- From Monday, June 10 to Saturday, June 15, and on the way to the 2024 Book Fair, a series of free activities will be held around the world of literature in our City.
From June 10 to 15, the city becomes a refuge for reading lovers with Book Week, an initiative carried out by the municipal Communication and Culture Secretariat that invites people to immerse themselves in the exciting world of literature. through a series of free activities open to the public.
On this occasion, the undisputed protagonists will be the Cordoban bookstores. These establishments are not only a key link in the book value chain, but also represent a distinctive feature of our cultural identity.
In this sense, the programming will include a Bookstore Circuit that proposes meetings around publications and authors with booksellers as hosts. This route will link to iconic central bookstores in Nueva Córdoba, General Paz and Alta Córdoba, which in turn will be artistically intervened with poems.
In addition, the Malicha Room will open its doors with artistic activities aimed at children, a book delivery day will be held to popular libraries, and new local books will be presented.
All activities will be free of charge.
The schedule is available at the following link
About Book Day
June 15, 1908 marked a milestone in Argentine literary history with the awarding of prizes in a literary contest organized by the National Council of Women. This event, which became an annual tradition, was officially declared the “Book Festival” in 1924. Later, in 1941, the Ministry of Education changed its name to “Book Day”, a holiday that continues to this day. .
In June, in addition, the Writer’s Day is celebrated, in tribute to the first president of the Argentine Society of Writers, Leopoldo Lugones, who was born on the 13th of this month in 1874. Thus, in June, two great celebrations converge national letters.
