The 27th International Book Fair

Turin, 15 April 2014 The 27th International Book Fair -­‐ Turin Lingotto Fiere via Nizza 280, 10126 – Turin From Thursday 8th to Monday 12th May 2014 11th Salone Off 10 Districts from Turin, Chivasso, Moncalieri, Settimo, Pinerolo, Orbassano and Rivoli salonelibro.it @SalonedelLibro #SalTo14 #SalToff The 27th Book Fair in brief • The 27th International Book Fair will be held from from Thursday 8th to Monday, May 12th 2014 at Lingotto Fiere (via Nizza 280, 10126 – Turin) in Pavilions 1, 2, 3 and 5. • Opening times: Thursday-­‐Sunday-­‐Monday 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.; Friday-­‐ Saturday 10 a.m.-­‐11p.m. Full ticket € 10.00, reduced price ticket € 8.00. • The Book Fair is promoted and coordinated by the Fondazione per il Libro, la Musica e la Cultura, president Rolando Piccioni and editor Ernesto Ferrero. The organizing secretariat is GL events Italia -­‐ Lingotto Fiere. • The main theme of the 2014 Book Fair is “Good”. Good in its philosophical, ethical , historical, literary and neuroscientific implications. The concept of the common good. And Primo Levi's notion of "a job done well" in rediscovering craftsmanship also in book creation and publishing. • Guest country of honour is the Holy See, exhibiting in Pavilion 3 with a large exhibition space that reproduces the paving of St. Peter's Square and the dome of the Basilica from the original design by Donato Bramante, with 2014 marking 500 years since his death. The other countries represented at the Book Fair are Albania, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, France, Israel, Peru, Poland and Romania. • Guest Country of Honour at the 2015 Book Fair will be the Federal Republic of Germany. Germany is present at the 2014 Book Fair with a delegation from the Frankfurt Buchmesse, who have been entrusted by the Foreign Ministry in Berlin with the task of organizing the German pavilion for 2015 and officially representing next year’s Guest Country. • The 2014 communications campaign has been carried out by the Nitida agency of Piasco, Cuneo and uses the slogan “Bene in vista”, playing in one sense on the idea of keeping a close eye on a value whose contours these days are not so clear, and in another more optimistic sense on the idea that good is actually in sight. 1 Fondazione per il Libro, la Musica e la Cultura
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• There were 20,000 downloads last year, and once again there will be a Free App for the Book Fair for smartphones and tablets in iOs and Android versions and this year also for Windows. Everything that is in the printed programme and much more besides. What’s new: the integrated QR Code reader and tags to find where in the mare magnum a particular author or celebrity may be. • Italian National Institutions are represented at the Book Fair by the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research, the Ministry of Defence, and the Italian Red Cross. • All the publishers who usually exhibit at the Book Fair have confirmed their presence, from large publishing groups to small and medium-­‐sized publishing companies, some with their own stands and others sharing. A point worth noting is that 50% of the startup publishers who took part in Incubatore in 2013 have their own stand at this year’s Book Fair. • After Calabria’s launch of the format in 2013, this year’s Regional guest of honour will be the Veneto. Other Italian regions taking part with their own stands are Basilicata, Calabria, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Marche, Piedmont, Puglia, Sicily and Umbria. • Thirty rooms are available for presentations, meetings and debates -­‐ from the 35-­‐seat Sala Avorio to the 1,900 seats of the Giovanni Agnelli Auditorium. The novelties are the Sala Bianca in Pavilion 3, for meetings on religion and spirituality, the Casa Cookbook’s workshop area, the experiential arena of the Book to the future’s startup area, the Sala Argento in Pavilion 2 and the Independent Corner in Pavilion 1. •
Pavilion 1 becomes the pavilion for independent publishers. A whole new layout -­‐ with its own logo, dedicated graphics and blue as a colour guide – has been thought out for Officina (Workshop). Editoria di progetto (Publishing Project) the programme of meetings, presentations, discussions curated by Giuseppe Culicchia discovers the richness and creativity of independent publishers and the professionals -­‐ from author to bookseller -­‐ who put their talents and labour into the creation of a book. • There are 53 new exhibitors debuting at the 2014 Book Fair, and this also thanks to the special projects that each year encourage new publishing talent. In particular, there are 23 new publishers exhibiting at the Incubatore (the Incubator), 4 at Book to the future, 10 innovative digital startups selected from an international shortlist, 2 in the children’s publishers area and 14 with stands in traditional areas. • Wi-­‐fi Connection. Visitors can access the free wi-­‐fi zone with no time limits in the following areas: Galleria Visitatori, Sala Gialla, Sala Rossa (in Pavilion 1), Sala Blu, Sala Azzurra (in Pavilion 3), Bookstock Arena (in Pavilion 5). The wi-­‐fi network is salto14, the password is salto-­‐14. Lingotto Fiere together with the Piedmont Regional Government offer free wi-­‐fi to visitors to the Book Fair. Journalists can access the wi-­‐fi zone in the Press Office and throughout the Lingotto Fiere exhibition area, using the “LingottoFiere” network and the password provided by the Press Office. • After the great success of 2013, the Book Fair’s Lounge, created with Ikea, returns to Pavilion 1. A 400-­‐
