Sardinia 2023

PUBLIC MEETINGS

Thursday, Nov. 30 at 5:30 p.m. - Quartu Sant'Elena Municipal Library

Monica Pau Tronci meets the audience, in dialogue with Lucia Cossu, to present "The Diary of Eleonora D'Arborea. The Childhood of a Queen" (S'Alvure Editrice, 2023), opening and closing poetry readings by Dario Cadinu from his collection "Trinity of the Gesture, the Gift that Had to be Made" (Ensemble Editions). The event is organized in collaboration with the Quartu Municipal Library. 

Friday, December 15 from 5 p.m. - Edumondo Bookstore - Massimo Theater (reservation required)

"Stories in History" seminar with literary critic Alessandro Marongiu, along with Marina Boetti, a focus on the theme of the event and books from the first edition

Monday, December 18 at 7:30 p.m. - Former Capuchin Convent in Quartu Sant'Elena

Fabiano Massimi ("Se esiste un perdono" Longanesi, 2023) and Giovanni Rinaldi ("C'ero anche io su quel treno, la vera storia dei bambini che unirono l'Italia" Solferino, 2021), in dialogue with Lucia Cossu. Opening and closing poetry readings by Alessandra Meloni with poems by Martin Remesha Elvis King (from the collection "Inner City") and Sara Lepori (from "Leaves and Roots").

MEETINGS RESERVED FOR STUDENTS

Thursday, November 30 at 11 a.m. - Liceo Artistico Cagliari

Monica Pau Tronci will meet, at 11 a.m., with students from the Liceo Artistico in Cagliari to talk about her book "The Diary of Eleonora D'Arborea. The Childhood of a Queen." (S'Alvure Editrice, 2023) in dialogue with Marina Boetti and young Jasmine Lasio.

Monday, December 11 at 9 a.m. - Cagliari Academy of Art (Lazzaretto di S.Eliatto)

Marina Boetti will meet with illustrator Ilenia Loddo and students and cartoonists from the Academy. It will be a creative workshop (to create the carrier image of the visual communication of the 2024 edition of the event) and the moment of presentation of the 6 books featured in the event. 

Wednesday, December 13 and Thursday, December 14 08:30/10:30 a.m. - National Boarding School

 Writer Marina Morpurgo will meet with the students of the National Boarding School to talk about her "The False Step" (Astoria, 2022) in dialogue with Lucia Cossu.

Friday, December 15 from 3:30 p.m. - Edumondo Bookstore (Maximum Theater)

Nicolo Migheli meets with young male and female students to present "The Knight without Honor"(Arkadia, 2023).
Also featured in the afternoon were "Lepo-esie "by Sara Lepori (Amicolibro, 2022).

Monday, December 18 at 9 a.m. - Siotto High School 

Writer Fabiano Massimi will meet with male and female students to present, in dialogue with Alessandra Meloni, his "If There Is Forgiveness" (Longanesi, 2023).

Monday, December 18 at 9 a.m. - Buccari Marconi Institute

Giovanni Rinaldi will talk with students, in dialogue with Marina Boetti, Riccardo Casu and Adriano Saba, about his book "I was on that train too, the true story of the children who united Italy" (Solferino, 2021)

Monday, December 18 at 11 a.m. - De Sanctis Institute 

Writer Fabiano Massimi will meet with male and female students to present, in dialogue with Alessandra Meloni and Marina Boetti, his "If there is a forgiveness" (Longanesi, 2023)

Tuesday, December 19 at 9 a.m. - Euclid High School

Giovanni Rinaldi with his "I was on that train too, the true story of the children who united Italy,"in dialogue with Jasmine Lasio and Marina Boetti.

Tuesday, December 19 at 12:30 p.m. - Euclid High School

Fabiano Massimi, in dialogue with Edoardo Cossa and Marina Boetti, will present his "If There Is Forgiveness" (Longanesi, 2023).