The sixth edition of the Termini Book Festival ended, the Termetana cultural event dedicated to Cosimo Cristina, a journalist killed by the mafia. Four Messinesi who took part: Francesco Musolino, who presented his “yellow Lipari” (and/o); Antonino Genovese, guest with his “the silence of the water” (Frilli); Alessandro Carrozza, honor mention to the Cosimo Cristina Prize (called by the Festival in collaboration with Yellow Mondadori) with his story “The waves of guilt”; Eliana Camaioni, already a guest of the Festival several times, and from this year among the organizers.
A three days of presentations, cultural debates, in the name of the written word but not only: “The Termini Book Festival more and more wants to be a place of exchange and encounter – said Giorgio Lupo, creator and artistic director -. Not only an authorial showcase, therefore, but open window on the world. We worked to create a program that not only famous the beauty of literature, but that also stimulates a critical reflection over our time. The collaboration with Yellow Mondadori for the Cosimo Cristina Prize is for us a reason for great pride and perfectly symbolizes our mission: making culture an instrument of awareness and change ».
«The Termini Book Festival is a beautiful reality – he says to the microphones Francesco Musolino -. A Sicilian festival, of which to be proud. As an author, I am very happy to have been there, that I could talk about my book, and to have met a public of readers numerous and welcoming ». “Having been chosen in the Festival staff is something that honors me,” says Eliana Camaioni, who in recent years has been twice a guest of the Festival and has conquered the podium of the Mondadori Yellow Competition with his “called them Mata and Grifone”. “I am very proud to have been chosen by the director Giorgio Lupo to be part of that winning and cohesive team who, edition after edition, made the Festival increasingly larger. And the extraordinary success of this year’s audience, together with the presence of important guests, was the most beautiful response that repays all of us for the work done”.