square-­‐metre lounge entirely given over to enogastronomy and a rest area for exhibitors, authors, guests and journalists. Passholder access only. The menu consists of high quality produce from Piedmont and different options are available: a quick snack at the bar counter – the “dish and go” formula; full table service with three different menus; and vegetarian and gluten-­‐free dishes. The EcoLunch Box service is available for exhibitors and provides meals delivered direct to the stand. Catering is provided by Fly Food of Cherasco, Cuneo. Menus and prices available from the Press Office. • Refreshment areas provided by Lingotto Fiere together with Autogrill are all confirmed for the 2014 Book Fair. The tastes and needs of all visitors are catered for and this year there will be a refreshment area specially for those seeking gluten-­‐free produce. 2 Fondazione per il Libro, la Musica e la Cultura
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• Other firm favourites with the public have been confirmed. Lingua Madre (Mother Tongue), the area all about cultural mixing, including the Lingua Madre competition for foreign women writers living in Italy. Tentazione e meditazione (Temptation and meditation) brings together the best chocolatiers in Turin and Piedmont in a series of meetings with writers and producers, coordinated by the critic Paolo Massobrio. • Special projects. Casa CookBook is back in Pavilion 2 with an area entirely dedicated to enogastronomic and cooking publications and this year offers even more with a workshop area so that visitors can get directly involved. Book to the future (Pavilion 2) hosts the 10 best startups selected from a shortlist of digital publishing projects, carried out with Digital Festival and the Piedmont Regional Government. Incubatore (Pavilion 1) for independent publishers with less than 24 months of activity, and AdaptLab, the book-­‐to-­‐movie adaptation programme developed by the IBF, are both confirmed. • Pavilion 5 hosts Bookstock Village for young readers between the ages of 0 and 20. This year Andrea Bajani’s boys have worked with their peers from Berlin to find ten words in common that define Europe. For the programme aimed at the youngest readers Eros Miari has invented Bene Male Mah…. (Good, bad, eh ...) And also, Village’s great international bookshop, the Comic Strip Bookshop, the eight workshops and the preparation of BookBlog. • Back at the Lingotto Congress Centre from May 8th to 10th is the thirteenth IBF -­‐ International Book Forum, the business area of the Book Fair for the exchange of translation rights: 27 countries represented and more than 600 publishing professionals. Particular focus this year on exchanges between Italy and the huge Chinese market. • The Book Fair ends on the morning of Monday 12th May, with the traditional closing party Adotta uno scrittore (Adopt a writer), the project supported by the Associazione delle Fondazioni di Origine Bancaria del Piemonte (Association of Foundations with Banking Origins of Piedmont), which in the months running up to the book fair took 24 writers into the classrooms of middle and high schools around Piedmont and also to rehabilitation and community centres, and provides free entry for 12,000 students to the Book Fair. • For the first time the voices, faces, sounds and curious happenings that have most animated the different Book Fairs are recounted in a book, Un romanzo di carta (A paper novel), written by Roberto Moisio and published by Marsilio. The volume is being presented in the Sala Blu on Friday, May 8th at 5pm , and as well as the author, Guido Accornero, Ernesto Ferrero, Angelo Pezzana, Rolando Picchioni and other central characters in the history of the Book Fair will be there. • Salone Off takes off around the city and metropolitan area. The full programme -­‐ which now numbers 350 events and 150 locations -­‐ will be presented on Tuesday, April 29th, 2014 at 10:30 am at the Civic Library of Villa Amoretti (corso Orbassano 200, Turin). • Lingotto by bike. The [To]Bike bike-­‐sharing service has a temporary docking station in the square on the Via Nizza side. Reduced admission to the Book Fair for subscribers and the opportunity to purchase a 5-­‐
Euro special subscription for the five days of the Book Fair at www.tobike.it and at Lingotto Fiere at the [To] Bike desk in the visitors’ gallery •
For the Book Fair, Turismo Torino has a number of tour packages and initiatives on offer to promote the city and surrounding area: Torino+Piemonte Card, Books on the bus: on board with the writers tours. New this year, the #lamiatorino blog together with Hub09 where anyone can write, comment and share experiences and discoveries of life in and around Turin. 3 Fondazione per il Libro, la Musica e la Cultura
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• The closing press conference of the 27th International Book Fair is on Monday, May 12th, 2014 at 6pm in the Bookstock Arena (Pavilion 5). Minister Dario Franceschini inaugurates the 27th Book Fair The 2014 Book Fair will be opened by the Minister of Cultural Heritage, Activities and Tourism Dario Franceschini, and at 3pm in the Sala Rossa will be in discussion with Salvatore Settis and the editor of Il Sole 24 Ore Roberto Napoletano on the protection and promotion of Italy’s cultural heritage. For the Holy See, the guest of honour opening the exhibition will be the President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, who will be making the speech at the customary introductory evening for invited guests on Wednesday, May 7th at 8pm in the Agnelli Auditorium. Back at the Book Fair on Sunday at 11 am will be Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi. For the first time the Minister of Justice Andrea Orlando and the Minister of Education, Universities and Research Stefania Giannini will be attending. The Secretary of State of the Holy See, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, will be speaking on Saturday, May 10th at 11.00 am and presenting a new book on Pope Francis published by the Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Other Italian political figures attending the 2014 Book Fair include Giuliano Amato, Emma Bonino, Renato Brunetta, Massimo D'Alema and Walter Veltroni. Good -­‐ the theme of the 2014 Book Fair Good is the theme of the 2014 International Book Fair. Faced with a global crisis that is primarily moral and cultural, there