The FILQ began on Wednesday, December 15, and is scheduled to close this Sunday.
Until today the Intercultural Book Festival of Quito 2021 (FILQ 2021), at Metropolitan Cultural Center (CCM), the Bellavista headquarters of the Benjamín Carrión Cultural Center and in the National Library of Ecuador Eugenio Espejo.
FILQ seeks to be a space of joy and approach to reading in its five days of work
The agenda for this fifth and last day, like the previous days, is designed for adults and children. As a first activity, at 10:00, a reading of works for children and young people under the intervention of Angela Arboleda; This will be in the Children’s Room. At the same time, but in Auditorium 1 Eliécer Cárdenas, the book will be presented The big bike trip, by Diego Tirita; while, in the Protocol Hall, Gilda Holst will present The freedom that does not come, by Felipe Vega.
At 11:00, in Auditorium 2 Jorge Velasco Mackenzie, Gabriel Fandiño Menendez will present his book Colonel José Antonio Pontón, commander of guerrillas in independence. At the same time there will be a table tribute to the author Juan Valdano (+), in charge of Ceclilia Ansaldo and Marcelo Cruz. This meeting, which will take a tour of his work and life, will take place in the National Library.
At noon, in Auditorium 1 Eliécer Cárdenas, Ernesto Carrion will talk about his novels A future man Y The flight of the turtle. Meanwhile, in Auditorium 2 Jorge Velasco Mackenzie there will be a presentation of the Selected works of Aurelio Espinosa Pólit, under the participation of Gustavo Salazar and Santiago Vizcaíno.
At 2:00 p.m. a table will be held that will discuss the “Perspectives of children’s and youth literature in Ecuador”. Participate Liset Lantigua, Torske, Ángela Arboleda, María Luz Albuja. This activity will be at Auditorium 1 Eliécer Cárdenas.
At 15:00In Auditorium 1 Eliécer Cárdenas, there will be a look at the importance of the city in contemporary literature. Participate Edwin Alcarás, Melanie Márquez Adams, Gabriela Alemán and David Coral. An hour later, in the same auditorium, there will be a dialogue about dramaturgy and cinema as a literary genre, staging and its complexities. This activity will be in charge of Gabriela Ponce, Santiago Roldós, Bertha Díaz, Javier Izquierdo and Pilar Gavilanes.
At 17:00, María Auxiliadora Balladares will present her book The shame, in Auditorium 2 Jorge Velasco Mackenzie. The general agenda will close at 6:00 p.m. with a poetry reading by Aleyda Quevedo, María Pilar Gavilanes, Andrea Alejandro and Gabriela Vargas. This will be at Auditorium 2 Jorge Velasco Mackenzie.
The literary meeting is co-organized between the Municipality of the Metropolitan District of Quito, the Secretariat of Culture, the Ministry of Culture and Heritage, the Chamber of Books and independent publishers.
Admission is free, reserving your entry through www.quitocultura.com and ellibrodelagente.com. This party will be held from 10:00 to 20:00. (I)
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