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SIT DOWN AND READ
2024/05/24

  "SIT DOWN AND READ" 2024. THE EXHIBITION.

Check HERE the map of the 26 benches in the exhibition.

Discover HERE the municipal bookstores and libraries of Madrid.

From May 22 to June 22, "Sit down and read 2024" returns to the streets of Madrid, the campaign that promotes reading and local bookstores with 26 book-shaped benches

  • The campaign, promoted by JCDecaux, Pengüin Random House and Carat España, with the support of the Madrid City Council, also energizes municipal libraries and some of the main commercial arteries of the capital
  • One of the books is '100 iconic recipes of Madrid with a stop at its markets', published by the City Council, which can be downloaded using a QR code visible on the bench in the Plaza de Santa Ana.
  • Included in the Everything is in Madrid project, the initiative serves as an appetizer for the Madrid Book Fair, which will celebrate its 83rd edition between May 31 and June 16 in El Retiro Park

Madrid, May 22, 2024 . The Madrid City Council, through the Area of Economy, Innovation and Finance, kicks off the 'Sit down to read 2024' campaign, an initiative promoted by JCdeCAUX, Pengüin Random and Carat España, with the support of the Madrid City Council which aims to promote reading among Madrid residents, with the installation of 26 benches in the shape of books in different locations in the city, while revitalizing local bookstores, neighborhood libraries and the main commercial arteries of the capital.

It is, in the words of the head of the area, Engracia Hidalgo, “about inviting citizens to stop along the way and stop to enjoy a book and a moment of peace in the middle of the street, promoting reading through a fun and inspiring urban furniture.” The objective is to “encourage the pleasure of reading, give visibility to neighborhood bookstores and municipal libraries”, near which many of the banks are located, and “encourage Madrid residents and visitors to make different use of the streets of the city”, taking advantage of “all the offer that Madrid can offer”.

26 book banks in 8 districts

With this double objective, various streets and squares in the districts of Centro, Chamartín, Chamberí, Fuencarral–El Pardo, Moncloa-Aravaca, Salamanca, Tetuán and Villaverde, will display, until June 22, the 26 benches inspired by national authors and international and iconic characters from various literary genres.

One of the large-scale books that pedestrians can sit in is '100 iconic recipes of Madrid with a stop at its markets', published by the City Council and which can be downloaded using a QR code engraved on the bench itself, located in the square. from Santa Ana, from the Centro district.

The other banks in the campaign are located in the following locations:

Locations

District

Qualification

Author

Callao Square

Center

The crack of silence

Javier Castillo

Alonso Martínez Square

Center

Before December

Joana Marcus

Gran Via, 29

Center

Harry Potter

JK Rowling

Gran Via with Alcalá

Center

Mafalda. All Strips

Cinchona

Moor's Gate

Center

The nine kingdoms

Santiago Diaz

Fuencarral with Barceló

Center

10,000 miles to find you

Mercedes Ron

Seville street with Alcalá

Center

Snob

Elisabet Benavent

Huertas Street, 71

Center

Something that serves as light

Fernando Navarro

Prosperity Square

Chamartin

Love your chaos again and the friction of living

Albert Espinosa

Chamberí Square

Chamberi

A wild animal

Joel Dicker

Raimundo Fernández de Villaverde with Cuatro Caminos

Chamberi

Tears Maker

Erin Doom

Monforte de Lemos Avenue, in front of La Vaguada

Fuencarral the Brown

My name is Goa

Miriam Tirado

Entrance to the Caleido Shopping Center

Fuencarral the Brown

The forgotten son

Mikel Santiago

Princess Street

Moncloa-Aravaca

Panties in the sun

Regina Rodriguez

Plaza de Cibeles

Withdrawal

The final problem

Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Independence Square

Withdrawal

Rome is me / Damn Rome

Santiago Posteguillo

Entrance to the Paseo de Coches of El Retiro, gate of Madrid

Withdrawal

See you in August

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Entrance to El Retiro on Menéndez Pelayo street

Withdrawal

All the king's men

Laura Gallego

Cuesta de Moyano with Atocha street

Withdrawal

Paris 2024

Francisco Ibanez

Felipe II Square

Salamanca

Don't make mountains of molehills

Rafael Santandreu

Plaza de Colón – National Library

Salamanca

Germans

Sergio del Molino

Plaza de Colón with Jorge Juan street

Salamanca

The cursed countess

Reyes Monforte

Side of Paseo de la Castellana near Moda Shopping

Tetouan

Anatomy of evil

Jordi Wild

Cusco Square

Tetouan

Break the ice

Hannah Grace

Paseo de Alberto Palacios, next to the market

Villaverde

Amanda Black 1

Juan Gómez-Jurado and Bárbara Montes

Included in the digital commercial promotion project Everything is in Madrid, the initiative serves as an appetizer to the Madrid Book Fair, which will celebrate its 83rd edition between May 31 and June 16, 2024 in El Retiro Park. /


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