arises an urgent need to redefine the rules of the game, trying to design a catalogue of values, experience and positive feelings, in an attempt to make a fresh start. No abstract discourses, but an agenda of things to do. And to do good, to the best of our abilities. Our recent history is usually read with a negative bias, and this tends to strengthen the reasons behind catastrophism and resignation. And yet there are still many with energy, skill and the will to see the crisis as an opportunity for real change and innovation. Where do the boundaries of today’s public and private ethics lie? To what extent have they changed? How is the collective mind evolving? A first hint may come from the answers that literature and philosophy have given to the primary needs of human societies. Susanna Tamaro is the patroness of the 2014 Book Fair and on Thursday, 8th May will be giving the inaugural lecture on the need for Good. The disappearance of the demarcation line between good and evil, and the transformation of an unavoidable choice into something relative, has helped to drag the younger generations into a state of confusion and bewilderment, from which any possible meaning that can be given to their lives has disappeared. Twenty years after the success of Etica per un figlio (Ethics for a son), Fernando Savater is back with Piccola bussola etica per il mondo (A small ethical compass for the world), aimed particularly at the young and dealing with their biggest questions. Stefano Bartezzaghi draws a map of the many uses that we make, perhaps unconsciously, of the word "Good." A brief history of Good in philosophy is offered by Armando Massarenti, while Good as a continuous search for truth is the subject of a dialogue between the writer Mariapia Veladiano and the philosopher Remo Bodei. The 4 Fondazione per il Libro, la Musica e la Cultura
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keynote address by Enzo Bianchi reflects on the art of giving, the ability to suffer together and the practice of compassion. In praise of forgiveness is also at the heart of a new book by Massimo Recalcati. Carlo Ossola studies the hazy line that separates good from evil in the legend of Don Juan. But there will also be a solid scientific basis: Frans De Waal, the famous Dutch primatologist, will show how man’s moral behavior does not derive from religious precepts, but is a response to the needs of the biological evolution of our species. Meetings and discussions will then deal with many of the associated issues and problems. Firstly, democracy in all its forms, its drift and opacity. The dramatic mask of oligarchies is the subject of a conversation between Luciano Canfora and Gustavo Zagrebelsky, which brings in Ezio Mauro and Gian Antonio Stella. And what happens if even Justice does not manage to be just, what with phone-­‐hacking, interminable trials and uncertainty over sentencing? In discussion for Dialoghi dell’Espresso (the Espresso magazine dialogues) are Minister of Justice, Andrea Orlando, writer Giancarlo De Cataldo, lawyer and jurist Carlo Federico Grosso and national anti-­‐Mafia prosecutor, Franco Roberti. No less urgent rethinking is needed in the spheres of economics and finance, whose levers are in the hands of a small unaccountable elite. Occidente estremo (Far West) is the title of a performance by Federico Rampini, a mix of theatre and journalism, starting with the West’s mistakes and moving on to the scenarios of distant lands and a near future over which China looms. Alan Friedman will also be at Lingotto with his new book on Italian trasformismo as will Luca Ricolfi, both disenchanted analysts of past mistakes and possible solutions. Financial meltdown as the result of a deliberate strategy is the focus of harsh accusations against the banking establishment by Rampini, Luciano Gallino and Luca Ciarrocca. To answer them Camillo Venesio, vice-­‐president of ABI (Italian Bankers’ Association). The very idea of Europe no longer seems to represent either a desired or shared destination, and very much incomplete as it is, requires a qualitative leap. Giuliano Amato and Ernesto Galli della Loggia will be discussing this while Massimo D'Alema talks to Bianca Berlinguer about the “European” proposals contained in his new book. Eagerly awaited is one of the most famous and controversial characters in world finance, George Soros, a philosopher by training, and today an active philanthropist, who will be reflecting on the uncertain destiny of Europe, accompanied by Emma Bonino and Federico Fubini. With ever-­‐increasing frequency, advances in technological research pose hotly-­‐debated dilemmas concerning, for example bioethics. Starting with the stem cell question, life senator Elena Cattaneo and Gilberto Corbellini discuss this issue. The opportunities offered by digital tools and the Internet have opened up new scenarios, where their potential is counter-­‐balanced by the danger of passive use, a threat to authentic educational growth. Does the digital school offer an opportunity or a danger? Juan Carlos De Martin of the Polytechnic University of Turin and Marco Gui of the University of Milan Bicocca discuss this with Fiorenzo Alfieri, while Fabio Chiusi looks at the shortcomings of digital democracy. Domitilla Ferrari leads the discussion. In recent years there has been an increase in the collective awareness of the concept and practice of the Common Good regarding the management of primary resources, from the environment and water to lifesaving drugs, access to the Internet, and so on. What is under discussion is a new relationship between the world of people and the world of goods, once entrusted to the logic of the market. At the Book Fair Stefano Rodotà and Laura Pennacchi talk about this; while a memory of Mario Fazio, ten years after his death, provides an opportunity to reflect on the conservation of the landscape and the environment involving Andrea Carandini, president of FAI, the Italian National Trust, Francesco Erbani and Marco Revelli, coordinated by Cristina Gabetti. This debate engages the age-­‐old problem of the management of the country’s cultural heritage, one of Italy’s great missed opportunities which could, if properly developed, provide an important impetus for relaunch and development. The minister Dario Franceschini talks about the latest strategies with Salvatore Settis and Tomaso Montanari, coordinated by the editor of Il Sole 24 Ore Roberto Napoletano. 5 Fondazione per il Libro, la Musica e la Cultura
