Talk: "Homer Today"
2024-04-08 00:00 - 2024-04-09 00:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Heller Center for Arts & Humanities, 1250 N. Campus Heights Drive, Colorado Springs, CO, CO 80918, United States
Time tba.
English

Talk: "Kafka y la imonincia de una revelación"
2024-04-19 19:00 | Residencia de Estudiantes, C. del Pinar, 21-23, Madrid, Chamartín, 28006, Spain
Ciclo “El siglo de Kafka”
Spanish

Strasbourg World Book Capital UNESCO 2024
2024-04-22 00:00 - 2024-04-24 00:00
Multiple events from April 22rd through April 24th tba.

Official launch of Strasbourg as World Book Capital
2024-04-23 00:00
Morning
Inaugural talk: “La ville-livre”
In the presence of the French Minister of Culture and the Director of UNESCO
French

Afternoon
Dialogue with François Wolferman
French
Late Afternoon
Official launch of “Grande lecture de Strasbourg”
Readings at the foot of the Strasbourg Cathedral

Presentation of the new edition of "Historia della lettura" (A History of Reading)
2024-05-12 11:45 - 12:45 | Salone di Torino, Lingotto Fiere, Via Nizza 294, Turin, Italy
Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino
Nata ancor prima della scrittura, messa alla prova da incendi, censure e proibizioni, la lettura ha attraversato cambiamenti tecnologici, sociali, addirittura neurologici. Ne traccia una storia possibile Alberto Manguel sollecitato dalla neuroscienziata, che studia il cervello che legge, Maryanne Wolf.
With Simonetta Bitasi and Maryanne Wolf.
Italian

Presentation of Giorgio Fontana's book "Kafka. Un mondo di verità."
2024-05-12 15:15 - 16:15 | Salone di Torino, Lingotto Fiere, Via Nizza 294, Turin, Italy
Salone internazionale del libro di Torino
Cento anni dopo la sua morte, Giorgio Fontana rilegge lo scrittore immortale in un’indagine letteraria avvincente che coinvolge tutti noi lettori nella più pericolosa delle domande: che cos’è la letteratura?
With Francesco Cataluccio
Italian

Public conversation
2024-05-13 10:30 | Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Largo Fra Agostino Gemelli, 1, Milano, 20123, Italy
Italian

Public conversation with Giacomo Papi and Ludovica Lugli
2024-05-13 19:00 | Laboratorio Formentini, Via Marco Formentini, 10, Milano, 20121, Italy
Public conversation with Giacomo Papi, director of the Formentini Laboratories for the editorial department, and Ludovica Lugli, editor of the “Post”.
Organized in collaboration with the Fondazione Arnoldo e Alberto Mondadori and the Laboratorio Formentini per l’editoria.
«Possiamo immaginare un futuro diverso per la storia della lettura? La mia biblioteca ha sempre, nel tempo, allargato il mio universo, e io ho provato a condividerla con i miei lettori attraverso i libri che ho scritto.» Così scrive Alberto Manguel nel libro Una storia della lettura raccontando l’esperienza di Espaço Atlântida, il centro di lettura internazionale di Lisbona, creato grazie alla donazione della sua immensa collezione di volumi. Uno spazio ideale, con i suoi scaffali aperti a ricerche senza limiti, i suoi ambienti silenziosi per la riflessione individuale e altri per le discussioni pubbliche, per esercitare la lettura come pratica condivisa e creare comunità.
Italian

Talk about books & libraries
2024-05-17 19:00 | Beja Municipal Library, Rua de Luiz de Camões sn, Beja, 7800-508, Portugal
Portuguese

"Conversa sobre S. da Gama."
2024-06-15 17:00
A conversation with Carlos Vaz Marques about the poet Sebastião da Gama whose centenary is commemorated this year.
Convento dos Capuchos, Portugal

Portuguese

"Cidade Poema"
2024-06-20 00:00 - 2024-06-23 00:00
A conversation with the historian of reading Minês Castanheira on books and libraries.
Portuguese
Time and place tba.

"Poetische Quellen"
2024-08-22 00:00
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
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
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
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
