The ‘Più libri più liberi’  program of small-and-medium-sized publishers’ output is set to run December 4 to 8, five days, 569 publishers, 700 events and writers from many parts of the world.

‘Reasons and Feelings’

By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson

Italy’s unique national fair of small and medium-sized publishing companies is coming up quite quickly, in early December.

Returning as we just are from mainland China for Donna Chai and Elena Pasoli’s China Shanghai International Book Fair, we’re looking very quickly at some details about the coming of this year’s planned Più libri più liberi  event in Rome.

Italy Has 5,349 Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Publishing Houses

So much of book publishing is categorized and almost completely recognized and understood in terms of genres.

But the December Più libri più liberi presents Italian reader conditions of the size of a press (small or medium), the approach to a bookstore and topics pertinent in those audience bases.

From Thursday 4th to Monday 8th December , five days dedicated to books and reading will be held at an event involving 569 publishers from all over Italy, with 700 events and writers from all over the world. The official inauguration of the event will be held on 4th December at 10:30 am at the Nuvola [the Cloud].

From Thursday 4th to Monday 8th December , five days dedicated to books and reading will be held at an event involving 569 publishers from all over Italy, with 700 events and writers from all over the world. The official inauguration of the event will be held on 4th December at 10:30 am at the Nuvola.

Più libri più liberi is promoted and organized by the Italian Publishers Association, with the support of the Centre for Books and Reading of the Ministry of Culture , the Lazio Region, Roma Capitale, the Rome Chamber of Commerce and ICE, the agency for the promotion abroad and the internationalization of Italian companies, with the contribution of SIAE – Italian Society of Authors and Publishers, Poste Italiane and BPER Banca .

It’s organized in collaboration with the Istituzione Biblioteche di Roma , ATAC, the Roman transport company, EUR Spa, and Dior, and benefits from Rai ‘s Main Media Partnership with the Giornale della Libreria. The event is chaired by Annamaria Malato and directed by Fabio Del Giudice. The program is curated by Chiara Valerio .

Even more than in previous years, the the fair this time wants to open its doors to all book lovers, both avid and occasional readers—note that handsome and wise artwork that shows us both male and female readers.

For this reason, a ticket will be €10 (US$11.59), and a family price will be available for families, allowing a second child to enter the fair free of charge.

Thanks to the Lazio Region, the Book Voucher is back, giving young people €10 to freely choose which titles from the publishers exhibiting at the Fair to take home. The voucher will be available to students from schools in Lazio and to those under 30 residing in the region.

And we’ll be back shortly with more details for you.

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More from us on the Italian market is here, more on international rights is here, more on Rome’s Piu libri piu liberi is here, more on the work of the Italian Publishers Association is here,  and more on book fairs and trade shows is here. 

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