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Welcome to Reading Around the Globe, a series here on Reader Voracious Blog geared at fostering a culture of understanding in the bookish community about access to books in various countries around the world. I wanted to take the time to help educate those that live in the US/UK/EU/AUS that the privilege we experience is not universal and thought that one of the most constructive ways that I can boost marginalized voices is to help share their experiences.
Each post highlights a full interview with one international reader and I will update this master page to include links to each interview organized by country/region. The first interview post was published on August 19, 2018 and is now a weekly post happening on Saturdays!
Please note that all experiences reflected in the interviews are personal and are not meant to generalize what reading access is like in each country. If you are interested in participating please DM me on Twitter.
All Reader Interviews
Read More Reading Around the Globe Interviews
Argentina
Consu @ papereyedgirl
Australia
Ellyn @ allonsythornraxxbooks
Greyson @ Use Your Words
Bangladesh
Maria @ mariahossainblog
Belgium
Inge @ Of Wonderland
Wesley @ Outsiders and Misfits
Canada
Catherine @ This One is for the Books (Toronto)
Kristina @ Books and Dachsunds (New-Brunswick)
Shania @ Book Princess Reviews (Quebec)
Chile
Maria @ bookish4life
Denmark
Catherine @ Bees and Books
Silje @ inkedbybooks
England
Clo @ Cuppa Clo
Olly @ Criminolly
France
Emma @ Mengueis De Livres
Marie @ Drizzle and Hurricane Books
Germany
Silvia @ Silvia Reads Books
Hungary
Veronika @ Reading is Dreaming with Open Eyes
Indonesia
Carolina @ fictionologyst
Petrik @ Novel Notions
India
Himani @ Books&Sstuff
Nandini @ Unputdownable Books
Prags @ The Inked In Book Blog
Sumedha @ The Wordy Habitat
Suraj @ Books N Myself
Italy
Angela @ Books of a Shy Girl
Camilla @ Reader Attic
Kuwait
Devyn Jase @ devynjase.com
Mexico
Jossie @ thebookdragoncorner
Mozambique
A Restless Traveler
The Netherlands
Annemieke @ A Dance With Books
Esther @ Bite into Books
Luci @ Lunar Luci Books
Marco @ Barely a Blogger
Michelle @ Michelle Likes Things
Nigeria
Chinelo @ Booked_Unicorn
Norway
Julie @ StrixAlucoBooks
Palestine
Hamad @ thebookprescription
Pakistan
Nargis @ Literary Nerd’s Musings
Philippines
Aimee @ Aimee Always
Alexia @ Bookworm Daydreamer
Gel @ Whimsy Wanders
Justine @ bookishwisps
Kate @ Your Tita Kate
Rain @ Bookdragoninsm
Shealea @ Shut Up, Shealea
Portugal
Marta @ The Book Mermaid
Rita @ Bookish Rita
Romania
Dianthaa @ Dianthaa Dabbles
Puerto Rico
Yani @ Read & Create
Rwanda
Annie @ Sunflower Bookshelf
Singapore
Taasia @ libraepaintspages
Slovenia
Para @ Other Worlds Reviews
South Africa
DB @ DB’s Guide to the Galaxy
Switzerland
Elisa @ bookishexpat
United Arab Emirates
Nicka @ Wander with Nicka
Zimbabwe
Sakhile @ Sakhile Whispers
Please note that all experiences reflected in the interviews are personal and are not meant to generalize what reading access is like in each country. If you are interested in participating please DM me on Twitter or send me a message on Discord.
Interview Design Methodology
Using my Tweet thread below as a guide, I created a 14 question interview and asked the international book blogging community if they would be interested in sharing their experiences for a post. I received such an overwhelming response that what was originally planned as one post has grown into this series!
Resources for International Bloggers
- Marta has put together an amazing guide to ARCs for International readers here!
- The Flapping Pages International ARC Program aims to serve as a hub for trading ARCs, with the focus of ensuring that more get into the hands of international and own voices readers.
- The Bookish Bibliophile has put together an International Blogger List for networking and publishers!
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What a fantastic idea. Looking forward to these 😁
Thank you so much!
This is a very good idea!! I don’t have much experience since I’ve only started requesting books about one and a half month ago, but as an international reader, I’m very interested in learning about other people’s experiences.
Thanks so much, Dora! I would definitely be interested in hearing about your experiences if you want to share as well!
