Amateur: Book Festival takes literature to “other centers of the word”

Oorganized by the Generator, the festival proposes this year to think about literature from “new territories”, crossing the written word with languages such as hip-hop, comic book, manga, illustration, music and journalism, besides addressing the relationship between literature and civic intervention.

According to the organization, among the highlights of the program is the conversation between bibliophile and essayist Alberto Manguel and journalist Ana Daniela Soares, on Friday, on the 11th, following an unprecedented show by Mynda Guevara, after the singer and Nerve participated in a conversation about contemporary storytellers and writing in hip-hop, in a panel entitled “Poetas do Hip-Hop”,

Also on Friday, Pato Bravo, editor of B Fachada, and António Jorge Gonçalves meet for a comic book conversation.

Saturday's schedule includes a creative writing workshop with MAZE, the delivery of the Orlando Gonçalves Literary Prize and a meeting on the writing of chronicles, with João Miguel Tavares and Ana Barbara Pedrosa.

Brazilian writer Eliana Alves Cruz, who debuts in Portugal, talks on this day with the author and artist Hilda de Paulo about “Territories, Borders and Identities”, and the program of the day ends with a concert by the Lesma.

On this day, there will also be room for the heading “Parlamento das Words”, a European ART4U project with 50 young people on art and democracy.

On Sunday, the phenomenon of manga in Portugal will be analyzed and debated by Rui Alves de Sousa, Pedro Vieira de Moura and Ana Matilde Sousa, from Hetamoé, following a conversation about “The Most Important Text of Democracy”, with António Filipe Rodrigues and Teresa Violante, integrated in the celebrations of the 50 years of the Constitution.

The program also includes activities for families, such as a workshop for illustration and hybrid photography, with Maíra Zenun, and a session of “Philosophy for Children”, guided by Tomás Magalhães Carneiro, of the Porto Philosophical Club.

Over the three days, the Literary Esplanade, curated by the Snob Bookshop, will have autograph sessions and a Literary Café dedicated to emerging authors.

This year's edition ends on Sunday with a literary dinner with Samuel F. Pimenta, during which participants will be invited to collectively build a tale. Participation in this activity, limited to prior registration, has a cost of EUR 20.

The Amadora Book Party has free entry, except for the literary dinner.