New horizons: Bokpil is renewing and moving
Bokpil is renewing and moving in 2025. We will use other channels for our work and soon close this website.
Easy-to-read inspiration in English
Sabira Stahlberg’s popular book Easy-to-read inspiration with experiences and ideas about how to use Easy books has been published in English.
Blog: Must we follow all Easy to Read rules?
The development of Easy to Read is often seen as the creation of more definitions and rules – but do we need frames and principles more than rules to write a natural and living Easy Language?
Free Easy to Read e-books at Ellibs
Bokpil’s Easy to Read books are now available for free as e-books at Ellibs, in English, Swedish and Bulgarian.
Easy to Read criteria – for all?
Easy to Read books are nowadays read by a broad and varied audience, from people with intellectual disabilities to unused readers, and those who are learning a new language. Should we provide different criteria and various Easy Languages for the diverse reader groups?
Reading and learning
For a person with dyslexia school might be a challenge, when reading is difficult and slow. Letters change places and jump on the line. Is reading the only way to learn, or are there other possibilities?
Reading with the eyes – and ears?
Teachers and experts recommend audio books especially for people who are not used to reading.
But does listening with the ears develop the brain as much as reading with the eyes?