XXIII Monforte Book Fair, from August 24th to 27th

08/22/2022 The booths will be installed in Cardenal Street and will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and during the afternoon from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. There will be four days of activities in which the attending public will be able to enjoy book presentations, children's activities and signatures of works by the authors.

XXIII Monforte Book Fair Program:

Wednesday, August 24th:

  • 7:00 p.m.- Proclamation by the poetess of Sober, Moncha Prieto
  • Performance of the Monforte Bagpipe Band.
  • 8:00 p.m.- Moncha Prieto will sign Alma del barro at the booth of the Librería Agrasar.
  • 8:00 p.m.- Presentation of Neve de Agosto, by Nieves Neira, by Chan de Pólvora.
  • 8:30 pm Antón Lopo will present Extraordinario, by Chan de Pólvora.
  • 9:00 p.m. Presentation-recital of Simún, by Nuria Vil, by Chan de Pólvora.

 

Thursday, August 25th:

  • 12:00 p.m.- Xosé Luis Vazquez Somoza signs O Conserxe in the booth of the Librería Agrasar
  • 12:00 p.m.- Storytelling of Leopoldo, o pequeno monstro, by Estefanía Padullés by Hércules Ediciones
  • 1:00 p.m.- Estefanía Padullés signs Que mal día, gato Klops! in the booth of the Librería Agrasar
  • 6:00 p.m.- Rober Cagiao signs Saga El guardián de las flores in the booth of the Librería Cortizas
  • 6:00 p.m.- Moncha Prieto signs Alma de barro in the booth of the Librería da Proencia
  • 7:00 p.m.- Storytelling of Peúgo, o calcetín melenudo, by Jessica Rodríguez Piñeiro by Babidi-bu Editorial
  • 7:30 p.m.- Olga Novo signs Cráter in the booth of the Librería Agrasar
  • 8:00 p.m.- Presentation of A vangarda das formas. A obra cerámica de Isaac Díaz Pardo, by Fernando Arribas Arias and Teresa Pena Moreda co-published by the Provincial Council of Lugo.

 

Friday August 26th:

  • Throughout the day.- Finy Sesmonde signs Fluyendo como el agua in the booth of the Libraría Cortizas
  • 11:30 a.m.- Alberto Fernández Boo signs Hatshepsut, faraón. A transgresión dunha muller empoderada in the booth of Librería Agrasar
  • 12:30 p.m.- Raquel Martínez Salgado signs Metodologías Activas: Propuestas a través de un enfoque lúdico in the booth of the Librería Agrasar
  • 12:30 p.m.- Children's storytelling Un universo na túa maleta by Ana Meilán García
  • 6:00 p.m.- Ramón Sandoval signs Nas esquinas do frío in the booth of the Librería da Proencia
  • 7:00 p.m.- Spring-Summer Cultural Programming-Children's Music. Vice-presidency- Lugo Provincial Council Culture Area. Performance by Paco Nogueiras with the show BuleBule by Kalandraka Editora.
  • 7:30 p.m.- Abraham Pérez signs O corpo transparente das horas at the booth of Librería Agrasar
  • 8:30 p.m.- Pilar Macía signs Lobo at the booth of Librería Agrasar
  • 8:30 p.m.- Presentation of 7 herbas máxicas, by Rosalía Bermúdez and Nanda Cabaleiro by Hércules Ediciones
  • 9:30 p.m. -Rosalía Bermúdez and Nanda Cabaleiro sign 7 herbas máxicas at the booth of Librería Agrasar

 

Saturday August 27th:

  • 12:00 p.m.- Alba López Paredes signs Saga Nándidor: La leyenda de Noa at the booth of Librería Cortizas throughout the day
  • 12:00 p.m.- Alberto Canal signs Carolina at the booth of Librería Agrasar
  • 12:30 p.m.- Children's performance Fazulas, o ladrón de paraugas by Bandullo Azul
  • 1:00 p.m.- Eduardo Baamonde signs Ribeira Sacra en acuarelas at the booth of Librería Agrasar
  • 1:30 p.m.- Sara Valcárcel signs O ladrón de paraugas at the booth of Librería Agrasar
  • 6:00 p.m.- Jorge Vila signs Murallas, torres y puertas de las fortificaciones monfortinas in the booth of Libraría da Proencia 
  • 7:00 p.m.- Presentation of El sintonizador,, by José Luis Ordóñez by Algaida Editorial
  • 7:30 p.m.- Antía Yáñez signs Non penses nun elefante rosa at the booth of Librería Agrasar
  • 8:00 p.m.- Galician poetry competitions. Colloquium and recital between Xosé L. Mosquera Camba, author of A traxedia da arquitectura (Fiz Vergara Vilariño Prize, Ed.Espiral Maior) and Andrea F. Maneiro, author of Edénicas. (Illas Sisargas Award, Ed.Caldeirón) moderated by María Casar for Luagrís.