Marbella celebrates the Day of Reading in Andalusia with a varied cultural program

The Marbella City Council has organized an extensive program throughout December on the occasion of the Day of Reading in Andalusia, which will take place on the 16th. The city joins this commemoration with a varied agenda of free-entry activities until full capacity is reached, including book presentations, meetings with authors, family shows, and cultural proposals in different municipal spaces. The events will begin this Wednesday, December 3, at the Hospital Real de la Misericordia, where at 12:00 PM, the III International Marpoética Poetry Prize, endowed with 26,000 euros and the publication of the work, will be awarded to the writer from Granada, Gerardo Rodríguez Salas for 'Oxford Circus'.

The jury has highlighted the proposal's constructive audacity and its ability to address fundamental debates of our time, such as gender identity, as well as its reflection on language and foreignness in the first person. That same day, at 7:00 PM, the Hospital Real de la Misericordia will also host the book presentation in an event where the author will converse with the poet and journalist Antonio Lucas, and some of his poems will be read.

From Israel Olivera to Moncho Borrajo

The cultural programming will continue in the same venue throughout the month with several literary presentations by local and national authors. Thursday, December 4 will be the turn of 'The Other Path' by Israel Olivera; Thursday, December 11 will be the turn of 'Malenconía, a year of the book' by Miguel Nieto; and on Friday, December 12, the project 'After the Deluge' by Francisco Javier Galbeño will be unveiled.

Subsequently, on Monday, December 15, the meeting will revolve around 'From the Word with my words to your heart. Cycle A' by priest José López Solórzano. Finally, on Tuesday, December 16, coinciding with the Day of Reading in Andalusia, the program will close with the book 'That Farce' by the artist and writer Moncho Borrajo.

Activities at the Central Library Fernando Alcalá Marín

For its part, the Central Library Fernando Alcalá Marín will also join the commemoration with various activities mainly aimed at the family audience. On Thursday, December 4, the puppet show 'The Show of Mofly, Bupy & Gum' will be offered; on Friday, December 12, the presentation of the first literary project by young author Paula Siles, titled 'Martina and her Domestic Lion', will take place; and on Monday, December 15, the musical tale 'Around the World in Eight Strings' will be staged. Additionally, on Wednesday, December 17, the writer Esther Ráez will introduce her book 'Sofia and the Mystery of the Sky'. As a closing directed at the adult audience, the library will also host the launch of the book 'The Spanish Famine' by historian Miguel Ángel del Arco Blanco, who will be accompanied by the writer Alejandro Pedregosa.