Also this year Edizioni San Paolo participates in BookCity Milano, the reading and culture festival. For the 2024 edition, the focus is “War and Peace”, a highly topical theme that will be explored through meetings with authors, testimonies and wide-ranging debates. Below is the complete program of events organized by Edizioni San Paolo, open to the public with free entry while places last.
Wednesday 13 November – 6.30pm, Libreria Claudiana
- “Luigi Bettazzi, builder of peace”
- A dialogue on Luigi Bettazzi, a figure of peace, with interventions by Alberto Chiara and Franco Garelli. Francesco Antonioli will moderate the meeting.
Saturday 16 November – 2.30pm, Libreria Claudiana
- “The trust that saves in the eternal struggle between good and evil”
- Claudio Burgio, Domenico Cambareri and Elisabetta Andreis will discuss the role of trust as a founding value in a society torn by the struggle between good and evil.
Friday 15 November – 6.00 pm, Palazzo Moriggia, Risorgimento Museum
- “The true story of a partisan ‘rebel for love'”
- A meeting dedicated to partisan memory with Anna Maria Cattaneo, HE Domenico Sigalini and Giorgio Paolucci.
Saturday 16 November – 5.30 pm, Humanitarian Society, Sala Facchinetti
- “Looking the mafia in the face”
- Marcello Cozzi and Francesco Anfossi will delve into the topic of the fight against the mafia, a phenomenon that continues to threaten Italian society.
Sunday 17 November – 5pm, Teatro Franco Parenti
- “The bad reputation of politics is no longer news”
- A meeting on the crisis of politics and information, with Bruno Bignami, Maria Grazia Guida and Antonio Sanfrancesco.
Sunday 17 November – 6.00 pm, Centro San Fedele, Sala Ricci
- “Religion and peace: limit or possibility?”
- A debate on the role of religion in building or limiting peace, with interventions by Haim Fabrizio Cipriani, Jihad Youssef and Erri De Luca. Elena Bolognesi will moderate the meeting.
The events proposed by Edizioni San Paolo offer a unique opportunity to explore, from different perspectives, the theme of war and peace, placing the emphasis on inspiring figures, moral dilemmas and current challenges. An unmissable event for anyone who wishes to reflect and discuss these crucial topics.
