The article analyses Brazilian national public policies for book publishing, reading and for libraries. It recoveries the history of those policies, discusses their present situation and evaluates their perspectives. Recent government programmes on this issue are described and have their contradictions and inequalities pointed.
Public policies for the book, reading and library; Illiteracy; Functional illateracy; Functional illetaracy indicators; Scenario of reading in Brazil; Rouanet Law; National book and reading plan; Brazil
