BOOK VILLAGE IN MANACOR

the days 11 y 12 the first “Vila del Llibre” will be held in Manacor in June. So, the city will become a literary cultural capital during those days. Antoni Gomila has been in charge of preparing the cultural program, which has more than seventy activities for all audiences. The presentation of the program took place this Tuesday in Plaça de les Verdures, in the presence of the mayor of the city, the vice-president and councilor for Culture and the director of Vila del Llibre.

The importance of the female figure in Vila del Llibre

This year, the presence of female figures in literature will have an important weight in the event. In the circle In Dialogue, women will take center stage: Authors of all generations will be present, as Maite Salord, Carme Riera, Anna Manso or the emerging Aina Fullana and Pilar Codony, among many others. Women's poetry will also be represented by Antonina Canyelles and Odile Arqué.

Scheduled activities

You can enjoy debates, conferences dedicated to comics and Jordi Coca's presentation of his work on William Shakespeare. Además, Theatrical-poetic shows will have a lot of weight, and will serve to pay tribute to essential authors. The author Maria Antonia Oliver, Recently deceased, will have its own space through the theater; The figures of Miquel Àngel Riera will also be vindicated and honored in the show Fam de Paraula i Terra, and Gabriel Galmés in the closing show. On Saturday afternoon there will be a central show dedicated to poets from all over the territory..

You can also enjoy family activities for all ages., with experimentation workshops or spaces for the little ones in the house to get closer to reading and enjoy it.

The activities will be carried out in fifteen spaces, some of which will be modified especially in view of the event. Places like squares and streets, disused shops and premises, these two days of festival will come to life.

On the other hand, More than twenty independent publishers will make their titles available to readers in a sample of the bibliodiversity of the territory.

Tchaikovsky or Mozart, You can consult the official website of Vila del Llibre, viladelllibre.cat.

 

By Maite Vallejo

 

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