Overview
On June 16th, 17th and 18th, the fourteenth edition of the literary festival "A Tutto Volume - Libri in festa a Ragusa" returns. The participation of many guests is expected. Books, authors and readers will be celebrated, in a marriage combining cultural vivacity with the re-appropriation of squares, alleys and gardens between Ragusa Superiore and Ragusa Ibla. This successful formula has allowed the event to become one of the main national events dedicated to books.
On various stages in the shape of giant books, novelists, journalists, historians, philosophers, and scientists will alternate making direct contact with passionate readers, citizens, curious tourists, including children and teenagers with special sections and dedicated talks.
"A Tutto Volume" also promises in this edition to offer a truly varied and original program. The new section "The first lesson of..." will for the first time have experts of various subjects explaining "difficult" topics such as economics, mathematics, poetry, and genetics to name a few, in a simple engaging way.
The artistic director Alessandro Di Salvo, who will be joined by guest directors Antonio Pascale, Federico Taddia, Paolo Verri, Massimo Polidoro, draws attention to the festival's objectives: to sell more books in bookshops, create new readers, contradicting every statistic concerning Sicily and southern Italy: “A Tutto Volume” is a book festival but it’s also a festival for authors and readers, of the entire territory. Authors stroll through the city streets, readers discuss topics of the moment in squares and Baroque palaces, it becomes a space for strong expression in which books come to life within the idyllic settings.
The words of the mayor of Ragusa, Peppe Cassì, are emblematic: “A Tutto Volume has demonstrated and continues to demonstrate, year after year, that it’s an event of the highest level. Thanks to the commitment of those who organize and promote it, of those who support it, of an entire community that participates and welcomes it, authors and publishers almost compete to find themselves in front of an audience "hungry" for books and culture like ours. In today's reality, made up of slogans and clamor, A Tutto Volume gives us back the right to complexity, to comparison, to knowing how to discern”.
Access to the talks is free. To reserve a seat, contact info@atuttovolume.org or call 3468624970.
Access to the talks is free. To reserve a seat, contact info@atuttovolume.org or call 3468624970.
97100 Ragusa RG, Italia
