“Il Maggio dei Libri” arrives in Massa Lombarda

The JYL Youth Center and the Venturini Cultural Center of Massa Lombarda host a series of events for the national campaign between April and May “The May of Books”. The first event is a reading and workshop for children entitled “A day in Japan”, which will be hosted by JYL Youth Center Saturday 20 April at 10.30am.

Saturday 20 April, in addition to the reading and the workshop, the bibliographic exhibition dedicated to Japan will be set up at the JYL Youth Center and will remain open to visitors until May 4th.

Following, Tuesday 23 April at the Venturini Cultural Center the exhibition “Artist’s Covers” will begin, i.e. a selection of modern classic books with dust jackets illustrated by artists Bruno Munari, Bruno Binosi, Paul Scharff. In the exhibition, which will remain open until May 18, the works of the students of the School of Arts and Crafts, inspired by the covers and books on display, will also be on display.

At 8.30pm on Wednesday 8, 15 and 22 Mayat the JYL Youth Center, the workshop will be held by Ombretta Donati entitled “It doesn’t make a difference”.

As part of the exhibition “Artist’s Covers”, Saturday 11 May at 10.30am at the Venturini Cultural Center there will be a workshop for children led by the teachers of the School of Arts and Crafts inspired by the books on display.

Tuesday 14 May at 6pm, the ScrittuRa Festival arrives in Massa Lombarda. The writer Deborah Gambetta presents her book entitled “Incompletezza. A story by Kurt Gödel”.

The initiatives of “Il maggio dei Libri” in Massa continue Thursday 16 May at 5pm with the presentation of the book “L’orso Wojtek” by the author, director and film producer Mauro Bartoli.

The national campaign “The May of books” was born in 2011 with the aim of underlining the social value of books as a key element of personal, cultural and civil growth. The May of Books invites us to bring books and reading to contexts other than traditional ones, to intercept those who don’t usually read but who may be intrigued if stimulated in the right way. In its mission, Il Maggio dei Libri extensively involves local authorities, schools, libraries, bookshops, festivals, publishers, cultural associations and the most diverse public and private entities. In Italy but not only: every year, in fact, the campaign crosses national borders, uniting different realities in the common passion for reading, such as Italian schools abroad

For further information, contact the “Venturini” cultural center on 0545 985812, email [email protected].