With little time I’m sure I’ll have some things to share, and I’ll be happy to do so 😉
Great idea!
Thank you so much!
You always come up with sun interesting idea!! I LOVE YOU AND YOUR BLOG!! Also I can’t wait to read evveryone’s answers!!
AWWW YOU ARE TOO SWEET, Carolina! Thank you so much and I hope everyone enjoys the series!
Amazing idea for a series. I can’t wait to read it!
Thank you so much for stopping by!
That’s such a good idea and I’m really curious to see everyone’s answers! ☺️
Thank you so much, and I cannot wait to hear what you think!
This is fantastic, Kaleena! I’m looking forward to hearing from bloggers in these countries😊
Thank you so much, Tammy! The responses I have gotten have been SO INTERESTING to read and I cannot wait to share them with everyone!
creative as usual! I don’t see my country on the list so I may DM you soon 😀
Please do! I would love to have interviews from as many countries as possible!!!
I will then 😀
YAY!
I love this idea! I’m so excited, proud of you, and cannot wait!!
Thank you so much, book bestie!
Fantastic idea, I can’t wait for the interviews!
Thank you, and I cannot wait for everyone else to see them too!
This is such an amazing idea! I can’t wait to read all the posts!!!
Thank you so much!!!
I’m VERY excited to see everyone’s posts go up, thank you for putting this together! <3
Veronika @ The Regal Critiques
Thank you so much Veronika, and I can’t wait for everyone to see the amazing interviews!
This is awesome! I look forward to it <3
Thanks so much, Norrie!!!
Oh this is such a fantastic and promising series, I look forward to reading the interviews 🙂 <3
Thank you so much, Marie! I am really excited for everyone to see these interviews – it’s eye opening!
This is such a great idea!
Thank you so much, I am really excited to have this project out in the world and I hope it helps foster some understanding within the bookish community!
I hope so, too.
This is so exciting!!!!! ♥ Even here in my country, we have lots of separate islands, so bookish access in each one can be incredibly different.
That is SO TRUE! Access and experiences definitely will vary quite a bit within the countries, which is why I am hoping to eventually have more than one interviewee per country. Thanks for stopping by!!!
This is brilliant! Also I noticed you don’t have any scheduled interviews with someone from the african continent so I’m nominating myself! I’m not living in Mozambique right now, but I did grow up there and my family is still there. My 14 year old niece is the most recent family member to experience first hand the the troublesome life of a reader in Mozambique…
Hi there, I would love to have you complete the interview and discuss your experience as a reader growing up in Mozambique!
Do you have Twitter? If so, send me a DM @kalventure! If not, you can email me KaleenaReviews@gmail.com and I will send the questions & info! Thanks again!
forgot to mention I don’t use twiteer so I can’t DM you on that platform… if you want you can email me at arestlesstraveler2018@gmail.com
The best ideas come from one thought/post. This is a one of a kind original series that touches readers of the world. – Well Done.
Thank you so much, that means a lot!
This is amazing! Thanks for doing this! I was originally from the Philippines but moved to the US in my 30s so I do understand the hardships of gaining access to books. As an example, I lived in a smaller city and we did not have a bookstore that sold fiction books. We eventually had a used bookstore which was were I got introduced to romance, but those were quite outdated.
Now that I’m in the US, It is glaringly obvious that there is such a disadvantage to access to books other countries. Glad you did this!!!
Thank you so much for checking out the series and your comment, it means a lot! I’ve spoken with a few people that moved to the US from other countries that have shared similar stories; it’s amazing what I take for granted living where I do.
True! My mom was in the US while I was growing up so she could send me books. but again, very limited. So I definitely appreciate my current situations right now. Especially in Los Angeles since the LA Public Library system really has a huge selection of books, ebooks, audiobooks, and even movies
Oh yea, Los Angeles is GREAT for book lovers!
This is fantastic! I can’t wait to read all of these articles. I’ve often wondered what it would be like to be in a country where books weren’t as readily accessible as they are here in the US. I can’t imagine not being able to walk 3 or 4 blocks down to the library, grab what I want and come home. Or have access to books on NetGalley. It actually makes me feel horrible for how bad my review percentage is on there, considering there are people who wish for those ARCs but don’t get them.
Thank you so much, and I am really glad that you found the series! I hope you enjoy reading the interviews and perspectives from readers around the world. It has been really eye opening for me to hear from others just how different access to books is and how privileged we are in the US even beyond the ARC access.