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The good of knowledge, the usefulness of what may appear useless, such as art and literature, becomes the subject of philosopher Giulio Giorello’s, scientist Edoardo Boncinelli’s and Italianist Nuccio Ordine’s passionate reflections. Culture as an essential “good” for any reconstruction project is also the subject of a new book by Marino Sinibaldi, Spostiamo di un millimetro la Storia (Let's move History by a millimetre). In this rethinking of values, models and proposals, the 2014 Book Fair devotes special attention to the skilled work of craftsmanship, where tradition and innovation combine, where creativity and attention to detail meet the demands of specialist skills -­‐ a rediscovery of manual skills to counter the abstractions of the virtual world. Elogio dell’artigianato (A Eulogy to craftsmanship) will be held by Stefano Micelli of the University of Padua, in the company of two innovative enthusiasts of artisanal entrepreneurship, Teo Musso and Paola Zini. Among exhibitors at Lingotto will be many, starting with publishers and independent booksellers, who continue to focus on quality. To those master-­‐craftsmen who work to the highest standards the entire first pavilion at Lingotto is dedicated -­‐ symbolically known as the Officina (Workshop), on offer a specific programme of events, curated by Giuseppe Culicchia. Spirituality, religion, art, literature, philosophy. Events accompanying the participation of the Holy See, Guest of honour The participation of the Holy See, this year’s Guest of Honour, is being led by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture and in turn Guest of Honour and Representative of the Holy See. Ravasi has involved in the project both his own dicastery and the main Vatican institutions engaged in the event: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, the Vatican Museums, the Vatican Apostolic Library, Vatican Secret Archive, the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology, the Numismatic and Philatelic Office and other institutions, as well as the Archdiocese of Turin. The Holy See has an imposing stand at the International Book Fair in the third pavilion at Lingotto: a dome made of books, designed by the architect Roberto Pulitani of the Governorate of Vatican City State. The plan of the stand recalls the design for the new Vatican Basilica by Donato Bramante, the 500th anniversary of whose death (Rome, April 11, 1514) occurs this year. The pavilion of the Holy See is representative both of current publishing initiatives developed within the Vatican, and of the historical relationship of the Church and the Papacy with books and art. Among the most valuable pieces on display are the original manuscripts of the Inferno from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy with illustrations by Sandro Botticelli, and Homer’s Iliad in Greek with parallel text in Latin. Handwritten letters include one dated August 10th, 1848 from Charles Albert, King of Sardinia to Pope Pius IX; a letter dated July 20th, 1859 from Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour to Monsignor Gaetano Tortone, regent of the Apostolic Nunciature in Turin; a letter dated 8th September 1870 from Victor Emmanuel II to Pope Pius IX and a letter dated October 29th, 1876 from St. John Bosco to Pius IX. There are also sculptures and marble fragments from the Vatican Museums and volumes with artistic illustrations from the Vatican’s collection of contemporary art. The Vatican’s Numismatic and Philatelic Office has also issued a special stamp for the Book Fair. The participation of the Holy See as guest of honour is accompanied by a series of meetings, whose most eagerly awaited moments will come during the dialogue between Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi and Claudio Magris, as part of the successful "Courtyard of the Gentiles" series in which believers and non-­‐believers face each other (Friday, May 9th). The theme of the meeting is the ways in which today's Church exercises its teaching with believers and with society as a whole. 6 Fondazione per il Libro, la Musica e la Cultura
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On Saturday 10th May is the meeting with the Secretary of State His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, beginning with the recent publications of Pope Francis and reflecting on the intensity of the papal message, and on the responses, emotions and hopes that it raises. With him will be Fr Antonio Spadaro, editor of “La Civiltà Cattolica”, and Cardinal Ravasi. On Friday, May 9th the international conference Religious Publishing Worldwide, by the Libreria Editrice Vaticana, coordinated by Giuliano Vigini, will involve Gregory Erlandson (USA), Enrique Mota (Portugal), Albrecht Weiland (Germany) and Gianni Cappelletto (Italy ). Discussing Francis’ impact on global communication will be Aldo Grasso, Fr Federico Lombardi, Giovanni Reale and Fr Antonio Spadaro. The extraordinary artistic treasures held by the Vatican include objects from a series of specific events. Giovanni Reale illustrates the "Room of the Segnatura" using images from the film by Elisabetta Sgarbi. Alberto Angela takes us on a discovery of the Sistine Chapel. The treasures of the Vatican are exhaustively illustrated in the Jaca Book General Guide, which is discussed by Lucia Simonato, Christoph Thoenes and Lucetta Scaraffia. Making use of his archaeological knowledge, Andrea Carandini paints a vivid portrait of Peter and the birth of the Church, in discussion with Vito