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Text: Anne SalomäkiPhotos: Jiri HalttunenIn some situations, being able to read emergency exit can be a lifesaver. Hence reading can be considered a survival skill.But it’s much more than just that. Minna Torppa, professor of educational sciences specialised in reading, writing, and le...

The Cultural Foundation is initiating a two-year project, which involves donating a book package to all schools in Finland that teach years 7 to 9 (lower secondary school). The package will contain 50–150 specially produced or recently published plain-language or easy-reading books. Th...

Text: Reeta Holma Photos: Petri Summanen Tuija Laine (PhD, Theology) is researching Finnish people’s motivation for reading from the 1600s to the early 1900s. Even in those centuries, some people were more motivated to read than others. “I am interested in the factors that have influe...