White Night of the Bookstores

SATURDAY, JUNE 6TH PROGRAM (updating)

10.30 am
The Storyteller Tribe
CIVIC LIBRARY

Oral storytelling fascinates and captivates the listener: mouths drop open, eyes widen, and breaths are held. In a moment suspended between reality and fiction, stories come to life thanks to the narrator's voice and the listener's imagination.
Workshop led by Chiara Mozzone.
Recommended age: 10–14; reservations required at bibliotecacivicadialba.eventbrite.com

4.45pm
Climate, politics and the “fairy tales” of nuclear power, by Angelo Tartaglia (EGA - Edizioni Gruppo Abele)
LA TORRE BOOKSTORE
Location: Maddalena courtyard

What is climate change and what does it mean? Are the decisions of those who govern us always attentive to the recommendations of the scientific community and oriented towards the interests of citizens and their well-being? Nuclear physicist Angelo Tartagliaattempts to answer these and other questions by engaging with politicians and questioning them about the real priorities and paths to take to limit the damage caused by decades of exploitation of the Earth.
In conversation with Roberto Cavallo.
Angelo Tartaglia was a professor of Physics at the Faculty of Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Turin, where he is currently a Senior Professor; he is also a member of the National Institute for Astrophysics. He researches the impact of human activities on the environment.

5.00 pm
The Disconnected, by Davide Ficarra (Arkadia publisher)
MILTON BOOKSTORE
Location: via E. Pertinace, 9

DYL, an acronym for Disconnect Your Life, is the motto of a movement born almost by chance, initiated by two very young university students. Having switched from the latest generation of cell phones to analog ones, they encourage the abandonment of social media and digital communication, promoting physical sociality in the time freed from connection.
Davide Ficarra lives and works in Palermo, where he manages the Bar Pickwick. He has co-authored the subjects of several documentaries. He combines work with his passions for literature, the countryside, and fishing. He is the author of the novels Milza Blues, Mani crude , and Segui la cenere, published by Navarra Editore.

5.00 pm
Karl and the forms of nature, by Anna Benotto (Lupoguido publisher)
MARAMEO BOOKSTORE
Location: Corso Piave, 10

's book Anna Benotto captures the magic of so many botanical species, a timeless journey that leaves you spellbound by intertwining stems, lush petals, and sinuous leaves. Thus, page after page, Karl, with his handlebar mustache and upturned nose, loses himself in his floral fantasies, while the reader can't help but admire the beauty of the smallest details and the patience of the eye that captured them.
Reading with an art workshop. Ages 6 and up. Reservations required by emailing info@libreriamarameo.it  or calling +39 0173 201661.
Anna Benotto lives in Turin, but was born and raised in the Roero hills of Piedmont.
A trained restorer, after years dedicated to the conservation of works of art, she took up pencils again to write and draw her first illustrated book, Viaggi.

5.30 pm
Milan Kundera's Exile in Paris, by Enrico Galimberti (Transeuropa editions)
SAN PAOLO BOOKSTORE
Location: via Vittorio Emanuele II, 30 A

With elegant and incisive writing, Enrico Galimberti takes the reader through the second half of Milan Kundera's life, exploring the theme of exile as an existential and intellectual condition. Through documentary sources and a valuable conversation with the writer's wife, Galimberti recounts not only Kundera's personal story, but also the profound meaning of separation from one's homeland, seen as an opening to new possibilities.
Enrico Galimberti was born in Cagliari in 1967. He graduated in Modern Literature from the University of Turin and teaches History in French at a high school. An author and editor for school publications, he has contributed to the editing of ancient and contemporary history textbooks and edited classic fiction.
This is his debut as a literary writer.

5:30 PM:
The Right Words to Promote a Territory. Gentle Storytelling Techniques, by Giorgia Deiuri (Maggioli Editori)
The Right to Sweat for Beauty: Langhe Roero and Monferrato, Itineraries, Arts, and Knowledge on the Roads of UNESCO Heritage, by Giuseppe Nacca
CIVIC LIBRARY
in collaboration with the Langhe Monferrato and Roero Tourism Board
Location: Riolfo Hall (Maddalena Courtyard)