Mancuso. Corrado Augias wonders about the complex relationship between spiritual and temporal power in the history of the Church, and the "revolution" of Francis’ papacy. Vito Mancuso recommends a "Secret Life of Jesus" through the Apocryphal Gospels, translated specially for the occasion. Oreste Aime, Fr Ferruccio Ceragioli and Don Ermis Segatti read the Bible as literature and theology. Women in the Bible, "God’s rebels", somewhere between history and myth, are at the heart of a book by Adriana Valerio. Twenty-­‐five women today, including Dacia Maraini, offer the Pope their contribution to peace and human rights. Jerusalem as a political laboratory open to hope is discussed by Paola Caridi and Piergiorgio Pascali, who has interviewed Fr Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Custodian of the Holy Places. Events dedicated to spirituality and religion will be held in the specially prepared Sala Bianca, and have been organized with the Associazione Sant’Anselmo (Association of St. Anselm), the Archdiocese of Turin, Il Cortile dei Gentili, il Pozzo di Giacobbe and other publishers. Highlights include meetings centred on books that have been inspired by the marked novelty of Francis’ pontificate, destined to become of historical note in the life of the Church. This, the analysis of Marco Politi, Massimo Franco, Saverio Gaeta, and the book by Argentine journalist Elisabetta Piqué, who has known the pope for 15 years. Fr Bartolomeo Sorge gives us back the figure of a smiling Christ, open to joy and mercy. Don Antonio Mazzi offers a few basic rules for achieving awareness as parents. Constanza Miriano invites women to reflect on female identity far from dominant conformism. The meetings touch on a wide range of issues: inter-­‐religious dialogue, intolerance, the drift of the global economy, global poverty and the poverty of the Church, child labour and organized crime, immigrants and refugees, the pope-­‐saints of the twentieth century, Jesuits in the service of the South, John XXIII and John Paul II, the works of Benedict XVI, the bicentenary of the birth of Don Bosco next year, monasticism, Medjugorje, philosophers such as Maritain and Martinetti and the approach to new technologies. Il latino al tempo di Twitter (Latin in Twitter Time) is the title of the meeting that brings together Ivano Dionigi, Rector of the University of Bologna, Luciano Canfora and Valerio M. Manfredi. Alongside Alessandro Preziosi’s reading of Augustine's Confessions will be a musical moment in the Bookstock Arena on the relationship between faith and folk music/American rock, with a performance by Andrea Monda and Antonio Zirilli entitled I believe in a promised land. 7 Fondazione per il Libro, la Musica e la Cultura
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Officina. Editoria di progetto: a trip with Giuseppe Culicchia around independent publishers and book-­‐related jobs At the 2014 Book Fair Pavilion 1 becomes the Officina. Editoria di Progetto (Workshop. Publishing Project), the new section curated by Giuseppe Culicchia. By Officina is meant anything that adds to the creation and dissemination of books in Italy: from authors to readers via the publishers, translators, editors, booksellers and distributors. The Officina has been designed to highlight the quality behind that segment of the publishing industry that produces books with the passion and wisdom of the craftsman. Pavilion 1 and the areas including the Mother Tongue Arena, the Professionals Room and the new Independent’s Corner offer the chance to discover the most interesting new ventures in independent publishing, and also rediscover texts that will endure in time and give shape to a catalogue. Among the guests at Officina. Editoria di Progetto: Gipi, Zerocalcare, Alessandro Barbero, Paolo Di Paolo, Antonella Agnoli, Roy Paci, Romano Montroni, Antonio Sellerio, Gianarturo Ferrari, Francesco Piccolo, Guido Catalano, Stefano Mauri, Bjorn Larsson, Gerd Conradt, Antonio Pascale, Rosa Mogliasso, Enrico Camanni, Filippo Rossi, Francesca Comencini, Gherardo Colombo, Claudio Bisio, Alberto Asor Rosa, Paolo Mauri, Andrea Cortellessa, Stefano Salis, Antonio Sualzo Vincenti, Manuel Agnelli, Stefano Boeri, Massimo Giannini, Federico Rampini, Antonio Sellerio, Marco Malvaldi, Carla Benedetti, Luca Rastello, Goffredo Fofi, Gudrun Eva Minervudottir, Antonio Pennacchi, Emidio Clementi, Aldo Nove, Flavio Soriga, Giorgio Vasta, Enzo Bianchi, Michela Murgia, Enrico Tallone, Fabrizio Gifuni, Marcelo Figueras, Cristiano Cavina, Emanuele Trevi, Tiziano Fratus. Voices and images of the Great War The programme with which the 2014 Book Fair begins reflection on the centenary of the Great War is entrusted to the historian Giovanni De Luna. His keynote address moves from the frontline trenches to ponder the immense mixing of peoples and nations that have given rise to new settlements that even after so many years still show instability and fragility, opening up new problems to whose constraints and consequences Europe is still subject. De Luna introduces the event on Saturday, May 10th: readings in which the war returns in the works of Italian writers who actually experienced it personally, such as Carlo Emilio Gadda, Emilio Lussu and Giuseppe Ungaretti. Their finest pages are read by Alessandro Sperduti and are accompanied by rare and unpublished images from the archives of the Istituto Nazionale Luce, providing compelling visual testimony. Special guests at the Book Fair The Book Fair opens with Massimo Cacciari’s new book Labirinto filosofico (the Philosophical Labyrinth) on the great metaphysical tradition, in conversation with Federico Vercellone. Giuliano Ferrara holds a conversation entitled Questo Papa piace troppo (This Pope is too much liked), as a critical counterpoint to the chorus of acclaim that has greeted Pope Francis. Two central figures in the fight against the Mafia, Nicola Gratteri and Alessandro Nicaso reconstruct the lexicon and cover that organized crime enjoys, and present the book in which Caterina Chinnici, daughter of a judge murdered by the Mafia, describes the odyssey of the victims’ families. Piergiorgio Odifreddi talks about the high points of science starting with the poem by Lucretius, the first great "manifesto", before getting to Newton via physics, biology, art and literature. Claudio Magris publishes his thirty-­‐year correspondence with his lifelong friend, the poet Biagio Marin on poetry, culture, faith and family, in 8 Fondazione per il Libro, la Musica e la Cultura
