.:. fairs / books and cultures
Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino
May 15 through 19, 2025
The
Turin International Book Fair is celebrating its 37th edition. The focus this year is on
Le parole tra noi leggere (literally "Light Words between Us"), after a successful novel by Lalla Romano published in 1969.
.:. Writer and playwright Yasmina
Reza is in charge of the inaugural lecture, followed by an international guest list that includes American novelist Tracy
Chevalier, French journalist Victoire
Tuaillon, the Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa
Lahiri, Joël
Dicker from Switerland, the International Booker Prize winner Georgi
Gospodinov (keynote speaker of the 25th anniversary of
L’Autore Invisibile, a professional program on translation), Israeli writer Etgar
Keret, French novelist Valérie
Perrin, the Akutagawa Prize winner Rie
Qudan, Japanese philosopher Saito
Kōhei, Palestinian writer Adiana
Shibli, and Scott
Turow, famous for
Presumed Innocent.
.:. Guest country of the 2025 edition are the
Netherlands, with authors from the Dutch language area covering the Netherlands, Flanders, Suriname and the Caribbean territories linked to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
.:. As for Italy, the idea of lightness is also embodied by tv stars like Luciana
Littizzetto (curator), Mara
Venier and Fabio
Fazio.
.:. The detailed
programme, in Italian, is found at the Salone's website.