Booksellers’ Fair, the 65th edition starts on Saturday 20 April

Bergamo. The 65th Bergamo Booksellers’ Fair will be inaugurated on Saturday 20 April 2024 at 12.00 with the traditional cutting of the ribbon in the presence of the authorities and supporting partners of the event. The Booksellers’ Fair is scheduled from April 20th to May 1st in the tensile structure located on the Bergamo trail and is organized by Confesercenti Promotions, the Italian Booksellers Union (SIL) and the independent bookshops belonging to Li.Ber – Bergamaschi Booksellers Association. More than 80 authors and a varied program which, alongside new releases from the national publishing scene, offers in-depth analysis, local stories and moments of sharing suitable for all ages. There are three meeting locations, in addition to the Meeting Space set up inside the Fair, the meetings are hosted in theAuditorium in Piazza Libertàat Donizetti Studio while some special events will be held in NXT Station in Piazzale degli Alpini.

On April 21st in the Auditorium of Piazza Libertà the Strega Tour Award 2024. Starting from 3.00 pm, the twelve finalists of the prestigious literary prize will present their works in dialogue with three exceptional speakers. At 3.00 pm, introduced by the podcaster and radio speaker Gianpiero Kesten there will be: Chiara ValerioWho says and who is silent (Sellerio); Tommaso GiartosioAutobiogrammatica (minimum fax); Valentina MiraOn the same side you will find me (SEM); Dario VoltoliniWinter (The Ship of Theseus).

At 5.00pm introduced by Adriana Lorenzi there will be: Adrian Well doneAdelaida (Nutritions); Antonella Lattanzi, Things that aren’t told (Einaudi); Melissa Panarello, History of my money (Bompiani); Daniele Rielli, The invisible fire (Rizzoli). At 7pm introduced by Nadia Ghisalberti and Antonio Terzi there will be: Donatella Di Pietrantonio, Fragile age (Einaudi); Sonia Aggio, In the emperor’s room (Fazi); Paolo Di Paolo, Novel without humans (Feltrinelli); Raffaella Romagnolo, Fixing the universe (Mondadori).

Some of the scheduled events

Maurizio Ferraris and Telmo Pievani Learning to live, Laterza (20 April – 6.30pm Meeting space); Lidia Ravera One day all this will be yours, Bompiani (20 April – 8.30pm Meeting space); Cochi and Paolo Crespi Cochi’s version, Baldini and Castoldi (21 April – 11.30 Meeting space); Emilio Previtali The mechanics of clouds [va quasi sempre a finire che piove], Freridespirit (22 April – 8.30pm Meeting space); Gianvito Martino and Jacopo Lo Grasso Not everything is written in DNA, Mondadori (23 April – 6.30pm Meeting Space); Massimo Polidoro The wonder of everything, Mondadori (23 April – 8.30pm Meeting Space); Michele Bellini Let’s save Europe, Marietti 1820 (25 April – 6.30pm Meeting Space); Bruno Bozzetto and Simone Tempia Mr. Bozzetto, Rizzoli Lizard (26 April – 8.30pm Meeting Space); Tiziano Fratus Alberodonts of Italy, Edizioni Gribaudo (27 April – 3.45pm Auditorium) Alessandro Robecchi Small fish, Sellerio (27 April – 17 Spazio Incontri); Vera Gheno Grammancers. Imagining futures with words, Einaudi (27 April – 8.30pm Meeting Space); Giulia Corsalini The condition of memory, Guanda (28 April – 11th Meeting Space); Michele Mari —— (28 April – 6.30pm Meeting Space); The McMusa – Marta Ciccolari Micaldi Disappear here. A journey to the heart of the United States through meetings, pages of literature and American dreams, Rizzoli (28 April – 8.30pm Meeting Space); Marino Folin Inventory: Things and the house, Marsilio (29 April – 6.30pm Meeting Space); Nando Dalla Chiesa The rebels. Stories of women who challenged the mafia for love, Solferino (29 April – 8.30pm Auditorium); Federico Fubini Gold and country. Story of Niccolò Introna, forgotten hero, Mondadori (30 April – 16 Spazio Incontri); Luca Bianchini The heart and a gypsy, Mondadori (30 April – 8.30pm NXT Station | Piazzale Alpini); Giuseppe Remuzzi Juliet’s leeches and other incredible stories about the progress and contradictions of medicineSolferino (1 May – 4.00 pm Meeting Space); Dayane Mello The little girl who always slept with the light on, Baldini+Castoldi (1 May – 6.30pm Meeting Space); Giuseppe Girgenti Human, not very human, Piemme (1 May – 7.45pm Meeting Space).

This year too there is no shortage of spaces dedicated to reading and activities for the little onesa public particularly fond of the Fair: 11 proposals from animated readings, workshops dedicated to robotics created in collaboration with the Dalmine Foundation, juggling and lots of stories dedicated to them starting from 3 years of age. The 65th edition of the Booksellers’ Fair is free to enter as it has always been in the past, thanks to the effort of the booksellers who organize the fair. The books of the guest authors are present at the fair and during the meetings, purchasing them in these places is the true and concrete act of support that all readers who love the Booksellers’ Fair can do to support the event.

Reservation is mandatory on the Difesadeilibrai.it website

The Fair is online – starting from 4pm on Tuesday 9 April – on the Difesadeilibrai.it website, on the page Facebook – Fiera dei Librai, Instagram – Fieradeilibraibergamo and is open every day from 10am to 11pm except May 1st from 10am to 8pm.