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discussion with Guido Davico Bonino. Two famous chefs, and now TV celebrities, Bruno Barbieri and Carlo Cracco, talk about how they rediscovered traditional Italian food. Alberto Angela guides us through the treasures of the Sistine Chapel. Massimo Gramellini and Angela Terzani remember Tiziano Terzani ten years after his death, on the occasion of the first publication of his diaries. Aldo Cazzullo, accompanied by readings by Massimo Popolizio, presents his Basta piangere! (Stop Crying!). Gian Antonio Stella and Sergio Rizzo describe the disasters of the South. Ferzan Ozpetek evokes the magical Istanbul of his youth with Luciana Littizzetto. Francesco Guccini provides us with a new "dictionary of things lost," Michele Serra (Gli sdraiati – Lying down) and Francesco Piccolo (Voglio essere come tutti -­‐ I want to be like everyone else) talk about father/son relationships, passions and political illusions and delusions. Walter Veltroni remembers Enrico Berlinguer with a much acclaimed book and film. For the Dialoghi dell’Espresso (Espresso magazine dialogues) Bruno Manfellotto meets Eugenio Scalfari celebrating his 90th year with his engaging autobiography Racconto autobiografico. Giovanni Floris debuts in fiction with a Bildungsroman. Vittorio Feltri’s gallery of the "good and bad" provides a scathing portrait of those who have been at the centre of political life in recent years. Vittorio Andreoli addresses the painful issue of educational failure involving families and institutions, and requiring an effort from both. Philippe Daverio gives his account of great Venetian art, and Vittorio Sgarbi rediscovers many forgotten Italian art treasures for us. Oscar Farinetti talks to Giovanni Soldini about tales of entrepreneurial and sporting courage, while Luis Sepúlveda and Carlo Petrini rely on the wisdom inherent in stories to talk about the values that should be defended today. The long adventure of Masterpiece, the attempt to bring the labours of the writing process to TV, concludes at the Book Fair with the winner Nikola P. Savic, finalist Raffaella Silvestri, jury members Andrea De Carlo, Giancarlo De Cataldo and Taye Selasi, coordinated by Massimo Coppola. International guests Among the international guests, the British writer Robert Harris, with his new novel about the Dreyfus case, based on unpublished documents. Making a return to the Book Fair is Ildefonso Falcones, master of the historical novel in conversation with Marco Buticchi. The American Steve McCurry, a master of photo-­‐reporting, narrates through his unforgettable images -­‐ the Afghan girl looking out from the cover of the National Geographic. The great pianist Alfred Brendel is at Lingotto as the author of a delightful book of thoughts and aphorisms. The multi-­‐talented scientist Douglas Hosdtadter, who ranges from artificial brains to literature, is also a keen linguist interested in the problems of translation – a great admirer of Altan, they will be meeting at Lingotto. One of the great art critics and historians, essayist, museum curator and French academic, Jean Clair, claims the Giuseppe Bonura Prize for militant criticism, sponsored by Avvenire, while to Joe R. Lansdale goes the Premio Mondello Internazionale awarded by Niccolò Ammaniti. The prophet of "happy degrowth”, Serge Latouche, presents a new series on the founders of this theory. Among the narrators, is Spain's Clara Sánchez, firmly settled in the best-­‐seller rankings. Eagerly awaited is also the American revelation Lauren Groff; the young Frenchman Alexandre Postel, updating Kafka to the Internet age; and Britain’s Naomi Alderman with a provocative reinterpretation of the Gospels. The Israelis Naomi Ragen and Lizzie Doron describe the situation of women in Israel. Finally, Jaca Book publishes the secret notebooks of one of the bravest Soviet dissidents, Andrei Siniavskij, presented by his son Iegor. 9 Fondazione per il Libro, la Musica e la Cultura
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The souls of the Right Luca Beatrice and Luigi Mascheroni from Il Giornale have arranged two meetings for the Book Fair entitled Le anime della Destra (The souls of the Right), in order to focus on groupings which over the years have been steadily fading away, under pressure from the irreversible crises of ideologies and the rapidly changing nature of European societies. Is it still possible, and what does it mean today, to "think" and "see" Italy and the world from a liberal, moderate perspective? Or, whether the term “of the right” still has meaning: a multi-­‐functional and perhaps neglected word? To address the major themes of politics and culture, from suffocating statism to the role of private bodies in the management of our cultural heritage, from the Europe-­‐phantom to an increasingly web-­‐based society, two meetings with a group of “non-­‐conformist” intellectuals. The first meeting is on politics, and political scientists Piero Ostellino and Giovanni Orsini will be in discussion with Paolo Guzzanti and Marcello Veneziani, coordinated by Luigi Mascheroni. The second deals with culture and taking part will be the writers and journalists, Pietrangelo Buttafuoco and Angelo Mellone; deputy editor of Il Foglio and author of a pamphlet on the post-­‐fascist right, Alessandro Giuli; and Edoardo Sylos Labini, actor, director and playwright. Luca Beatrice leads the discussion. International awards at the Book Fair: Jean Clair wins the "Bonura” and the "Mondello" goes to Joe R. Lansdale The Book Fair will be