Renowned international authors will participate in the 20th Bienal do Livro Rio, considered the largest literary festival in the country. The event will take place from December 3rd to 12th, at the Riocentro Convention Center, located in Barra da Tijuca, west of the state capital, and will have 50% of the presence capacity, in addition to transmission online fur site.
One of the invited foreign writers is the Portuguese Valter Hugo Mãe. He has just released, in Portugal, his eighth novel, entitled The Diseases of Brazil. It is a story of adventure, resistance and the search for peace. The writer will participate in a session at the Nation in the Language table, which will discuss literature and diversity.
The Bienal Rio will mark the arrival in Brazil of Argentine writer Mariana Enriquez, who recently launched the novel our night part. The work is already being compared by critics to the book One hundred years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez.
Another confirmed author is Japanese manga master Junji Ito, a specialist in horror stories. As the Book Biennial will adopt a hybrid model starting this year, it will participate online, as did the American thriller and comic book author Matt Ruff. One of Ruff’s works, entitled lovecraft country, was adapted by HBO into a television series.
Julia Quinn, author of the series, will also participate in the Bienal. Bridgerton, released by Netflix; American author of historical and contemporary novels Beverly Jenkins; and Josh Malerman, the author of bird box (“Bird Box”), film adapted with Sandra Bullock. Malerman attends the Bienal do Rio for the second consecutive year.
All debate tables will be broadcast by hub (center of Bienal content.
Diversity
The Rio Book Biennial is held by the French multinational GL events, in partnership with the National Union of Book Publishers (SNEL). In an interview with Brazil Agency, the president of the SNEL, Marcos da Veiga Pereira, informed that the curator collective, a novelty in this year’s edition, “has endeavored to design a program committed to diversity, addressing multiple narratives and perspectives on issues that include the different audiences that visit the Biennial. Encouraging debate and a plurality of voices is as vital to our event as citizenship, from a national perspective”.
Pereira highlighted that the super team of national and international authors that will participate in the Bienal, in person and virtually, will give this hybrid tone to the event, in terms of format and also of exchange of ideas. “At the end of each day, the visitor will have enjoyed the best literature and culture content pop of the world”.
For the Brazilian publishing market, the president of the SNEL noted that it is very significant that an event that celebrates books and reading is the pioneer in the resumption of large-scale meetings in Rio de Janeiro. He recalled that since 2015, the publishing sector has faced a string of negative news. Studies show that during the pandemic there was an increase in reading habits and a tightening of people’s bonds with books.
“So, being able to enjoy and celebrate this moment during the Bienal is wonderful! For publishers, the event always brought extraordinary exposure for the works and a direct exchange with the public, which is one of the great differentials for those who work with books. We have great expectations that this year’s Bienal will further expand the visibility and increase in sales, which takes place in a unique way during the event”, concluded Marcos Pereira.
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