Since beginning the month, various schools in the city have been working on the realization of a comic inspired by a fragment of the work of Cervantes to mark the fourth centenary of his death to be exhibited at The Luzzy.Sin But this was only the beginning of what the month of spring was to uncover in cultural activities are concerned.
And the AbrirLibro program comes a year to Cartagena with extensive planning that revolves around April 23, Day of the Book, and includes meetings with authors, panel discussions, screenings, performances, discussions, creative workshops, puppets and photocall, among other activities.
The delegate of Culture councilor, David Martinez, has been commissioned to detail this morning all events that are part of this program will be extended from 18 to 29 this month.
We like the books, but we like the people who read them, said the mayor, who has been accompanied by M.ÂŞ Carmen Rodal, the head of public libraries, as this network belonging completely overturns City Council to promote and promote the habit of reading among children, young and old.
PROGRAMMING
A new feature is the overall project BookCrossing, which will fly through the city 700 books to go from hand to hand and crossing different places and people.
The event par excellence is precisely Book Day, in which various workshops will be held in the San Francisco square from 11.30.
Manufacture of bookmarks, sheet processing, making dream catchers and development of puppets literary activities will fill the square.
In addition, due to the recent opening of the library The Magic Mountain and the upcoming opening of another in Carmen Street, Saturday 23 from 18.30 to 20.30 h simultaneous meetings with authors will be held in these shops and cafés Mr. Witt, Puzzle and the Steadfast Tin Soldier, in addition to the back room of the bookstore Alfonso XIII.
For the rest of events can consult the full program.
LITERARY MEETING WITH AUTHORS
In the briefing it was also attended by Paco Marín, which is one of the coordinators of the Literary Meeting of Authors in Cartagena (ELACT) and has released all acts planned around the fourth edition of this event which will be based in the ISEN new facilities.
At the opening Thursday 21 will accompany the writer and professor Antonio Parra, and the first meeting will take place at 17.15 h with the official chroniclers of the city as guests.
Then at 19.00 it will be the turn of the Round Table Importance of translation and translators in the literature, where the presence of Natalia Carbajosa and Miguel Ros González.
Already on Friday 22 there will be a space for young authors at 17.15 h and another for romantic literature from 19.00.
Finally, on Saturday 23th a meeting with the collaboration of the ONCE in which, under the title Another way of reading, there will be visually impaired guests from 11.00 hours will be held.
The award Microstories Lola Fernández and the closing ceremony will be held at 13.00.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena