SIT DOWN AND READ: DISCOVER THE LIBRARIES AND BOOKSHOPS IN MADRID
2022/05/06
Because everything is in the books and all the books are in Madrid, the Madrid City Council, in collaboration with the Madrid Bookstores Guild, various business associations, bookstores, libraries, cultural centers, markets and other establishments, launches the SIT AT READ: DISCOVER THE LIBRARIES AND BOOKSHOPS IN MADRID.
Bookstores and libraries are much more than “spaces where you can find books”. They bring life to the neighborhoods as true cultural dynamizers that they are, contributing to their development and well-being and having an exceptional weight in the cultural fabric of the city, offering the general public a wide range of culture and possibilities that allow them to satisfy their concerns. of all.
For this reason , we suggest you discover the bookstores and libraries of Madrid HERE and take a very special route through them and through all the establishments that have joined this campaign with special activities to enjoy reading.
"SIT DOWN TO READ". ACTIVITIES:
LIBRARIES
- BOOK HOUSE: Gran Vía , Alcalá , Fuencarral , Orense , Isla Azul and La Vaguada .
Storytelling, presentations, workshops, children's activities, signatures...
- Fuencarral, 119
Sunday April 10, 12:00 p.m.
Storytelling: Tribute to Olga de Dios
Storytelling with Lili Storytelling, a tribute to Olga de Dios. Limited places until full capacity.
- Ourense, 11
Thursday 14 April, 12:00 p.m.
Signature: Phurya, by Daniel Guillén
Author Daniel Guillén will join us throughout the day and sign copies of his book Phurya.
- Gran Via, 29
Saturday April 16, 6:30 p.m.
Storytelling for Children with Lilí Storytelling
Pipi Longstocking and its author Astrid Lindgren will be the stars of this afternoon of stories.
- Fuencarral, 119
Sunday April 17, 12:00 p.m.
Storytelling: Lupas and Nanai
Storyteller with Lili Storyteller around the characters Lupas and Nanai. Limited places until full capacity.
- Gran Via, 29
Wednesday 20 April, 6:00 p.m.
Manual of an authentic mamarracha
Actor, comedian and monologist, Germán Sánchez, @gersanc on social networks, makes thousands of people laugh every day with his funny videos about his way of seeing the world. On April 20 he will be in our bookstore, signing copies of his book Manual de una authentica mamarracha
- Fuencarral, 119
Thursday 21 April, 7:00 p.m.
Presentation: Three and a Half Days, by Jacinto Ruiz
Presentation of the book Three and a Half Days, by Jacinto Ruiz. Limited places until full capacity.
- Gran Via, 29
Friday April 22, 6:00 p.m.
Introduction to PROCREATE by Eduardo Maqueda (Book Night 2022)
Eduardo Maqueda is a graphic creative who has been collaborating on very diverse projects for 20 years. He began his career in graphic arts, making the leap to illustration as a cover designer for the record and publishing sector. In which you can highlight his work on the covers of bands like Saratoga. He has worked as an art director in internet portals. Aerospace Publications. Having designed the Deimos 2 satellite launch mission emblem.
The capacity is limited. Pre-registration is required
- Fuencarral, 119
Friday April 22, 7:00 p.m.
Presentation: The era of veganism
Presentation of the book The era of veganism. A manifesto in the lighthouse of animals, by Ibai Vegan. More information and place reservation at fuencarral@casadellibro.com
- Gran Via, 29
Saturday April 23, 6:30 p.m.
Storytelling for Children with Lilí Storytelling
We celebrate the birthday of the bookstore! Casa del Libro turns 99 years old!!!
- Fuencarral, 119
Sunday April 24, 12:00 p.m.
Storyteller: We celebrate our bookstore's birthday!
We celebrate the birthday of our bookstore with Lili Cuentacuentos. Limited places until full capacity.
- Fuencarral, 119
Wednesday 27 April, 7:00 p.m.
Presentation: Breaking the silence, by Estefanía Igartua
Presentation of the book Breaking the Silence, by Estefanía Igartua.
