Book Fair starts this Saturday in SP with more than 150 guests

A Book Fair begins its third edition at Charles Miller square, in front of Pacaembu stadium, this Saturday (29), and goes until the following Sunday (7).

The free event will be the longest yet, with more than 150 guests who will take part in debates and conversations about literature — which will also be available on the literary festival’s YouTube channel for those who are unable to attend in person.

During the weekends, distinguished guests will talk about literature, Portuguese language, music, Afro-Brazilian culture, anthropology, science, psychoanalysis, Brazilian history, poetry, food, visual arts, illustration, humor, diplomacy, culture, environment, literary translation, education, journalism and other subjects.

During the weekdays, between July 1st and 5th, the festival offers a program focused entirely on education and teachers, the so-called Praça de Aula, with debates on racism and anti-racism in schools, the climate crisis and environmental racism, indigenous and quilombola knowledge in the classroom, the history of Brazil and the Portuguese language.

One of the fair’s purposes is to occupy public space, bringing hundreds of people to the 15,000 square meter area that is normally used as parking in front of the stadium.

Guest authors

The invited authors of the official program must perform on two stages with free access: the Armando Nogueira auditorium, at the Football Museum, and the Palco da Praça, set up in the middle of the street.

This year’s edition will feature important names in national literature, such as Ivan Angelo, Reinaldo Moraes and Maria Adelaide Amaral, who are highlights of the fiction program.

Also present will be names such as Tatiana Salem Levy, José Henrique Bortoluci, Adelaide Ivánova, Gregorio Duvivier, Bruna Beber, Mar Becker, Julia de Souza, Eliana Alves Cruz, Nara Vidal, Odorico Leal, Joca Reiners Terron, Caetano W. Galindo and Pablo LC Casella, Marcelo Rubens Paiva, Lilia Guerra, Reinaldo Moraes, Natalia Timerman, Iara Biderman, Eliane Robert Moraes, Sérgio Vaz and Mel Duarte.

Furthermore, Stênio Gardel, winner of the National Book Award in the United States, will also be present on the first day of the festival.

Other guests include cook and writer Rita Lobo, law professor Renan Quinalha, former football player and sports commentator Walter Casagrande, activist Rodrigo Hübner Mendes, singer-songwriter Nando Reis, artist Lenora de Barros, diplomat Rubens Ricupero, samba singer Martinho da Vila, linguist Marcos Bagno, mathematician Marcelo Viana and psychoanalyst Christian Dunker.

International guests are also present at the festival, such as Argentineans Camila Sosa Villada, Betina González, Claudia Piñeiro, Michel Nieva and Camila Fabbri.

Rio Grande do Sul

The Book Fair will feature a table exclusively for authors from Rio Grande do Sul, moderated by Titi Müller, in homage to Porto Alegre, which is still recovering from the floods that occurred in May.

In addition, there will also be a collection of books that will be donated with the aim of replenishing the collections of school and community libraries in Rio Grande do Sul affected by the rains.

Check out the full schedule for the 2024 Book Fair

Saturday, June 29th

• 10am, on Palco da Praça: Opening
• 10:15 a.m., in the Armando Nogueira Auditorium: Hannelore Cayre. Mediation: Eduardo Muylaert
  Support: French Embassy in Brazil
• 11:45 am, at Palco da Praça
  with Christian Dunker and Natalia Timerman. Mediation: Tati Bernardi
• 12pm, at the Armando Nogueira Auditorium: Rui Tavares and Sergio Fausto. Mediation: Camila Rocha
  Support: Camões Institute
• 1:30 pm, on the Plaza Stage: Lenora de Barros. Mediation: Ana Carolina Ralston
  Partnership: ArPa
• 2pm, at the Armando Nogueira Auditorium: Rubens Ricupero.
• 3:15 pm, on the Plaza Stage: Bernardo Esteves and Adriana Abujamra. Mediation: Eduardo Neves
• 3:30 pm, in the Armando Nogueira Auditorium: Neca Setubal, Inês Lafer and Carol Pires
• 5pm, on the Plaza Stage: Martinho da Vila. Mediation: Adriana Couto
• 5:30 pm, in the Armando Nogueira Auditorium: Betina González and Andrea del Fuego. Mediation: Beatriz Muylaert
• 7pm, on the Plaza Stage: Stênio Gardel. Mediation: Schneider Carpeggiani

Sunday, June 30th

• 10am, on the Plaza Stage: Marcelo Viana. Mediation: Bernardo Esteves
• 10:15 am, in the Armando Nogueira Auditorium: Nara Vidal. Mediation: Eliana Alves Cruz
  Sponsorship: TV Brasil
• 11:45 am, on Palco da Praça: Rui Tavares. Mediation: Sofia Nestrovski
  Support: Camões Institute
• 12pm, at Armando Nogueira Auditorium: Alice Carvalho and Beatriz Bracher
  Support: Supersonic
• 1:30 pm, on the Praça Stage: Iara Biderman and Odorico Leal. Mediation: Maria Carvalhosa
• 2:00 p.m., in the Armando Nogueira Auditorium: Caetano W. Galindo. Mediation: Eliana Alves Cruz
  Sponsorship: TV Brasil
• 3pm, on Palco da Praça: Rita Lobo. Mediation: Isabelle Moreira Lima
• 3:30 pm, at the Armando Nogueira Auditorium: Adelaide Ivánova and Mar Becker. Mediation: Irene de Hollanda
• 5pm, on the Plaza Stage: Tatiana Salem Levy and Claudia Piñeiro. Mediation: Paula Sacchetta
• 5:30 p.m., in the Armando Nogueira Auditorium: Caetano W. Galindo and Marcos Bagno. Mediation: Luana Chnaiderman
• 7pm, on the Plaza Stage: Camila Sosa Villada. Mediation: Adriana Ferreira Silva