hosting the awards ceremony for two important international prizes. The "Giuseppe Bonura" prize for militant criticism, sponsored by Avvenire and the Catholic University of Milan, goes this year to a great name in European culture, Jean Clair: Curator of the Centre Pompidou, director of the Picasso Museum, director of the 1996 Venice Biennale, French academic, art historian and critic, author of incisive essays such as La crisi dei musei, Breve storia dell’arte moderna, L’inverno della cultura (The crisis of the museums, A Brief History of Modern Art, Culture’s Winter), which opens with a quotation by Karl Kraus: "When the sun of culture is low on the horizon, even dwarves cast large shadows." His merciless portrait of so much art today being like a sacked land, venal and mortified, with artist-­‐buffoons, absurd descriptions, financial speculation and unlikely installations, all aimed at creating a spectacle. Presented by Luca Beatrice and Roberto Righetto, and introduced by Andrea Dell'Asta. Clair will give a keynote lecture on the subject What remains of the sacred in the art of today. The Premio Mondello Internazionale, organized by the Fondazione Sicilia in partnership with the Book Fair, has been assigned to Joe R. Lansdale by sole judge Niccolò Ammaniti, considered by him a reference point among authors. Passionate martial arts enthusiast, this prolific American writer’s works range from science fiction to horror, from westerns to noir, and is considered by many as the only real pulp fiction writer. Ammaniti writes in his motivation: "Lansdale tells tales with the urgency of a child and the wisdom of someone who loves literature and knows that, in the end, they are only stories." Introduced by Giovanni Puglisi. Last year’s Premio Mondello Internazionale saw Paolo Giordano designate the American writer Elizabeth Strout and the previous year Melania Mazzucco designated the Hungarian writer Peter Esterhazy. 10 Fondazione per il Libro, la Musica e la Cultura
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Temptation and meditation: when a page and "its" chocolate meet And of course, an unmissable part of the Turin Book Fair. Temptation and Meditation in Pavilion 5, organized in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Handicraft and Agriculture of Turin. Chocolate and books, together in the same space, for discussion and tasting. There will be 35 Maître Chocolatiers at the 2014 Book Fair and two new entries: le Pastiglie Leone and Pasticceria Sida. The programme of eight meetings under the guidance of food and wine journalist Paolo Massobrio will be seeking the perfect combination between a written page, a chocolate inspired by the occasion and the perfect drink. Tastings with authors, chocolatiers and visitors. Some of the subjects include food as a cultural asset; the relationship between food and music; gluten-­‐
free cooking, which should be one of life’s essential pleasures; cooking and chocolate as a secret to becoming the perfect couple; intriguing research by Turin archaeologist Generoso Urciuoli on Archeo-­‐recipes, food and recipes in antiquity, and what was eaten at the Last Supper; and the reflections of psychiatrist Alessandro Meluzzi on the profusion of cooking shows in mass culture in recent years. Designer Book Fair: a new merchandising line From this year, the International Book Fair will have a totally new line of official merchandising on sale: a rich catalogue of Book Fair-­‐labelled objects, useful and stylish, of great quality and made of environmentally-­‐friendly materials. Sweatshirts, windbreakers, kitchen aprons, canvas shopping bags, iPhone shells, USB sticks, straw hats and mugs. And that’s not all: soft toys, gym bags, sketchbooks and colouring pencils, the famous pocket diary with the elastic strap, tablet cases... Book Fair-­‐labelled items are the work of the Turin-­‐based company Graphic Center (graphiccenter.it) and can be bought at the stands in the Visitors Gallery and in Pavilion 2. The free Book Fair app: 20,000 downloads in 2013, and today the QR Code reader and tags to find Peppa Pig There were 20,000 downloads last year in less than two weeks, and once again there will be a Free App for the Book Fair developed by Sin Bit for smartphones and tablets in iOs and Android versions and this year also for Windows. Everything that is in the printed programme of Salone and Salone Off and much more besides: programmes, full names and biographies of Salone and Salone Off, interactive floor-­‐plan of the stands, exhibitor details, the MySalone appointments book, push notifications when an event is about to start. What’s new. The integrated QR Code reader: scan the code on the icon of the Officina. Editoria di progetto overalls and discover the history of the characters depicted. Tags to find where in the mare magnum a particular author or celebrity may be (eg Peppa Pig or Montalbano). 11 Fondazione per il Libro, la Musica e la Cultura
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By train to the Book Fair on Italo ... Enjoy a good book in the relaxing comfort of Italo. Again this year, NTV’s ultra-­‐modern high-­‐speed train, is the official carrier for enthusiasts, book lovers, bibliophiles and the simply curious coming to the International Turin Book Fair. The partnership with Italo means that visitors to the International Book Fair travelling between May 6th and 14th can benefit from a €15 reduction on Base and Economy offers for travel to and from Turin. Just go to the salonelibro.it website, fill out the online form and you will receive two promotional codes by e-­‐mail -­‐ one for the outward journey and one for the return –to be used when buying your ticket on the Italotreno.it website. Same benefit for Italo travellers: holders of the free ItaloPiù card are entitled to a discount on admission to the International Book Fair. Italo tickets are also available through the usual NTV sales channels: the italotreno.it website, the new Italo train App, the Contact Center Pronto Italo (06 0708), authorized travel agencies