Turin International Book Fair
Director Nicola Lagioia announced its leadership team for the
30th edition of the festival, scheduled for May 18-22, during a
presentation of the 2017 fair at the city's Palazzo Madama on
Monday.
Former Culture Minister Massimo Bray, president-elect of the
book fair's managing body, the Book Foundation, emphasized the
divisions to be overcome in making this edition a success.
Earlier this year the Italian Publishers Association (AIE)
left the Book Foundation to set up its own event in Milan, also
in the month of May.
"I'd like to have a fair that sends out many messages of
thanks to those who made it so that it still exists - the
publishers, the city and the citizens," Bray said.
"The people of Turin care about the book fair and this gives
a sense of community".
Current Book Foundation President Mario Montalcini said
thousands of volunteers who worked during the exposition of the
Shroud of Turin and the 2006 Winter Olympics would be working at
the 2017 fair.
Director Lagioia said the fair "will try to help us
understand the world we live in".
"Turin has managed to focus on culture above all - the fair
will dialogue with the city and the city with the fair," he
said.
photo: Bray
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