- Ourense, 11
Thursday 28 April, 12:00 p.m.
Signature: Blanca del Cerro
The author Blanca del Cerro will accompany us during the day and sign copies of her books: I am the earth, The time has come, Tales of rain and fog and A path of carnations.
- Fuencarral, 119
Thursday 28 April, 7:00 p.m.
Presentation: Blue Organizations, by Alberto Delgado
Presentation of the book Blue Organizations: Leaders of the Digital Age, by Alberto Delgado and Alfonso Ramos. Limited places until full capacity.
- Ourense, 11
Friday April 29, 6:00 p.m.
Storytelling with Sonia Nubecuentos
Tales of… books. We will tell stories where books will be the protagonists.
From 4 years. Limited places. Under prior registration through orense@casadellibro.com indicating the name of the child and telephone.
- Gran Via, 29
Friday April 29, 7:00 p.m.
If I tell you what I did. Round table
"If I tell you I did it." The author of the novel, Jaime de los Santos, will talk with Cristina Lucas (plastic arts), Ana Locking (Fashion), Susanna Griso (media) and Cuca Gamarra (PP). I am awaiting confirmation from Carmen Calvo (PSOE), Ana Milan (actress), Topacio Fresh (trans woman) and Rocío Mora (president of APRAMP)
- Gran Via, 29
Saturday April 30, 12:30 p.m.
Workshops and Children's Activities: Rhythms in the rain
In the musical workshop, to the rhythm of the music we will dance and we will make a musical instrument to take us and create our own melodies.
- Gran Via, 29
Saturday April 30, 6:30 p.m.
Storytelling for Children with Lilí Storytelling
We celebrate Mother's Day with the story "Mom was little before she was older"
- Gran Via, 29
Thursday 5 May, 6:30 p.m.
Presentation: Christian martyrs under Nazism
The doctor in History, Santiago Mata, narrates, with admirable skill, the heartless path that the regime undertook to dominate and weaken the Christian Churches in Germany, which constituted an iron reservoir of ideological opposition to its principles. Free entry. Limited capacity.
- Gran Via, 29
Saturday May 7, 12:30 p.m.
Leo Club Members: Children's Workshops
Pots with flowers. In the craft workshop we will use recycled materials and we will take our preparations home. Become a Leo member and sign up for our free workshops.
- Gran Via, 29
Saturday May 7, 6:30 p.m.
Leo Club Members: The Butterflies Journey
Storyteller The Trip of the Butterflies. Reading is a journey. Reading gives you wings. Sign up for our Leo Members Club And don't miss any storytelling from your favorite bookstore!
- Gran Via, 29
Tuesday May 10, 6:30 p.m.
Presentation: Madrid kills us
Carlos Salem presents us with the second case of Dalia Fierro, Severo Justo.
Discover HERE all the information on these and many other activities of the Casa del Libro
- MOYANO SLOPE :
- WEEKEND SIGNATURES.
The authors Rosa Montero, Leandro Pérez and Miguel Munárriz will sign copies of their works on the Cuesta de Moyano.
- Rosa Montero . Sunday, April 17, from 12 to 2 p.m. in booth 30.
- Leandro Pérez and Miguel Munárriz . Saturday, April 30, from 12 to 2 p.m. in booth 26
- THE NIGHT OF THE BOOKS
Cuesta de Moyano, Madrid
Friday April 22, from 5 to 7 p.m.
"Book Hunt" Tournament . Bibliophiles and treasures of terror and Humor with Desirée de Fez and Joaquín Reyes.
Within the Night of Books 2022 program of the Community of Madrid and in the presence of its Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sports, Marta Rivera de la Cruz, who will also participate in the activity, the Cuesta de Moyano will hold a peculiar tournament « On the hunt for books. It will be an afternoon of hunting guided by two writers who are fond of searching for bibliographic treasures, Joaquín Reyes, a humor specialist, and Desirée de Fez, an expert in the horror genre. This exciting action is open to the participation of Madrid residents, bibliophiles and the reading public. , who will be able to join the challenge of finding and acquiring their own bookstore treasure. Everyone is invited to participate in this search, and those who publish a photo of their find that same afternoon on social networks with the hashtag #CazaLibroMoyano will choose to win two 'Moyano KM0 de los libros' totebag after deliberation by the jury of the Soy de los Asociación the Slope.
- DAY OF THE BOOK
Cuesta de Moyano, Madrid
Saturday, April 23, from 12 to 2 p.m. and from 5 to 6 p.m.
Stefan Zweig and the 'Prologues' podcast
The actor Mateo Franco plays the Austrian writer reading fragments of works such as El mundo de ayer , Novela de Ajedrez , María Estuardo or her Diaries in different booths on the Cuesta. In collaboration with Editorial Acantilado. In turn, there will be a broadcast of the literary podcast Prologs, with the author and editor Maria José Solano as the protagonist, from booth 22 on Cuesta de Moyano.
- FNAC CALLAO
C. de Preciados, 28, 28013 Madrid
Presentations and book signings:
- Thursday April 21, 7:00 p.m.
Presentation of the illustrated book "Precariousness" , by the illustrator and influencer @Precariada.
- Saturday April 23. Book Day Signatures :
12 noon MANUEL RIVAS will sign "Area to defend".
12 noon MANUEL JABOIS will sign “Miss Marte”.
12 noon ANTONIO LUCAS will sign “Good sea”.
12 noon LUIS MATEO DÍAZ will sign “Celama (a count)”.
12 noon JOSÉ MARÍA MERINO will sign “Anthropocene News”.
18h. MARINA SANMARTÍN will sign “The hands so small”.
18h. SERGIO RAMIREZ will sign “Tongolele did not know how to dance”.
18h. JORGE F. HERNÁNDEZ will sign “A floating forest”.
18h. MARTA GORDO will sign "We should all break up".
18h. ANA LENA will sign "The heiresses of the Singer".
- Wednesday April 27, 7:00 p.m.
Presentation of “Crimes” , by Carles Porta.
- Friday April 29, 6pm.
Presentation of “The heart is a captcha” , by Víctor Lemes.
See more activities at culturafnac.es
- FNAC GOYA
Calle de Goya, 42, 28001 Madrid
- Presentations and book signings:
Saturday April 23. Book Day Signatures :
12 noon BERTA VÍAS will sign “The voice of then”.
18h. MANUEL GUEDÁN will sign “The affordable dreams of Josefina Jarama”.
See more activities at culturafnac.es
- FNAC THE TROUGH
CC La Vaguada, C/ de Monforte de Lemos, 3006, 28029 Madrid
- Presentations and book signings:
Saturday April 23. Book Day Signatures :
12 noon ISABEL CUESTA and DANIEL PÉREZ will sign “Cool stories to educate positively”.
18h. PAOLA FREIRE will sign “Foodtropia. How to eat rich and healthy”.
See more activities at culturafnac.es
- FNAC MADRID RIO
CC Plaza Río, C. de Antonio López, 109, 28026 Madrid
- Presentations and book signings:
Saturday April 23. Book Day Signatures :
12 noon GUTTING UP HISTORY will sign “The most epic heroes”.
18h. ANA LADO will sign “Lettering step by step”.
See more activities at culturafnac.es
- THE LITTLE BEINGS BOOKSTORE :
Calle Ribera de Curtidores, 19, 28005, Madrid.
- Create your/create your own story: Interactive narrative flash workshop with Josué Monchán*.
Friday, April 22, from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.Free activity. Indispensable reservation here
*Josué Monchan: Writer, scriptwriter, translator, tester, actor and dubbing advisor, narrative teacher. He works at Pendulo Studios. He has received various awards for video game script and narrative.
- Literary criticism: vices, prejudices and achievements, with Carlos Sandoval*
Friday, April 22, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Talk for skeptics about the much-needed profession of literary critic.
Free activity. Indispensable reservation here
*Carlos Sandoval: Teacher, researcher, narrator and literary critic. Bachelor of Letters and Master in Venezuelan Literature (Central University of Venezuela). Master in Latin American Literature (Simón Bolívar University).
- YOGACUENTO of Book Day, with Sonia Soleil
Storytelling with yoga and mindfulness dynamics, for girls and boys from 3 to 7 years old
Price: €10 or child pass
- LIBRERÍA LA BOHEMIA : the bookstore of the Mercado de la Cebada
- Literary meeting:
On Tuesday, April 19, at 7:00 p.m., we will have Adrián Pinar , author of “Give me everything I have” at the La Bohemia bookstore, and Isabel Garzo , author of the book “Dafne's room”. In this meeting they will tell us about their books and we will be able to chat with them.
At the end we can take a signed copy home
On April 21 at 7:00 p.m. we can enjoy good company, wine and, above all, books.
- literary gathering
If we add a glass of wine to a good book, the moment of reading improves and if we add doing it in company we can spend a good afternoon talking about books, our latest and upcoming readings.
- Bookmark workshop with children
On Friday, April 22 at 6:00 p.m. , the little ones in the house will be able to enjoy a free craft workshop in which they will be able to make their own bookmarks with the collage technique.
We sure had a great time.
- MUGA BOOKSTORE : TRIBUTE TO ALMUDENA GRANDES
Pablo Neruda Avenue, 89
Saturday April 23, 12:30 p.m.
n Book Day, Muga bookstore invites you to participate in a meeting that serves as a tribute to Almudena Grandes from its readers. Participate by reading your favorite text, sharing a memory or remembering her legacy.
It will be an "open mic" act. All the interventions will be recorded, (with the authorization of the interested parties), and may be part of the fourth episode of the podcast "Confines" of the Muga library
Being a meeting open to anyone who wants to participate, confirmation of attendance is requested by email info@publimuga.com .
- EL CORTE INGLÉS CULTURAL AREA: CALLAO ROOM
Plaza de Callao, 2. 28013 Madrid
- Monday, April 25, 7:30 p.m.: Ldelírica cycle: Hugo Mújica
- Wednesday, April 27, 7:30 p.m.: Presentation of the book The White Pyramid , by Nacho Ares.
- Friday, April 29, 7:30 p.m.: Presentation of Loquillo's new album and book.
- Tuesday May 3, 7:30 p.m.: conversation with Victor Manuel.
- Friday May 6, 7:30 p.m.: presentation of the book Lolita against the Wolf , by Nuria Coronado.
- Saturday May 7 (at 12 am): poetry workshop with Gonzalo Escarpa.
- Monday May 9, 7:30 p.m.: Ldelírica cycle.
- Tuesday May 10, 7:30 p.m.: Reading club for the book Mrs. Potter is not exactly Santa Claus , by Laura Fernández.
- EL CORTE INGLÉS CULTURAL AREA: CASTILIAN ROOM
Tuesday, April 26, 7:30 p.m.: Presentation of the book Muy hartas, by Antonia Torelló Torrens and David García Vivancos
-MINDWAY
c/ Maria de Molina, 27
Tuesday May 10, 5:00 p.m.
Question of Attitude with Carmen Lomana
Discover all the keys to feel good inside and out at the hands of Carmen Lomana.
16 years old and up. Limited face-to-face places, under prior registration through https://elle.education/es/talks/
Streaming broadcast for people who cannot physically attend. https://elle.education/en/talks/
LIBRARIES
- MUNICIPAL LIBRARIES
The Libraries of the City Council offer a wide range of activities to encourage and promote reading: book presentations, conferences, reading clubs, contests and storytelling... check all their ACTIVITIES and their Agenda of activities
On the occasion of Book Day, special events are held at its 33 branches in the City of Madrid Book Day 2022 in Libraries and funny dynamics in Instagram , Facebook and Twitter .
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND OTHER LEISURE AND RESTAURANT SPACES
- CEMENT DESIGN : Book presentation in the showroom
May 3 at 4:00 p.m.
Calle Gravina, 14, 28004 Madrid
Presentation of the book "Oxitobrands: human brands for an emotional market" by its author Marcelo Ghio
- GRAND ENGLISH HOTEL : BOOK DAY AT THE GRAND ENGLISH HOTEL
Since its opening, the Gran Hotel Inglés and the then called Café Inglés, its restaurant, became the most illustrious meeting point in the capital where the best cultural, social and political events in the capital of Spain were held.
More than 130 years later and on the occasion of the celebration in Madrid of the night of books, the hotel has organized a series of acts and events ………
- LUNCH-LITERARY GATHERING
- PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK THE HOPE
- COCKTAILS AND LETTERS
Calle de Echegaray, 8, 28014, Madrid
Friday, April 22
- LA FLORIQUETA : READING AMONG FLOWERS AND PLANTS
From Tuesday April 26 to May 10
Hernan Cortes 9, 28004 Madrid. (crooked)
The space will be offered at the entrance where you can enjoy reading surrounded by plants
- MATILDA COFFEE CANTINA . Presentation of the Book: Get excited in Madrid, a book under construction.
Friday 22 at 7:00 p.m. (Glass of Cava and presentation)
C/Almadén 15 (Literary Quarter)
Getting excited in Madrid: a guide to essential places is a work by Blanca García Henche and Inda Zango Martín (professors at the University of Alcalá and the Autonomous University of Barcelona) that collects the tangible and intangible of a city with the historical category of villa.
You will be able to visit places in search of emotions that allow you to connect with the beauty of life. Places to which you long to return because of the sensations they have provoked in you. Places that are not just that, places, but are colors, smells, objects and people. Those people who run and support various establishments in the city and who are key in the process of moving you.
Inscription on Instagram Private: Matilda Café Cantina (@matildacafecantina)
- PLATEA : SIGNATURE COCKTAILS.
Goya Street, 5-7. 28001 Madrid
Friday from 6:00 p.m. to 02:30 a.m., Saturdays from 12:00 p.m. to 02:30 a.m. and Sundays from 12:00 p.m. to 01:00 a.m., from April 10 to May 10
At Platea, a special tribute is paid to the world of literature, adapting the gastronomic and cocktail offer to the 'Sit down to read' campaign so that you can immerse yourself in the literary worlds of its different proposals:
- - 'Les Miserables' by Victor Hugo with the French Style cocktail made from vodka macerated with Lemongrass.
- - 'The Untouchables' by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley with the Pharmaceutical Stimulant cocktail inspired by the Prohibition of the 20's.
- - 'Pedro Páramo' by Juan Rulfo with the Padrisimo cocktail made with Tequila macerated in rosemary and thyme.
- - ' Anthology of José Martí' with the cocktail Viaje a La Habana , a creation with seasonal fruits and a touch of mint.
MUNICIPAL MARKETS AND SHOPPING CENTERS
- LA PAZ MARKET : MINI BOOK FAIR by Pepa Martín, Mariscadora de Cuentos (@pepamariscadoradecuentos)
Calle Ayala, 28 28001 Madrid
From April 18 to 23
- Editorial "At the End of the Story". April 18, 12 noon
- Gabriela Keselman . April 18, 6:15 p.m.
- Inma Muñoz. April 19, 6:15 p.m.
- Doña Mary Collins de Collado . April 22, 6:15 p.m.
And more surprises in the market….
- SAN ISIDRO MARKET : RECITAL OF PASSAGES FROM DON QUIXOTE
Calle San Patricio, 1. 28019, Madrid
Saturday April 23 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- VALLEHERMOSO MARKET: READING CLUB ON DIVINE SINS
c/ Valllehermoso, 36. Divine Sins (gallery)
Wednesday April 27, 7pm
Price: €5
Author: Juan Tranche (will be present in the reading club)
Book: Spiculus
History of the Pecados Divinos book club: This club is a continuation of the erotic book club that Nayara Malnero founded 10 years ago. She went to Oviedo; then Sonia took the baton and continued it when she entered Vallehermoso, in January 2019. Sonia organizes this club because reading and baking are her two great passions and thus she can combine both.
Other writers who have visited the book club: Noelia Amarillo (2 times), Mara Soret, Inés Plana (2 times), Sandra Aza, Juana Cortés and, now, Juan Tranche.
Club mechanics: a snack is made inspired by the book that is going to be discussed and it costs €5. The club is constantly evolving and has more and more regulars and, above all, people who repeat edition after edition. The book that the club focuses on varies each month.
- LA VAGUADA SHOPPING CENTER : MINI BOOK FAIR BY EL CORTE INGLÉS
Avda. Monforte de Lemos, 36, 28029, Madrid
From April 18 to 24 outside the El Corte Inglés store
DISTRICTS
- BARAJAS DISTRICT : TRIBUTE TO THE BOOKS
VILLA DE BARAJAS CULTURAL CENTER: STORIES TO PLAY
Saturday April 23, 12 noon
Cuentos para jugar, from the Marimba Marionetas company, is a tribute to the stories we have heard and enjoyed during our lives and is especially aimed at the public from 3 to 9 years old. The appointment is at 12:30 pm at the Villa de Barajas Cultural Center (Calle Botica, 10).
TALES FROM THE MOON
Aky bookstore and stationery store (Urano street, 1), Las Letras Embrujadas stationery store (Rioja street, 7) and Canoa bookstore (Canoa street, 47).
Saturday April 23, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Tales from the Moon is an initiative by Momi Ogalla that rescues stories and sounds from different cultures, transporting us to other times and other universes. From 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., he will tell stories in the following district bookstores:
- CHAMARTIÍN DISTRICT
BERLIN PARK: various activities
- Friday May 6:
17:00 Opening of the Book Festival and installation of the "Buzón de la Ñ", in which the stories of children who want to participate in the contest organized by the District for the occasion will be deposited.
18:30 Musical theater story: “Alice in Wonderland”. Based on the novel by Lewis Carrol.
19.30 Lecture: “Approach to the figure of Antonio de Nebrija“ , by Inés Fernández Ordoñez, Professor of Spanish Language in the Department of Spanish Philology at the Autonomous University of Madrid. She is a member of the Royal Spanish Academy
- Saturday May 7:
11.30 a.m. WORD HEALER , by Cía Margarito y Cía (Burgos)
7:30 p.m. THE CHIMPUM POINT , by Inma Muñoz
9:30 p.m. VERSES ON UNDER THE STARRY NIGHT
- Sunday May 24:
12:00 to 14:00 - FUN WORKSHOPS ABOUT THE STORY AND THE CHILDREN'S BOOK : "Fantastic Journeys"
18.00 LIVE RADIO. Program "MENUDO CASTILLO" , presented and directed by Javier Castillo
One of the few long-running programs specialized in children's literature, with great activity on social networks and the Internet and the active participation of children in the role of presenters.
During the program, the stories presented in the "BUZON DE LA Ñ" will be read.
NICOLÁS SALMERÓN CULTURAL CENTER: Musical conference
Monday April 25 – 7:00 p.m.
Music Conference. Cervantes and Shakespear in music.
- LATIN DISTRICT:
LATINA IS COVERED IN LETTERS: I ANNUAL MEETING OF AUTHORS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Fernandez de los Rios Cultural Center. Calle Camarena 10, Madrid.
Thursday, April 21, 6:00 p.m.
Round table of neighborhood authors, with the participation of Antono CArralón, Ana Rosenrot, Juan Carlos Merino, Paloma Hernández, Inmaculada Gómez and Miguel Lomas.