Giorgia Deiuri and Giuseppe Nacca, in conversation with journalist Cristina Borgogno, discuss their books, both designed to narrate territories in different ways.
Giorgia Deiuri emphasizes the idea that words are never neutral: they can build trust, enhance identity, and generate development, but they can also impoverish and trivialize. Her book is an invitation to rethink the way we communicate places and communities.
Giuseppe Nacca has written an exhortation to all readers—cyclists or not—to invest in the heritage beneath our feet and to rediscover, through effort and stillness, the joy of a life measured by the rhythm of the heart, not the clock.
Giorgia Deiuri is an expert in territorial marketing and a promoter of gentle tourism. She works with national and international organizations, destinations, and businesses to promote territories through humane and sustainable communication strategies.
Giuseppe Nacca, art historian and teacher, has chosen to leave the safety of management for the cutting truth of the climb, choosing the bicycle as a tool for profound investigation and radical love for the territory.

6.00 pm
The Inspector Bramard series, by Davide Longo (Einaudi publisher)      
MILTON BOOKSTORE
Location: via E. Pertinace, 9

's Piedmontese noir series Davide Longo features the tormented former commissioner Corso Bramard and his student Vincenzo Arcadipane. Set in Turin and its province, the novels, known as the "Piedmontese" detective novels, combine complex investigations with a dark and melancholic style.
Davide Longo was born in Carmagnola and lives in Turin, where he teaches writing at the Scuola Holden. He holds teacher training courses on how to use narrative techniques in schools of all levels. In 2014, he wrote the first novel in the series, featuring Arcadipane and Bramard.

6:00 PM
Strange, Very Strange, by Cristina Rava (Rizzoli publisher)
MONDADORI BOOKSTORE
Location: via Cavour

Cristina Rava brings to the forefront a new, unforgettable protagonist of Italian crime fiction. Emma Belgrado, a police officer on temporary leave, moves from her native Trieste to the Ligurian Riviera, to Cervo, to recover from something very serious and mysterious that has turned her life upside down. Her attempt to recharge her batteries, however, proves futile after a body is found in the farmhouse where she's staying...
Cristina Rava (1958) was born and lives in Albenga, on the Riviera di Ponente, where her books are set. Since 2007, she has been working in crime fiction, writing the successful series about Inspector Rebaudengo and coroner Ardelia Spinola.

6:30 pm
The Thermodynamic Diet, by Dario Bressanini (Mondadori publisher)
LA TORRE BOOKSTORE
Location: Maddalena courtyard

In his new book, Dario Bressanini – a chemist and science communicator – examines the most popular diets of recent times, exposing solutions that are often destined to prove disappointing. With a brilliant and ironic style, the author challenges the cult of shortcuts, reminding us that the body responds not to magic, but to physics. This book teaches us to eat mindfully, warning us against dangerous illusions and false beliefs.
In conversation with Dr. Cloé Dalla Costa, Director of the Clinical Nutrition Unit at Verduno Hospital.
Dario Bressanini is a university researcher and professor of Chemistry at the University of Insubria in Como. He edits the column "Il piatto da scientifico" for Cook, the monthly supplement of Corriere della Sera, and the column "Pentole e test tubes" for the magazine Le Scienze. He is also the author of the blog "Scienza in cucina" (Science in the Kitchen).

6.30pm
Bingo magic show
MARAMEO BOOKSTORE
Location: Corso Piave, 10

Bingo Magic Show is a magic show for the whole family, an immersive experience where the impossible becomes reality and ordinary objects transform into the extraordinary. A unique journey of wonder and liberating fun.
A show for everyone and all ages; reservations are required by emailing info@libreriamarameo.it  or calling +39 0173 201661.
Gianluca Repetto – aka Bingo – began his artistic career 21 years ago, after attending a year-long course in theatrical improvisation and street theater. Since then, the game has turned into a passion, and the passion into a career. Bingo is a professional street, stage, and circus performer.

7.00 pm
The light of early morning, by Franco Faggiani (Fazi publisher)        
MILTON BOOKSTORE
Location: via E. Pertinace, 9

Franco Faggiani has written a novel dedicated to the first street vendors in Lunigiana, who created a significant business and a literary prize that remains one of the most prestigious in Italy. Drawing on testimonies and memories collected over the years, the author has crafted a moving story of resistance and friendship about the art of selling books and adapting to change.
Franco Faggiani lives in Milan and is a journalist. He has published several novels with Fazi Editore, including The Maintenance of the Senses, The Guardian of Cherry Hill, The Inventory of Clouds , and Just a Flirt of Wind.

