"Poetische Quellen"
2024-08-22 00:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Aljezur
Official opening. A conversation with the Italian writer Fabio Stassi. Moderated by Jürgen Keimer.
Italian / German / English
Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. Time tba.

Talk: "Progetto Colina"
2024-09-01 00:00 | Libreria Sopra la Penna, Via della Chiesa, Lucignana, 55025, Italy
Inaugural “Scrivere sull’orizzonte della collina”.
A talk on ecology and fiction.
Italian
Time tba.

Festival of Arts, Literature and Learning
2024-09-18 00:00 - 2024-09-22 00:00 | DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Poupětova 1, Prague, Praha 7, Czech Republic
Inaugural talk
Date & time tba

Colloquium: "Biblioclasmes! Créations / destructions"
2024-10-02 00:00 - 2024-10-04 00:00 | Aljezur
Inaugural Talk.
Université Toulouse Jean-Jaurès / Bibliothèque municipale.
Date & time tba.
French

Panel on the "Académie des écrivains sur les droits humains"
2024-11-26 00:00 - 2024-12-01 00:00 | Aljezur
Strasbourg, Unesco Capital of the Book
More details TBA.

Maimonides and the Transmission of Jewish Knowledge in Medieval Europe
2025-02-08 | Auditorium de l’Université Ouverte de Versailles, 6, impasse des Gendarmes, Versailles, 78000, France
“A presentation of the life and work of Maimonides, through his many exiles.
Through this example, the author of Une histoire de la lecture reflects on the transmission of Jewish and Arab knowledge in medieval southern Europe, on its relationship with the writings of the Ancients and on the languages of this transmission.”
Moderated by François Angelier, essayist, journalist with Le Monde des livres and producer for France Culture.

Imagining a Library Today
2025-03-31 17:15 - 18:00 | François-Mitterrand – Grand auditorium, Quai François-Mauriac, Paris, Paris 13e, France
International study day on the occasion of 30th anniversary of the inauguration of the BnF’s François-Mitterrand site.
Closing session.
Language: French/ English with simultaneous interpretation

Conversation on "Landscapes of the Mind"
2025-06-14 00:00 | Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Kılıçali Paşa, ophane İskele Cd. No:1/1, Istanbul, 34433, Turkey
Conversation between Alberto Manguel and artist Ali Kazma at İstanbul Modern. The event is connected to the ongoing exhibition Landscapes of the Mind and is inspired by Kazma’s video work Alberto in Lisbon, which focuses on Manguel’s process of moving his 35,000-book library from France to Portugal.
Moderated by Demet Yıldız Dinçer, one of the exhibition curators, the talk promises an enlightening dialogue on memory, libraries, migration, and personal relationships with knowledge. This event is also the first public gathering related to the exhibition.

Tribute to Andrea Camilleri
2025-07-13 00:00 | Stadio Palatino, Via di S. Gregorio, 30, Rome, 00186, Italy
At the Letterature Festival Internazionale di Roma.
Michele Riondino
legge Andrea Camilleri
Antonio Franchini
La lingua della crisi, l’abito del lutto
Chiara Valerio
Donna Eleonora s’affacciò
Alberto Manguel
Apparenza e realtà
Musiche dei Mokadelic

Talk: "Don Quichotte et ses fantasmes"
2025-09-06 09:30 - 10:30 | Château de Morges, Rue du Château 1, Morges, 1110 Morges 1, Switzerland
Moderated by Jacques Poget.
Part of the festival Le livre sur les quais 2025.
French

Discussion: "Biblioteche ed encirclepedie"
2025-09-08 00:00 | Palazzo Mattei di Paganica, Via Paganica 3, Rome, RM, 00186, Italy
Discussion with Alberto Manguel, Carlo Ossola and Stefano Salis for Fondazione Treccani Cultura.
Time tba.
Italian

Opening Speech and Debate: "Think Dangerously. Censorship and Self-Censorship in Contemporary Art and Literature"
2025-10-02 19:00 | DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Poupětova 1, Prague, Praha 7, Czech Republic
Opening Speech and debate, hosted by Alberto Manguel for the Fall Festival.
English

Conversation: "Painting Literature" with Miquel Barceló
2025-10-03 18:00 | DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Poupětova 1, Prague, Praha 7, Czech Republic
Internationally renowned visual artist Miquel Barceló will discuss his intense and long-standing relationship with literature which finds echo in his paintings, watercolours, and sculptures that are presented at a new exhibition at DOX. In conversation with curator and poet Enrique Juncosa a writer and bibliophile Alberto Manguel’ for Fall Festival.
English

Talk: "I libri. Come resistono, come sono cambiati negli ultimi anni e perché continuiamo a non poterne fare a meno."
2025-10-15 18:00 | Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Cortile Belvedere, Città del Vaticano, 00120, Holy See (Vatican City State)
Speakers: Alberto Manguel, Annalena Benini, Andrea Riccardi.
Moderator: Edoardo Castagna‘
Talk for Avvenire and the Vatican Apostolic Library
Italian

Conversation with J. M. Coetzee
2025-10-17 21:00 | Tenda Vila Literária, Praça de Santa Maria, Óbidos, 2510-001, Portugal
Talk with J. M. Coetzee for Fólio – Festival Literário Internacional de Óbidos 2025
Portuguese

Talk: "Pierre Ménard, auteur de Borges"
2025-11-26 11:00 | Aljezur
Talk for the conference “Borges et l’humanisme”.
Meknès, Morocca. Venue tba.
French

The Cookbook of Imaginary Places
2025-12-14 00:00 | EscolaNova, Bordeira, Aljezur, Portugal
6th session in the “Books to Eat” gatherings.
Writer Sandro William Junqueira will introduce each chosen book, allowing participants to fully immerse themselves in its story. Once the reading has been digested, this gastronomic reading club will gather again in the EscolaNova kitchen, where, together with theatre director Giacomo Scalisi and chef Rosário Pinheiro, they will imagine and create a unique dish inspired by the book’s stories. These literary journeys will take us to different countries and cultures, reflected in Aljezur through the diverse communities that have made this place their home. Over a full day, we will cook and share the dish together. In the end, we return to the beginning—with the presentation of the next book to be ‘cooked,’ continuing this intercultural literary feast.
Time tba
Portuguese
