Since Friday (29/09), Praça Dante Alighieri received more than 28 thousand readers and culture lovers at the largest Literary Festival in Serra Gaúcha. 6,667 books were sold in the first weekend, which had more than 30 attractions that delighted the public.
The highlight of the fair was the chat with criminologist and writer, Ilana Casoy, mediated by journalist Marcelo Mugnol. The writer interacted with the public present despite the bad weather this Saturday (30/09). Ilana answered questions from the public about her books and the writing process, following cases that shocked the country, such as that of Suzane von Richthofen and the Nardone couple. “We cannot demonize the criminal nor sanctify the victim. Both are people, the criminal is a sick person and the victim is the one who had their right to live violated,” said Ilana.
On Sunday (01/10), Praça Dante was full of laughter, with the Creator and Creature chat, with cartoonist Carlos Henrique Iotti and actor Jonas Piccoli, who plays Radicci in the theater. The mediation was carried out by Aline Zilli, who plays Genoveva in the play that has had more than 200 performances in more than 10 years on stage.
The cartoonist entertained the audience with the stories of the most beloved character in Caxias do Sul and perhaps the world, who has been portraying the foreigners of Serra for 40 years. “Radicci is a little bit of all of us. Our parents, great-uncles, neighbors, everyone is a bit of this foreigner”, commented Iotti.
The program for the first week of the 39th Caxias do Sul Book Fair will feature a chat with the writer, journalist and master in Literary Theory, Cíntia Moscovich
The Book Fair heats up the engines this Monday (02), wrapped in the magic of the 19th Reading Passport, with writer Elaine Pasquali Cavion, and writer Pedro Guerra. It continues full of attractions with cultural entertainment, theater workshop, storytelling with Friend of the Book Aline Luz, visitation on the Marcopolo Foundation’s Arts Bus, artistic presentations, lecture, music at the fair, autograph session, and ends the activities of the day with Órbita Literária.
On Tuesday (03), the heart of Praça Dante Alighieri continues to pulsate with encounters with literary art, bringing a diverse program starting with Passaporte da Leitura, with the writer Márcio Vassallo, and the writer Gláucia de Souza. The activities continue with cultural entertainment, artistic presentations, a knocker workshop for children with the Caxiense Aldravianista Movement, and end with the 30th Proler: chat “The art of looking in the face of words – what is the use of enchantment and fantasy in life of us?” with Márcio Vassallo and mediation by Délcio Agliardi, at the Gerd Bornheim Art Gallery.
On Wednesday (04), we continued with the Reading Passport, bringing the writers Simone Saueressig and Anabella López to the delight of students. Roger Castro commands the Fair’s stage with cultural entertainment with Vivandeiros da Alegria. In addition, there will be a film workshop with students from the Marcopolo School of Creativity, storytelling, round table, music at the fair, and chat.
The 39th Caxias do Sul Book Fair continues this Thursday (05), with the 19th Passaporte da Leitura, bringing the writer Marta Lagarta and the writer Volnei Canônica, promoting the meeting of writers with students. Activities continue with storytelling, autograph sessions and artistic presentations.
To end the day with a flourish, the Fair brings to Caxias do Sul the writer, journalist and master in Literary Theory, with specialization in the area of literary creation workshops, Cíntia Moscovich, who will be participating in the chat “A vida de It’s not easy to write, but we love it”, mediated by writer and journalist Alessandra Rech, at 7pm, at the Gerd Bornheim Art Gallery.
Cíntia Moscovich is the author of eight individual books, including “Why am I fat, Mom?” and “This brilliant thing that is rain”, has been published in the United States, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Argentina and Uruguay. She received the Açorianos (Municipal Secretariat of Culture), Jabuti (Brazilian Book Chamber), Portugal Telecom and Clarice Lispector awards, from the National Library Foundation. She was patron of the 62nd Porto Alegre Book Fair. She was director of the State Book Institute (Government of the State of Rio Grande do Sul) and book editor of the newspaper Zero Hora, for which she is a columnist.
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