Incontri d'autore

Everything is ready for the 2025 edition of Incontri d’Autore, the literary festival organized by the Municipality of Lavarone and the Sigmund Freud Municipal Library of Lavarone. Through its literary events, it will bring life and color to the summer afternoons on Alpe Cimbra. With a rich program of afternoon events, mostly scheduled at 5:15 PM—with a few exceptions—the festival will run from July 10 to August 22 in the renowned holiday destination once frequented by Sigmund Freud.

PROGRAMME:

10 July, 5:15 p.m. – Conference Centre
Paolo Malaguti presents Fumana (Einaudi, 2024)

15 July, 4:00 p.m. – Open-air Art Space, “The Breath of the Trees” Trail
Daniel Lumera with Letting You Go. How to lighten the weight of thoughts, memories and other invisible burdens to make room for life

19 July, 5:15 p.m. – Conference Centre
Alae El Said presents The Boy with the Orange Keffiyeh (Ponte alle Grazie, 2025)

25 July, 5:15 p.m. – Conference Centre
Presentation of the special issue of LIBER, a magazine of children's and young adult literature:
S.O.S. CLIMATE. Stories, experiences, tools – curated by Liber magazine.
Speakers:

• Melody of Rebirth. Story and stories of the Avez del Prinzep – Isacco Corradi (Deputy Mayor of Lavarone), Adriana Fellin (Lavarone Councillor), Morena Bertoldi (Lavarone Library)

• When Nature Strikes Back – Vinicio Ongini (Italian Ministry of Education)

• Roots and Wings. Ideas and activities by Legambiente – Elena Ferrario (President of Legambiente Education and Training)

• Trees for Life. A civic education experience – Umberto Salemi (Sanremo Levante School)

• Up There on the Old Apple Tree. What if the protagonist of Little Women met architect Stefano Boeri? – Manuela Trinci (essayist and psychotherapist)

• Libereso, the gardener of Italo Calvino’s family – Anna Maria Fogliarini (Sanremo Levante School Headmistress)
  Moderator: Ilaria Tagliaferri (LIBER management)

27 July, 10:30 a.m. – Conference Centre
Gradiva Prize – Municipality of Lavarone
Presentation of the winning book: Travelling in Later Life. On the Value of Transience by Maria Luisa Algini (Mimesis, 2024)

28 July, 5:15 p.m. – Conference Centre
Giada Messetti with China is a Lobster. How the Asian Giant is Changing (Mondadori, 2025)

1 August, 5:15 p.m. – Conference Centre
Chiara Francini with Oaks Don’t Make Lemons (Rizzoli, 2025)

3 August, 5:15 p.m. – Conference Centre
Mario Giordano with Dynasty. From the Agnelli to the Del Vecchios, from the Benettons to the De Benedettis: the fall of the powerful families (Rizzoli, 2025)

4 August, 5:15 p.m. – Conference Centre
Concita De Gregorio with From Mother to Daughter (Feltrinelli, 2025)

5 August, 5:15 p.m. – Conference Centre
Mario Raffaelli with It’s Easy to Say Peace (Marcianum Press)

8 August, 3:00 p.m. – Malga Laghetto, Avez del Prinzep
Luca Mercalli with A Brief Climate History of Italy (Einaudi, 2025)

11 August, 5:15 p.m. – Conference Centre
Alberto Pellai with Training for Life. Ten Principles to Become Authoritative Parents Again (Mondadori, 2024)
and Barbara Tamborini with My Girl. A Letter to the Free Women of Tomorrow (De Agostini, 2024)

16 August, time to be defined – Conference Centre
Anna De Simone and Ana Maria Sepe (Psicoadvisor) with The World Through Your Eyes. All the Tools to Disarm Self-Deception and Affirm Who You Truly Are (Rizzoli, 2024)

17 August, time to be defined – Conference Centre
Andrea Pennacchi with If the Rose Had No Name. William Shakespeare’s First Investigation (Marsilio, 2024)

21 August, 5:15 p.m. – Conference Centre
Andrea Grieco with The Lies That Make Us Sick. Free Yourself from Nutrition Myths to Fight Chronic Inflammation and Regain Health and Well-being (Rizzoli, 2025)

22 August, 5:15 p.m. – Conference Centre
Massimo Polidoro with A Life Well Spent. Finding Meaning in Things with Leonardo, Einstein and Darwin (Mondadori, 2025)

Info: APT Alpe Cimbra Offices | 0464 724100 | info@alpecimbra.it