and Casa Italo ticket offices at all stations served by NTV. From the Sacred Mounts to the Passion of Sordevolo: Piedmont bets on Religious Tourism The Piedmont Regional Government bets on religious tourism in view of the major events due in 2015: World Expo in Milan, the bicentenary of Don Bosco, the exposition of the Shroud and the now certain visit of Pope Francis to the land of his forefathers’. The Region has a stand specifically for religious tourism in Pavilion 3. In Piedmont, the land of the great “social saints”, faith has always been a key for access to places filled with history, art and culture: the seven Sacred Mounts, declared a World Heritage Site in 2003 by UNESCO, the ancient pilgrimage ways through Europe such as the Via Francigena linking England to Rome. And then, historic shrines, medieval abbeys and the very symbol of the region: the Sacra di San Michele. A unique architectural and cultural heritage, which, as of this spring and throughout 2015, will be the setting for a calendar of extraordinary events: the Exposition of the Holy Shroud, the bicentenary of Don Bosco, the centenary of the Society of St. Paul, the Sordevolo Passion and the Oropa Religious Tourism Exchange. Thursday, May 8th at 4pm, I grandi eventi della fede (The great events of faith) will be presented during a press conference held at the stand of the Parco Culturale Piemonte Paesaggio Umano (Piedmont Cultural Park Human Landscape) (Pavilion 5). Taking part will be the Piedmont Region’s councillor for tourism and Rolando Picchioni (President of the Fondazione per il Libro, la Musica e la Cultura), Don Silvio Sassi (Superior General of the Society of St. Paul), Don Enrico Lupano (Piedmont and Aosta Valley Committee for the Bicentenary of Don Bosco), Alberto Lagostina (Pastoral youth organizer Piedmont and Aosta Valley), Marco Bonatti (communications manager for the 2015 Exposition) and Maria Teresa Armosino (Chairman of the table on religious tourism in Piedmont). Moderated by Gianmario Ricciardi, editor-­‐in-­‐chief RAI Torino. A tasting of the Pilgrim’s Menu follows. 12 Fondazione per il Libro, la Musica e la Cultura
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Tasting the Landscape : at the Book Fair and in Piazza Carignano Italy’s natural and urban heritage Landscape is not only nature, gardens and green spaces. Landscape is also an urban and metropolitan space with different planning and creative approaches. Landscape is also a great cultural heritage that should be enhanced with a mix of new skills and infrastructure. Landscape is also biodiversity and blending. Landscape is, finally, the real wealth of this country, where nature and culture come together and agriculture intertwines with the care for places and people. These important challenges are dealt with during Short circuit design, culture and technology for the contemporary landscape: 2014’s Tasting the Landscape, which can be found in Pavilion 3 at the International Book Fair. An event on the subject of the contemporary and future landscape, described in terms of the environment, architecture, living and mobility has been organized as part of the 2014 Book Fair by the City of Turin and AIAPP (Italian Association for Landscape Architecture) in view of the World Congress of the International Federation of Landscape Architects to be held in Turin in 2016. For the five days of the Book Fair, Dialogues (organized by AIAPP and CityProject), offers over 60 events including talks, book presentations, conferences, games that explore the many possible variations in landscape: from food to tourism, from agriculture to sustainable energy, from mobility to cycle lanes, from art to literature. Seven monitors display landscape using non-­‐stop film clips, images and words on the contemporary landscape and a (strictly) off-­‐topic exhibition called Books and masterpieces takes the visitor through a selection of books on landscape by Elena Granata and Fiore de Lettera (cityproject.it). From 6pm the event moves away from the Book Fair to Piazza Carignano turning it into a theatre of conversations, meetings and musical and artistic performances. Interviews in motion, organized with BMW Italia, offers an opportunity to roam the streets and squares of Turin on board the new i3 electric vehicles and via real-­‐time streaming between the Book Fair and Piazza Carignano talk of cities, landscapes and quality of life. Finally, much room is given over to virtual technologies. The International Book Fair is where the live-­‐blog ScapeBook will begin, a place to generate and communicate content relating to the landscape, organized by The Room. And Tosm (Torino Software and System Meeting) offers the public non-­‐stop presentations of technologies and digital applications for the promotion of cultural heritage, tourism, architecture and landscape and in the design of services. At the Book Fair – Turin, European Capital of Sport 2015 At the end of September 2012 Turin beat Krakow in being nominated European Capital of Sport for 2015. The award was conferred by ACES, the European Capitals of Sport Association, that since 2001 has awarded the city that more than any other shows commitment to the development of sport, both in terms of policies supporting training and amateur competitions as well as in quality and number of facilities. The title is awarded for the second time to an Italian city -­‐ Milan won it in 2009. Nine years after the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, Turin returns to the centre of international sporting attention. The International Book Fair is preparing for the event by hosting on the City of Turin Sports Council’s stand a programme of meetings, debates and book presentations with athletes, journalists, sports directors and opinion makers on important topical issues such as Sport and lifestyle, the educational value of sport, sporting values in general and the promotion of a culture of sport. 13 Fondazione per il Libro, la Musica e la Cultura
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