Canceled More books 2020, reading party born Together in Rome

(ANSA) - ROME, JULY 15 - The Italian Editoricancella association "with great regret" the 2020 edition of 'Piùlibri più libero' for the Covid 19 epidemic, but announces the return of the Fair of small and medium publishing in 2021.
   Meanwhile 'Together - readers, authors, editors' was born in Rome, the great Italian festival of 2020 dedicated to reading, which will take place from 1 to 4 October at the Auditorium - Parco della Musica, in the pedestrian area, in the hanging gardens as in some interior spaces - the Archaeological Park of the Colosseum - between the Basilicadi Maxentius, the Palatine Stadium and the Temple of Venus - and the Eur district with a special preview which will inaugurate the event on 30 September. The event includes the presence of about 200 publishers with a rich calendar of meetings with Italian and foreign authors, both in attendance and instreaming. The general program of the event will be edited by an editorial team composed of Silvia Barbagallo, AndreaCusumano, Michele De Mieri, Lea Iandiorio, Rosa Polacco and MarinoSinibaldi.
    "We studied until the last useful moment the possibility of being able to run the Fair safely, but the sense of responsibility had to prevail: there are no conditions for organizing an event of this magnitude and complexity - with over 100 thousand presences every year, more than 500 exhibitors , thousands of speakers - guaranteeing the distance between people that may be necessary even in the near future "explains the president of Più libri più libero, AnnamariaMalato.
    "We believe we have made the best choice to protect everyone - explains the president of Aie Ricardo Franco Levi -. More free books will return in 2021 even richer in events and bigger than ever before, always in the splendid Nuvola di Fuksas.
   At the same time we join with real satisfaction and with full commitment to Together - readers, authors, publishers, the great book festival promoted by Roma Capitale, the Lazio Region and the Book and Reading Center which will take place in Capitaledal from 1st to 4th October. (ANSA).