- TETUÁN DISTRICT : SHOWS, CONFERENCES AND READING CLUBS
> Shows
Thursday, April 7, 7:00 p.m .: “The book thief”
It tells the story of a spirited and courageous young woman named Liesel, who transforms the lives of everyone around her when she is sent to live with a foster family in World War II Germany. Recommended age: 12+. At the José de Espronceda Sociocultural Center. (Almansa street, 9. 28039, Madrid)
Concerts:
Friday, April 22, 6:30 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. (two screenings) : “Tell me a story” by the Guitar Group of the Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Municipal School of Music. At the José de Espronceda Sociocultural Center. (Almansa street, 9. 28039, Madrid)
Saturday April 23, 7pm : “Rap for Book Day”. Young rappers show us the arts of rap through their songs and melodies. At the Eduardo Úrculo Cultural Center . (Plaza Donoso, 5. 28029. Madrid)
Theater:
Friday, April 29, 7:00 p.m .: “Emilia, that lady” by the Interprearte company.
The function, in a comedy key, brings us the character himself on stage on the occasion of one of the many celebrations of the centenary of his death (1921 - 2021), a conference that Doña Emilia attends among the public . At the Eduardo Úrculo Cultural Center . (Plaza Donoso, 5. 28029. Madrid)
> Conferences:
Thursday April 21, 7:00 p.m.: Lecture and debate on Nebrija by Enrique Gracia Trinidad.
In this month of April that we dedicate each year to books, we take the opportunity to remember the imposing figure of Elio Antonio de Nebrija, the great Spanish humanist on the occasion of the 5th centenary of his death who has been declared in Spain an "Event of Exceptional Public Interest". . At the José de Espronced Sociocultural Center a. (Almansa street, 9. 28039, Madrid)
> Reading Clubs
Tuesday, April 19 and 26, from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m .: Narratives and stories of great literary quality. Maupassant, The Bible, Lope de Vega, EA Poe, 1,001 Nights, R. Dahl, Homer, Bécquer, Lovecraft, El Romancero, Isabel Allende, Borges, etc. At the José de Espronceda Sociocultural Center . (Almansa street, 9. 28039, Madrid)
Friday, April 22 and 29, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.: A workshop for children between the ages of 9 and 12 to get to know and enjoy mythological heroes and stories, and to recognize their influence to this day, even in video games, while developing reading habits and their reading and literary skills. At the Tetuan Sociocultural Center . (Bravo Murillo street, 251. 28020, Madrid)
- VICÁLVARO DISTRICT : BOOK DAY IN THE PLAZA DE LAS MUJERES
Saturday April 23, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Women's Square
STANDS AND ACTIVITIES
- Promotion of children's and youth reading (Juan XXIII Foundation)
- I remember Almudena Grandes and Jose Antonio Escohotado (Juan XXIII Foundation)
- Family Reading Animation (Vicálvaro Participates)
- Perseguidoras de Metáforas (Collective of women writers from Vicálvaro)
- Jarcha Bookstore
- Color Pencils Bookstore
- Storytelling by Margalida Albertí Cuentera. Professional oral storyteller, story maker and actress. At 11am and 12pm
- Creation of a joint story between all the people participating in a panel in which, with a sentence, a story will begin that each one will have to complete until they create a joint story.
+ Info HERE
NEW ACTIVITIES.
Throughout the month of the campaign (April 10 to May 10), we will be incorporating the information of the different activities offered by the different establishments, organizations and institutions that collaborate in it.
We would love to have your collaboration . If you want to join the SIT DOWN AND READ campaign, with an activity that you want us to promote, please send an email to todoestaenmadrid@madrid.es and tell us about it.
SIGNUP
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NOTE: The Sit Down to Read campaign is an initiative promoted by the Madrid City Council through the General Directorates of Commerce and Hospitality, Libraries, Archives and Museums and Communication, in collaboration with the Madrid Booksellers Guild, various merchant associations and all participating establishments.
This campaign is one of the actions to promote the digital transformation of commerce in Madrid through the municipal program EVERYTHING IS IN MADRID integrated into the Plan to Promote and Support Commerce in Madrid co-financed by the Madrid City Council and the European Union through of the granting of European Next Generation EU recovery funds in accordance with the call regulated by Order ICT/949/2021 , of September 10.
