Sur hosts the Argentine writer Patricio Pron who presents his novel. Stefano Petrocchi, finalist for the Strega prize tells Gianluca Favetto
IVREA
From the press review, at 8 am on Friday 28, Saturday 29 and Sunday 30, respectively with Simonetta Sciandivasci (The paper), Francesco Costa (the Post) e Cecilia Sala (Il Foglio), up to Late Sciandi, the end-of-day appointment, Friday and Saturday, with Simonetta Sciandivasci who will interview, in order, Daniela Collu e Malika Ayane, while Sunday evening, to close, it will be the turn of Neri Marcorè that Julio Cortázar will read: the three days of the festival will all be a succession of appointments, according to the busy schedule available in the traditional booklets and online at the website www.lagrandeinvasione.it. Among the most anticipated events are those of Our career as readers, a format that puts writers in dialogue on the readings that have affected their path: protagonists Milena Agus e Antonella Lattanzi e Margherita Oggero e Alessandro Robecchi. These are the protagonists of the Meetings: Francesco Costa, with An American History, and Giovanna Pancheri, with American Renaissance, both interviewed by Marta Ciccolari Micaldi; the highly anticipated Francesco Bianconi, protagonist of Atlas of cursed houses / Forever in technicolor, interviewed by Maurizio Blatto; My Canestrini (My wild life among Italian wolves) interviewed by Davide Gamba. At the festival, in collaboration with the Bellonci Foundation, Stefano Petrocchi interviewed by Gian Luca Faveto, will tell about his work, waiting for the final verdict of the Premio Strega which sees him among the finalists. There will also be shared reading, dedicated to Colette, Virginia Woolf and Sibilla Aleramo, protagonists of the “impossible interviews” of the Book Club (Ornella Cerutti e Francesca Baro). For the new Live Podcast section there will be: Mario Calabresi, who will present Others / Stories and his experience in Chora, Alberto Nerazzini, who will talk about his 121269, on Piazza Fontana, produced by Dersu, Cecilia Sala e Chiara Lalli for Polvere, on the case of Marta Russo, Miyagi / Huffpost, e Chiara Alessi, My Olivetti (Olivetti Archive) ». To introduce the meetings another podcaster, Matteo B. Bianchi, entry in the series Copertina.
Five exhibitions proposed by the Great Invasion and presented yesterday evening, Thursday 27, which will be hosted in as many spaces in Ivrea, open to the works of ElisaSeitzinger (Miracles and spells, in Santa Marta), Davide Bonazzi (Twist, al Museo Garda), RiccardoGuasco (Stay at Home, at the Book Gallery), Andrea Serio (Lightness, to MamaB) eMarco Fucked (Dark Room, at LBStudio). A curiosity? Claudio Marinaccio, every day, he will illustrate (in his own way) some of the festival’s events, in A spasso per il festival.
There will be two special guest editors of # Invasione21: Sur, which turns 10, and Nottetempo, which is almost double (20, in 2022). A meeting with the two publishers is scheduled, Marco Cassini e Andrea Gessner, interviewed by Gianmario Pilo, who will talk about their projects and their own vision of the publishing world. Sur will host the Argentine writer Patrick Pron with his novel Tomorrow we will have other names, interviewed by Daniele Cassandro, e Neri Marcorè, with the reading on Sunday.