Monday, July 1st

• 3pm, on the Praça Stage: Edneia Gonçalves and Eugênio Lima. Mediation: Bianca Santana
• 4:30 pm, on the Praça Stage: Book, Reading, Literature and Libraries Seminar
  Ana Carolina Carvalho, Morgana Kretzmann. Mediation: Dianne Melo
• 6pm, on Palco da Praça: Flavia Brandão
• 7:30 pm, on the Praça Stage: Mar Becker, Jeferson Tenório, Clara Averbuck, Veronica Stigger, Morgana Kretzmann and Paulo Scott. Mediation: Titi Müller

Tuesday, July 2nd

• 3pm, on the Plaza Stage: Kerexu Mirim, Luiz Ketu. Mediation: Tatiane Maíra Klein
  Support: ISA
• 4:30 pm, on the Plaza Stage: Seminar on Books, Reading, Literature and Libraries
  Aline Frederico and Debora Vaz. Mediation: Patricia Auerbach
• 6pm, on Palco da Praça: Eliane Robert Moraes and Reinaldo Moraes
• 7:30 pm, on Palco da Praça: Sérgio Rodrigues and Daniel Kondo

Wednesday, July 3

• 4:30 pm, on the Plaza Stage: Seminar on Books, Reading, Literature and Libraries
  Mediation: Neide Almeida
• 6pm, on the Plaza Stage: James Baldwin, 100
  Support: Companhia das Letras
• 7:30 pm, on the Praça Stage: Gregorio Duvivier and Bruna Beber. Mediation: Fernando Luna

Thursday, July 4th

• 3pm, on Palco da Praça: Bia Crespo, Carol Chiovatto and Caio Yo
  Partnership: Companhia das Letras
• 4:30 pm, on the Plaza Stage: Seminar on Books, Reading, Literature and Libraries
  Lara Rocha and Fernanda Sousa. Mediation: Janine Durand
• 6pm, on the Plaza Stage: Nando Reis. Mediation: Roberta Martinelli
• 7:30 pm, on the Plaza Stage: Rodrigo Hübner Mendes and Walter Casagrande.

Friday, July 5th

• 3pm, on Palco da Praça: Lucas Rocha and Aline Zouvi. Mediation: Clara Rellstab
• 4:30 pm, on the Plaza Stage: Seminar on Books, Reading, Literature and Libraries
  Diana Navas and Ana Barbara. Mediation: Marisa Lajolo
• 5:30 pm, at the Armando Nogueira Auditorium: Mozarildo Yanomami and Darysa Yanomami. Mediation: Hanna Limulja
• 6pm, on the Plaza Stage: Juliana Borges and Mariana Belmonte
• 7:30 pm, on the Plaza Stage: Rashid and Mel Duarte. Mediation: Iza Moi

Saturday, July 6th

• 10am, on the Plaza Stage: Lilia Guerra. Mediation: Roberta Martinelli
• 10:15 am, in the Armando Nogueira Auditorium: Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Jamaica Kincaid.
• 11:45 am, on the Praça Stage: Juliana Borges and Clayton Nascimento.
• 12pm, at Armando Nogueira Auditorium: Dan and Bruno Paes Manso. Mediation: Amauri Arrais
• 1:30 pm, on the Plaza Stage: Sérgio Vaz. Mediation: Camilla Dias
• 2pm, at the Armando Nogueira Auditorium: Michel Nieva and Joca Reiners Terron. Mediation: Schneider Carpeggiani
• 3pm, on the Square Stage: José Henrique Bortoluci and Julia de Souza. Mediation: Paulo Roberto Pires
• 3:30 pm, in the Armando Nogueira Auditorium: Camila Fabbri.
• 5pm, on the Praça Stage: James Green and Renan Quinalha. Mediation: Helena Vieira
• 5:30 pm, at the Armando Nogueira Auditorium: Jabari Asim.
• 7pm, on the Plaza Stage: Marcelo Rubens Paiva and Luiz Felipe de Alencastro. Mediation: Patricia Campos Mello

Sunday, July 7th

• 10am, on the Plaza Stage: Geni Núñez and Vera Iaconelli. Mediation: Martha Nowill
• 11:45 am, on the Praça Stage: Maria Adelaide Amaral and Ivan Angelo. Mediation: Marta Góes
• 12:00 pm, in the Armando Nogueira Auditorium: Rita Kohl and Luara França.
• 2:00 pm, in the Armando Nogueira Auditorium: Ana Flávia Magalhães and Hebe Mattos
• 3pm, on the Praça Stage: João Moreira Salles and Pablo LC Casella. Mediation: Maria Guimarães
• 3:30 pm, at the Armando Nogueira Auditorium: Pádua Fernandes. Mediation: Luciana Reis
• 5pm, on the Plaza Stage: Rosa Freire d’Aguiar. Mediation: Ruan de Sousa Gabriel
• 5:30 p.m., in the Armando Nogueira Auditorium: Silvana Tavano. Mediation: Iara Biderman