The MandaracheBookmob brought together thousands of people in the morning, at 12 hours where participants have made ​​a stopover of 15 minutes to read simultaneously.
The two officers points have been the Plaza Juan XXIII in Cartagena and Madrid Book Fair, which is also involved in the activity.
Libraries, schools and libraries of different points have been registered as official point of this initiative, including the National Library of Spain.
The Plaza Juan XXIII has brought together hundreds of readers, mostly young people, where they read for 15 minutes, from 12.00 to 12.15.
The #MandaracheBookmob is a flashmob of readers, with the aim of bringing together thousands of readers in public spaces on the same day, same time.
Throughout the school year we celebrated the tenth anniversary of Mandarache Award, with luck that has coincided with the preparation of the National Award for Promoting Reading, so we wanted to put a finishing touch to this initiative.
In addition, a youth group Paraguay, has also welcomed the idea and Participate or in your country, explained Francisca Alonso, member of the Promoter Group Mandarache Prize.
The young and not so young people have chosen their favorite book, have gathered in the square Juan XXIII and have leio for 15 minutes.
After reading out, young people have made ​​their books and photographs with colleagues or selfies, to share them on social networks with the hashtag #MandaracheBookmob.
Youth Councillor acting, Ruth Collado and Mandarache Award coordinator, Alberto Soler have come this morning at the Madrid Book Fair, a place that is also involved in this initiative.
The National Library of Spain, along with dozens of institutions across the country have joined this new initiative.
Municipal libraries and schools of Extremadura, Cadiz, Castilla La Mancha, Granada and other parts of the region have joined this celebration.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena