It kicks off Monday 6 May the third edition of Zero Festival, the event dedicated to books, reading, socializing and entertainment for teenagers of generation zero. From Monday 6th to Friday 10th May, in the Library Park in via Cavour 3, during school hoursthe students of the first and second level secondary schools of Legnano will have the opportunity to meet and dialogue with the authors of the books read at school or individually and, during extra-school hoursthe possibility of choosing between many activities, workshops, graphic novels and manga, TV series and board games, thus experiencing the library as a space of community and inclusion.
“Now in its third edition and thanks to the success achieved among the very young since the first year, This festival is, for children, an opportunity for training, socializing and leisure outside of school – comments Guido Bragato, Councilor for Culture – Zero Festival promotes knowledge and use of the city’s cultural services and places, accompanying young people in an experience of discovering the library as a place of culture, sociality, sharing and inclusion, but it is Also an opportunity to strengthen collaboration between the library, the school and young people in the area, with a very specific objective that this administration has set itself since it took office: to stimulate forms of active citizenship”. Registration for the afternoon events is open to all.
Plan:
· meetings with authors for secondary school students
Monday 6 May at 11.00 Daniela Palumbo presents The Mistakes of Dubai, ed. The Beaver
Tuesday 7 May at 11.00 Alessandro Pasquinucci presents The screen, ed. Goose bumps
meetings for lower secondary school students
Wednesday 8 May at 9.30 and 11.00 Lucia Stipari presents The boy without a shadow, ed. The Beaver
Thursday 9 May at 9.30 and 11.00 Francesco Muzzopappa presents Wonderbrutto. The birth of the hero, ed. De Agostini
Friday 10 May at 9.30 and 11.00 Sumaya Abdel Qader presents Looking for me, ed. Mondadori Ragazzi
· Afternoon activities by reservation
Monday 6 May at 5pm reading group on graphic novels and manga on Infinite Summer by Lâm Hoàng Trúc edited by Luca Raina (it is possible to participate in the meeting even without having read the manga
Tuesday 7 May at 4.30pm lab: world of TV series how to write your Sea Outside, Skam, Wednesday edited by Stefania Carini
Friday 10 May at 4.30pm gaming experience, game storm laboratory: how to design a board game, curated by Matteo Sassi
From Monday to Friday from 4.30pm to 6.30pm board games group challenges
Zero Festival sees the participation of Radio Bull-aut of the Dell’Acqua institute with live broadcasts, interviews with authors and students broadcast via web radio, podcasts and live.
For information and to book afternoon activities, contact the library on 033154737.
