Gramedia always do a variety of activities to increase interest in reading society Indonesia, Gramedia Reading Community Competition in 2016 and 2018.

Gramedia Literacy Festival was held again in a number of cities, the result of the collaboration of Gramedia, a range of local governments, and the winner of the GRCC. Banyumas, Central Java, West Sumatra Padang Panjang and got a turn at the beginning of this year.

A variety of interesting competitions held for local residents during the festival. Residents in the District of Banyumas enliven the Literacy Campaign Social Media Contest, contest, contest Activities Coloring Kotaku, contest, and Banyumasan Language Storytelling Contest Musikalisasi poetry. The Festival closed with a Literacy Carnival on Saturday, February 9, with start and finish in the Hall of General Soedirman Kodim 0701/Banyumas, with more than 2,000 participants attended the route along 3.2 km. detachable Literacy Carnival Contingent by Vice Regent Banyumas Achmad Husein Sadewo and Regional Manager of Gramedia to Central Java and the surrounding Tri c. Guntoro. Winners of previous competitions were also announced on that day.

While in Padang Panjang Gramedia was given the honor to succeed in one of the programs the Government city of Padang Panjang who wish to establish themselves as the town of literacy, with the Organization of the festival on 15 – 17 March in GOR Khatib Sulaiman Bancah Laweh, City Of Padang Panjang, West Sumatra. The theme selected by the Government Literacy Gebyar City Padang Panjang to this series of events.

Literacy Festival Gramedia is the collaboration of local governments, local communities, and communities of winner GRCC 2016 and 2018 to increase interest in reading communities through exciting and interesting activities. Literacy Festival ever held at the Gramedia Yogyakarta, Surabaya, and Lombok. Literacy activities are present and favored the younger generation without forgetting the local culture. The event also aims at giving to the community to choose and sort out the contents of the reading to avoid exposure and spread of fabricated news (hoax) or misleading content. (Noor Adha S. & Alchia A./Public Relations Gramedia)