.:. festivals / rave readings
September 8 through 12, 2021
dozens of meetings throughout town, from 10am
Streets, squares and palazzi of the Renaissance town of Mantua are populated once again by readers and
writers, with international guests - such as Mariana
Enriquez, Aleksej
Ivanov, Fouad
Laroui, Benjamin
Labatut, Colum
McCann, Santiago
Roncagliolo, Bernhard
Schlink, Rebecca
Solnit, and Alice
Walker - among Italian authors (Marco
Bechis, Giuseppe
Culicchia, Carlo
Lucarelli and Antonio
Scurati among them) during Festivaletteratura, now being held for the 25th time. Readings, lectures and meetings are all part of the event, along with exhibitions, concerts and theatre.
.:. Since the festival got very popular,
booking in advance for the selected events through the festival's
website is
mandatory.
.:. Some pictures from the 2014 edition are at the CiaoMilano
Facebook page.
.:. It takes about two hours by train from Milan (a dozen daily direct trains).