Piazzetta del Professore, in front of the Sirena Pier, will host the “Book Fair”, the usual space dedicated to independent publishing foreseen within the SquiLibri Festival (21-23 June) of Francavilla al Mare, born from a idea of the artistic director Peppe Millanta and organized by the Municipality of Francavilla with the mayor Luisa Russo and the councilor for Culture Cristina Rapino.
The publishers who will participate are Capire edizioni, Cartacanta editore, Carthusia, Carabba publishing house, Chiaredizioni, Cliquot, Del Vecchio Editore, Di Felice Edizioni, Drakon Edizioni, Edicola Ediciones, Edizioni Del Baldo, Edizioni Malamente, Edizioni Menabò – D’Abruzzo, Evoè Edizioni, Funambolo edizioni, Ianieri Edizioni, IFIX, Il viandante, Italo Svevo, Jimenez Edizioni, Lab DFG Editore, Mimi Mami – Creative Sewing, Miraggi Edizioni, More Nocturne Books, NEO. EDITIONS, Nolica Edizioni, Oligo Editore, Quid Edizioni, Racconti Edizioni, Radici Edizioni, readerforblind, Sellerio Editore, Tempesta Editore, Terre di Mezzo Editore, Uovonero.
“The Book Fair returns for the third year, increasing the number of participating publishers. Old festival friendships are renewed and new ones are made. This year’s pride is not only that of having managed to involve 35 publishing houses from all over Italy, but also that of having managed to involve many local booksellers. We are happy to give space to all the realities that want to participate in this real book festival Abruzzo, to give space to local publishers, to publishing for children, and to emphasize how books are a living material, which creates a network and shortens distances between people”, explains Elisa Quinto, who he directs the Macondo School in Pescara.
The Fair will also host presentations: those scheduled from 5pm to 7pm will be held at the Blu Bar and those from 8.30pm to 9.30pm will be hosted in the Sirena Foyer. Here are the appointments.
Friday 21 June
– 5.00 pm “Parole d’Abruzzo” by Daniela D’Alimonte (ianieri Edizioni) with Claudio Amicantonio;
– 6.00 pm Leonard Michaels, “If I could, I would have saved them. All the stories” (Racconti Edizioni) with Stefano Friani;
– 7.00 pm Umberto Zapelloni, “Ferrari, what a driver!” (Dfg Lab) with Emanuele Zambon;
– 8.30pm “And there were red geraniums everywhere” curated by Valentina Di Cesare and Michela Valmori (Radici Edizioni) with Gianluca Salustri and Alessandra Renzetti, guest Annie Rachele Lanzillotto;
– 9.30pm Rossano Orlando, “The scissors and the needle” (Edizioni Il Viandante) with Mario Palmerio.
Saturday 22 June
-5pm Maria Abbebù Viarengo, “In the marsupium of history” (Funanbolo) with Michela Morelli;
– 6.00 pm Franco Casadidio, “The flight of the canary” (Drakon Edizioni) with Nicolina Galassi;
– 7.00 pm Silvia Girometti, “Giacomo Leopardi and English culture” (CN/Oligo Editore) with Fiorenza Panaccio;
– 8.30pm Vittorio Sirolli, “The art of events” (Edizioni Il Viandante) with Arturo Bernava;
– 9.30pm Giacomo Sbaraglia, “The creatures of Doctor Basilio S.” (More Nocturne Books/Evoé Edizioni) with Carmelo Neri, readings by Annalica Bates Casasanta.
Sunday 23 June
– 5.00 pm Ada Sirente, “Dura Mater” (Miraggi Edizioni) with Valerio Valentini;
– 6.00 pm Stefano Taglioli, “Hood three in one”, (Edizioni Menabò) with Roberta Mancinelli;
– 7.00 pm Luigia Bencivenga, “’O cane”, (Italo Svevo) with Alberto Gaffi;
– 8.30pm Carolina Mastropietro and Valeria Chiavaroli, “ABCiao Abecedario Italiano” (Quid Edizioni) with Prof. Pina Rosato – KAIROS Banca del Tempo e dei Saperi;
-9.30pm Massimo Del Pizzo, “Death of the fish and end of a love” and Silvia Elena di Donato “Paradigms of complexity” (Di Felice Edizioni) with Valeria Di Felice.
“Libri in Fiera” does not require reservations but please note that to access some events it is necessary to book your place (free) on www.billetto.it therefore we recommend consulting the complete program on the website www.squilibrifestival.it.
