There are almost two days left until the opening of the XXXVI edition of the International Book Fair, scheduled in Turin from 9 to 13 May, and the Region is ready for a journey to the heart of Calabria. It is ready to welcome the public and host the 41 Calabrian publishing houses (last year there were 32) and the 20 Calabrian authors who have individually requested participation.
This is what we read in a note from the vice-presidency of the Calabria Region. “The rich programme, following the instructions of the vice president of the Calabria Region, was curated by the Education, training and equal opportunities department, general manager Maria Francesca Gatto, and by the staff of the culture sector, cultural activities, libraries, museums, theatres, higher education artistic musical”.
In the over 200 square meters of pavilion there will be a large space for meetings, the bookshop in which each publishing house will have an appropriate personalized place, a corner for listening to audio books, a relaxation area, video walls on which you can follow live meetings and view short videos produced by publishing houses. A calendar of meetings which will see 85 meetings taking place over the five days of the event with the presence of over 220 authors, publishers, journalists and institutional representatives.
As already last year, the Association Via Verdi 11 – Educational Web TV – of Locri, continues the note, will take care of the participation of groups of Calabrian and Piedmontese students who will experiment with the filming and TV broadcasting techniques of the scheduled meetings, guided by professionals of the sector and teachers. The students of the Web radio and Web TV editorial staff of the “G. Marconi” in Siderno, director Maria Giuliana Fiaschè, will follow the event and create films and interviews with writers and personalities from the literary and cultural scene.
The great Calabrian writer Saverio Strati will be remembered at the Salone on the centenary of his birth with a series of meetings and thematic insights with the contribution of authorities and scholars and men of letters such as Goffredo Fofi, Gioacchino Criaco, Giancarlo Cauteruccio, Giuseppe Polimeni, Luigi Franco, Benedetta Borrata, Mario Musolino, Elisa Chiriano, Luigi Tassoni. Great space during the days will also be dedicated to the poet Franco Costabile from Lamezia, on the centenary of his birth.
“On the morning of Saturday 11 May – it is written in the note – space will be given to ‘Taurianova Book Capital 2024’, the activities planned during the year in the city and in the region will be presented; followed by the young Calabrian Gabriele Vagnato from Viva Rai 2 with Fiorello, at the Book Fair in his Calabria stand he will compare himself with the Calabrian students present”. Numerous guest authors: Professor Piergiorgio Odifreddi, the writers Carmine Abate, Angela Bubba, Mario Caligiuri, Gioacchino Criaco, Domenico Dara, Mario Fortunato, Mimmo Gangemi, Raffaele Gaetano, Mauro Francesco Minervino, Tonino Perna, Vito Teti, Giordano Bruno Guerri and Olimpio Talarico.
Several Calabrian schools will be present at the Show: the IC Ardito of Lamezia Terme, the Liceo Mazzini of Locri, the Liceo Galilei of Paola, the Liceo Morelli of Vibo Valentia. Many others will follow the online meetings through the platform that will be made available by the Region, in collaboration with the Calabria school office.