8.00 pm
The House of Half-Sleep, by Sandro Campani (Einaudi editions)
SAN PAOLO BOOKSTORE
Location: via Vittorio Emanuele II, 30 A

's latest novel Sandro Campani is about the passage of time, about work as a reason for living and damnation, and about how the places we inhabit can behave as people do: choosing us or rejecting us.
Sandro Campani lives and works in a village in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, where he was born in 1974. His published works for Einaudi include Il giro del miele (The Honey Tour), I passi nel bosco (Steps in the Woods) , and Alzarsi presto (Getting Up Early. The Book of Mushrooms (and My Brother).

8:30 PM
The Wonderful People. Stories of More-than-Human Humans in the Extermination of Gaza.
Hassan and the Genocide, by Raffaele Oriani (People Editions)
MILTON BOOKSTORE
Location: Via E. Pertinace, 9

A double presentation of two books born from the desire to make the voice of the Palestinian people heard. Words are his weapon, but they are not words of hate. The stories and images from the Gaza Strip convey a sense of responsibility for the lives that remain, for their legacy to be passed on.
Raffaele Oriani, a journalist, was editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine Reset, editor of Io Donna, the women's magazine of Corriere della Sera, and a contributor to Venerdì di Repubblica. In 2024, he chose to withdraw from "his world" to avoid participating in the "media coverage" accompanying the Gaza apocalypse.

8.45pm
Life Always, by Elena Varvello (Guanda publisher)
LA TORRE BOOKSTORE
Location: Maddalena courtyard

Alba, 1939. Francesco and Teresa, born in distant worlds, are attracted, repelled, and miss each other. They fall in love. In popular courtyards, on the banks of the Tanaro, or on a train traveling in the darkness while the world is in flames, they must defend their love from the brutality of History. Life is always the story of Life attempting to resist History, a reflection on memory born from an intimate and family story, which separates war from rhetoric and delivers it to real life.
In conversation with Davide Longo.
Elena Varvello was born in Turin, where she teaches at the Holden School. She has published the poetry collections Perseveranza è salute and Atlanti. With her collection of short stories L'economia delle cose (2007), she won the Settembrini Prize and the Bagutta Opera Prima Prize, and was selected for the Strega Prize.

9.00 pm
Training emotions to feel better together… at any age
SAN PAOLO BOOKSTORE
Location: Alec room, via Vittorio Emanuele II, 30 – 2nd floor

An Emotional Maintenance® space, an experiential meeting to learn how to best respond to the everyday challenges we face: emotions, reactions, relationships, moving beyond automatisms or "blame" and discovering new possibilities for presence and connection. Hosted by: Elena Bongiovanni.
Reservations recommended at +39 366 6309026..
Elena Bongiovanni She specializes in Emotional Maintenance®: training and supervision for work groups and relationship professionals in the educational, social, and healthcare fields.

10.00pm
The Girls of Tunis, by Luca Bianchini (Mondadori publisher)
LA TORRE BOOKSTORE
Location: Maddalena courtyard

Meeting in collaboration with Radio Alba

Who were the girls of Tunis? It is to answer this question that Luca Bianchini decided to write his new book: between laughter and melancholy, the author recounts his mother's life in Tunis between 1959 and 1961. Like many Italians of Sicilian origin, her family also sought America in Tunisia in the first half of the twentieth century, not always finding it. Theirs is a story of forgotten emigrants, of departures and returns, enthusiasms and small disappointments.
Luca Bianchini was born on February 11, 1970, in Turin. Since 2003, Mondadori has published all of his novels, including: Instant Love, I Follow You Every Night, If Tomorrow the Weather Is Good, I Who Love Only You and Christmas Dinner – which were made into two highly successful films –, Tell Me You Believe in Destiny, No One Like Us – brought to the big screen the following year -, I Know You'll Come Back One Day, Kisses from Polignano, Wives Are Always Right and The Heart Is a Gypsy.

CIVIC LIBRARY – EXTRAORDINARY OPENINGS
Saturday 6 June 9.00 – 12.30 & 14.00 - 21.00
Sunday 7 June 10.00 - 12.30

Throughout the afternoon and evening, students from the L. Rocca Civic Music Institute will perform short musical performances between sessions.