LIBRAIA – Small Book Fair

On Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October, LIBRAIA – Small Book Fair returns.

Two days of book presentations, round tables, meetings with authors and journalists, activities for children and families, music and convivial moments.

Saturday 17 begins at 10:30 with the opening round table RESTARE. Abitare le aree interne e le piccole isole (STAY. Living in inland areas and on small islands), followed by presentations and meetings until the evening. From 15:00, board games will be held with the Drago Verde Association, while from 18:00 to 20:30 there will be a literary aperitif with Frequency Island and Tiratardi Forio.

Sunday 18 begins at 10:30 with breakfast and a literary brunch. During the day, there will be the SEA BEYOND Ideas Box, featuring workshops for children and families, a creative writing workshop from 16:00 to 18:00 and, in the afternoon, meetings and round tables continuing until the evening.

Villa La Colombaia di Luchino Visconti – Forio
17–18 October 2026

For the complete programme and reservations for individual events:
Eventbrite – Villa La Colombaia di Luchino Visconti

Programme – 18 October

11:45
Salvatore Ronga
Della casa al mare – La Valle del Tempo.

14:30
Laura Mattera Iacono
Ischia e il suo dottore Pagliuchella – La Valle del Tempo.

15:00
Round table
RESTARE... E poi? (STAY... What next?)
Enzo Maraio, Luigi Polito, Alessia Peraro and a delegation of young entrepreneurs. In conversation with Davide Laezza.
Tourism, work, creativity and entrepreneurship. The conditions for choosing territories as places in which to build and invest.

16:00
Antonio Fiore
Occhio sempre più privato – La Valle del Tempo
In conversation with Paolo Speranza.

16:30
Cinzia Brancato
Karim. Il bambino dal compleanno inventato – La Valle del Tempo.

17:15
Concetta Lauro
Un giorno solo può essere una vita – Valentino Editore
Presented by Silvia Musella and Mario Musella.

17:45
Wanda Marasco
Di spalle a questo mondo – Neri Pozza
In conversation with Mirella Armiero.

18:30
Fulvio D'Amico
Lazzarǝ – Graus Edizioni
A novel about care, childhood and hardship, between clinical practice and everyday life in contemporary Naples.

19:00
Paolo May
39 pillole e 15 racconti – Graus Edizioni.

19:30
Olimpia Ambrosio
Non tutti meritano l'amore che ricevono
Die Seele Ischias. Visconti, La Colombaia und La Mortella – Edizioni Vulcaniche.