The new one will be inaugurated on Wednesday 3 July Feltrinelli bookshopal number 25 via Di Palma. Routine news for other cities but which in our Taranto becomes an event also because it goes against the trend with the closure of many bookshops, including historic ones, suffered in recent years.
So, starting at 7 pm there will be a special evening of celebrations, after the ribbon cutting, the opening will see the participation of particularly representative voices of the territory: the writers Nicola Lagioia and Antonella Lattanzi who, moderated by the journalist Florinda Fiamma, will celebrate the figure of Alessandro Leogrande, offering a memory on stage. Accompanying their conversation, the voice of the singer-songwriter from Taranto Erica Mou.
This is the seventh opening of the Group in Puglia after those of Bari, Brindisi, Casamassima, Lecce and Altamura and the first in the capital. Immersed in the cultural sea of Taranto, the Feltrinelli bookshop intends to give space to the many forms of expression that characterize the local context of Taranto. A new space dedicated to books and reading, from the most famous and beloved voices to the most surprising subcultures.
To welcome readers, a space of over 270 square meters on two levels, with the possibility of hosting book presentations and various cultural initiatives for the city. Over 20 thousand titles in total, with an editorial proposal that is careful to also enhance local publishers and local voices. The assortment includes 8 thousand fiction titles and over 5 thousand non-fiction titles, without forgetting foreign and other literature. Furthermore, for the younger ones, a section dedicated to the Young Adult universe and the literature that best represents it: comics, manga and romance.
The Taranto library in numbers
- Sales area ……..………..……………………………….…. 274 sq m
- Assortment of books (titles) ………………………………………… 20,000
- of which, Fiction…………………………………………………………..8,000 (40%)
- of which, Non-Fiction…………………………………………………………..5,200 (26%)
- of which, Varies……………………………………………………………………4,400 (22%)
- of which, Children’s department ………………………….……..…………….2,400 (12%)
- Booksellers……………..……..………………….……………………………………8
