Literal returns to Almagro with Wattpad authors and young voices
The Literal International Youth Literature Festival is back in Buenos Aires over the weekend of November 7 and 8, from 3 pm to 8 pm, at Parque de la Estación in the Almagro neighborhood. According to Infobae, this edition brings together writers, actors and poets from a generation that came to books through social networks. The City organizes it through its culture department and adds the Vargas Llosa Chair as a partner.
Over the two afternoons, the green space becomes a stage for conversations, talks, poetry read aloud and authors signing books. The lineup also shows how Wattpad, TikTok and Instagram changed what teenage audiences read and who recommends it to them. For local audiences it is an afternoon outing to a green space in the neighborhood, with a program split across both days.
Flor Salvador and the Mexican delegation
The most awaited guest is Mexican author Flor Salvador, who wrote Boulevard, a story that, with 150 million visits on the Wattpad platform, ended up adapted as a Prime Video series. It will be her first visit to Argentina. On Sunday at 4 pm she will give a talk titled El boulevard de los sueños, with Delfina Lopresti and Reni Donia, two bookfluencers, hosting.
Two more authors from Mexico arrive with her. Mariana Palova wrote La nación de las bestias, a dark fantasy saga, and speaks on Saturday at 5 pm to share news about an upcoming title. An hour later Fa Orozco takes the stage, a writer and illustrator whom Infobae places among the first figures of the bookfluencer phenomenon in the Spanish language, to talk about her work and her new book.
Kevsho, Pamela Stupia and young poetry
Among the local names, the one generating the most expectation is Kevsho, who went from recommending books on social media to acting in the series Entrelazados, on Disney+, and Cromañón, and leads the cast of the film La dicha en movimiento. On Sunday at 6 pm he will talk with Anto Romano about how books and acting combine in his career.
Writer Pamela Stupia will open the festival on Saturday at 4 pm with a look at her career and her projects. The first day closes at 7 pm with a group poetry reading, titled Poesía en la estación, by Cami Ochoa, Flor Dapiaggi, Guido Chapedi and Guido Messina, four young voices of the genre.
Themed talks and a fair of literary objects
The rest of the talks work as a map of the topics that occupy young readers today. One looks at the ties between literature and the South Korean band BTS, another deals with thrillers where the danger comes from inside the home, and a third asks how far publishers are responsible for warning readers about sensitive content, a debate that follows the dark romance genre.
Outside the talks there will be a book stand with titles by the guest authors, set up by the Fetiche bookshop together with Impulso Editorial, and a signing area. A fair of products inspired by reading is also set up: bags made from books, novel-themed shirts, themed jewelry and manga and anime items, with brands such as Cuenta la Leyenda, Kawaii Tienda and Upsala Joyería, among others.
If you go
The festival runs on both days of the weekend of November 7 and 8, from 3 pm to 8 pm, at Parque de la Estación, on Perón street around the 3300 block, in Almagro. The signing area opens on Saturday at 6 pm and on Sunday at 5 pm.
On Saturday the schedule starts at 4 pm with Pamela Stupia, continues at 5 pm with Mariana Palova and at 6 pm with Fa Orozco, and closes at 7 pm with the poetry reading. On Sunday, Flor Salvador speaks at 4 pm and Kevsho at 6 pm. Infobae does not report the ticket price, so it is worth confirming it through the festival's channels before you go.
Source: Infobae
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