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Brazil. In the
following
interview, he
talks about this
experience.
O Consolador:
When did the
Spiritist Book
Club started in
João Pessoa?
It was founded
in August 1991
and was a
pioneer project
in Paraíba. It
once had 500
associates, who
were based in
Paraíba and even
in other States
from Brazil. We
then created the
role of agent
at the
Spiritist
centres to work
as a mediator
for new
associates and
to deliver the
material. The
profit was
used to help
poor pregnant
women, to buy
material for the
Club and to buy
the books
monthly. We were
always able to
get great
discounts. This
happened until
February 2009,
and it was a
great experience
in all its
aspects.
O Consolador:
When was the
Agência de
Notícias
Espíritas da
Paraíba (ANESPB)
created?
ANESPB started
to operate in
August 1998. We
had an extensive
range of
material
produced
(articles, news,
interviews and
documentaries)
which was
available for
newspapers and
magazines that
would like to
get access to
it. We worked
with a
professional
photographer and
ran around a lot
to get all these
material
produced (lol).
O Consolador:
Who benefited
with the
production
organised by
ANESPB?
We worked for a
different range
of newspapers:
A Voz do
Espírito
(SP), Jornal
Espírita
(SP), Correio
Fraterno
(SP), Tribuna
Espírita (PB),
Jornal
Espírita de
Natal (RN) e
Nova Luz
(SC); magazines
Fraternidade
(Portugal),
Internacional de
Espiritismo
(SP) and
Harmonia
(SC). W are the
regional Editors
for the
newspaper
Harmonia at
Paraíba for the
last five years.
O Consolador:
Can you please
tell us more
about the
electronic
magazine
PENSADOR?
PENSADOR was
launched in
November 2004.
It had eight
printed pages
and only 200
samples were
printed. It was
distributed
independently to
readers who
signed up for
it. Since we
didn’t have the
resources to
maintain it, we
decided to
launch it
electronically.
It now has 10
colourful pages;
it’s free of
charge and
available as a
PDF file. It is
linked to the
blog of ANESPB.
We are now
publishing it
monthly.
O Consolador:
How many users
access the blog
of ANESPB? How
is it
maintained?
The blog was
created to
disclose the
Brazilian
Spiritist
Movement. It is
also a tool to
disclose the
magazine
PENSADOR. In
October 2008 we
started to
format and
insert posts on
it. We want to
improve it with
interesting
links in order
to increase
awareness of
this site. We
now have 20
thousand
access/visits,
and we have been
around for less
than a year! We
are the ones who
update the blog
on a daily
basis. We do
have a team of
correspondents
in Paraíba and
in other
capitals around
the country. The
web address is:
www.anespb.net/
or
http://anespbmovimento.blogspot.com/.
O Consolador:
What does ABRADE
– Brazilian
Association of
Publishers of
Spiritism – do?
ABRADE has
changed a lot
over the last
few years and
became much more
flexible. We now
have a series of
projects we are
working on,
which will be
disclosed at the
right time.
O Consolador:
What do you have
to say about the
magazine
HARMONIA?
This is a
publication from
ADE/SC
(Association of
Disclosers of
Spiritism from
Santa Catarina),
that is
distributed
across Brazil
and in some
countries in
Europe. Marcelo
Henrique Pereira
is the founder
and
Chief-Editor.
Their team is
highly
intellectual,
and its level of
quality is
excellent. It is
of great value
for the national
spiritist
movement.
O Consolador:
What are your
final words?
We would like to
thank the
electronic
magazine O
Consolador,
especially
Astolfo O. de
Oliveira Filho,
for the
honourable
opportunity to
be in this
interview. We
are thankful for
our friends who
never stopped
supporting the
projects we have
of disclosing
Spiritism. We
would like to
especially thank
our wife Carmem.
Our best wishes
to you all!
The site of
Agência de
Notícias
Espíritas da
Paraíba is
http://anespbmovimento.blogspot.com |
