet in a cafe to discuss a book. Its in digital version is forwarded to the participants in advance. A very important detail – the parents can't be present at the discussion, since many teens would feel shy to talk about things they're interested in. However, there's going to be one adult – psychologist, librarian, big fan of kids literature Margarita Lopukhina. She will lead the discussion to be sure that everybody participates in it.
Russkiy Mir
