Informe Manaus – With support from the Government of Amazonas, the Centro Literary Festival takes place from Friday to Sunday

The program includes exhibitions, book launches, workshops, creative fair, round tables and closing shows

PHOTOGRAPH: Archive/Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy

The second edition of the Centro Literary Festival (Flic), which has support from the Government of Amazonas, through the Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy, starts on Friday (26/04), from 7pm, at the Centro Cultural Casarão de Ideias (CCCI), Rua Barroso, in the Center. The festival, with free and diverse programming until Sunday (28/04), aims to popularize the book, making it an instrument of access to information and knowledge.

On Friday, starting at 7pm, the Casarão de Ideias gallery will host the installation ‘Uma Poética da Leitura’. And on Saturday (27/04), from 2pm to 4pm, Casarão welcomes writer Myriam Scotti with the workshop ‘Literary Chronicles’. From 5pm onwards, Jarid Arraes, Amara Moira, Debora Barcelar and Sony Ferseck will meet for the conversation ‘Reconfiguring Narratives’, mediated by Jaúna Gordiano. Also on Saturday, from 8pm, at Livraria da Barroso, located in the expansion of Casarão de Ideias, there will be launches of works.

According to the director of the CCCI, João Fernandes, the 2023 Flic had more than 8,500 visitors, which supported this second edition. “The festival was very well received by the population of Manaus. It was clear that there is a demand for literature, and reading needs to be encouraged, as well as the possibility of space for new authors and exchanges with professionals from other states”, comments Fernandes, creator of the event.

PHOTOS: Archive/Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy

Occupation

On Sunday (28/04), the last day of Flic, Rua Barroso will be occupied with a series of activities, starting at 4pm. There, the public will be able to find a structure that will house 20 authors launching their works every hour, a creative fair and a gastronomic space. At 4:30 pm, Jarid Arraes and Sony Ferseck participate in the round table ‘Writing from the Perspective of the Female Body’, mediated by Myriam Scotti.

And at 6:30 pm, Amara Moira and Renan Quinalha participate in the round table ‘Brazilian Literature Por Um Olhar Trans/Viado’, mediated by Aritana Tibira. At 8pm, the round table ‘Popular Festivals and Their Record for Brazilian Literature’ will be held, with Allan Rodrigues and Diego Omar, mediated by Bia Calheiros.

And to conclude the Flic 2024 program, at 9:30 pm, there will be the show ‘Tem Festa no Terreiro: É Boi-Bumbá’, with the band Nação Bumbás, as well as the toadas lifters Márcia Siqueira (Garantido) and Mara Lima (Caprichoso).

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