The Calabria Region at the XXXVIII edition of the Turin International Book Fair 2026, from 14 to 18 May, presents itself this year with a path that intertwines institutions, authors, publishers, library systems and widespread cultural realities, confirming Calabria’s desire to present itself as a dynamic region, aware of its own identity and oriented towards the future.
At the Lingotto Fiere, in the Calabria space, located in the OVAL pavilion, the Region will implement a mature cultural strategy, based on the valorisation of territorial presidia, on the promotion of reading, on the dialogue between arts and languages and on the construction of a cultural ecosystem capable of speaking to the country with authority: a great choral story, an institutional and cultural path that runs through the entire program and which finds its most effective narrative device in the talks.
The Exhibition Space and the Collaboration with Rai Radio 2
The stand measures 300 m², positioned in the center of the Oval pavilion and in an area where the largest flows of public and the most important national publishing companies intertwine, it is divided into spaces dedicated to the presentation and consultation of books and to talks with the Glass room: a space in which Rai Radio 2 programs will be broadcast live with the “Let’s Give Voice to Calabria” interview and talk format, which will also be broadcast through social media.
Numbers and Cultural Programming
A vast program full of events: 160 authors presenting their texts, 34 publishing houses and exhibitors, 82 events and talks.
Among these, the talk “Next Calabria: culture, ideas and development”, with which the Region clearly states the centrality of cultural programming as a lever for growth, while the meetings dedicated to library systems and reading ecosystems show a territory that invests in networks, skills and participatory models.
The Dialogue on the “Restanza”: Brunori, Teti and Labate
One of the most significant moments of the entire program fits into this framework, the dialogue between Dario Brunori, Vito Teti and Tommaso Labate, a meeting that addresses the theme of remainder as an interpretative key of Calabrian contemporaneity. The conversation between music, anthropology and journalism becomes a privileged observation point on the transformations of the territories and on the possibilities that arise from keeping roots and future together.
Brunori brings the sensitivity of the singer-songwriter who was able to transform Calabria into a shared imagination, Teti offers the depth of the anthropological gaze that has redefined the very concept of remanence, while Labate guides the dialogue with the ability to place these reflections within a national framework. What emerges is a Calabria that does not limit itself to telling its story, but that reflects on itself, that questions its own destiny and that proposes a cultural model based on the care of places, on collective responsibility and on the possibility of building new forms of living.
Youth, Cinema and New Narrations
Alongside this, the programming dedicates a role to young people and the world of school, with the talk “The kids who change the world: school, well-being and the future in Calabria”.
The presence of the Calabria Film Commission Foundation and the dialogue between cinema and literature strengthen the image of a Calabria that produces contemporary narratives and uses audiovisual languages as tools for promoting identity. Likewise, the talks dedicated to rest, young people, school and well-being show a region attentive to social issues, capable of deeply addressing issues that concern communities, territories and new generations.