Balada Literaria, literature festival in Sao Paulo

A festival of literature without accreditation or press office, without tickets online and cerimony.
The balada begins today and runs through Sunday - promising turmoil in the region of Vila Madalena and Pinheiros. The main events (book launches, debates, concerts) will take place on nine points in the region, like the Livraria da Vila, the Biblioteca Alceu Amoroso Lima, theCentro Cultural b_arco, the Mercearia São Pedro. In the 24th and 25th there will be a Ressaca Literária (Literature Hangover), with more attractions. All for free. The event mix everyone. You can actually have a coffee with your favorite author, share an idea, and even drink a beer. It is like a house party.

The opening ballad occurs in the Livraria da Vila at 11am, the honoree of the year, writer Lygia Fagundes Telles, will chat with readers. Actress Leandra Leal will read excerpts of Lygia. The list of special guests is extensive: Lauro César Muniz, Hugo Possolo, Marcelo Rubes Paiva, Cid Campos, Alice Ruiz, Jorge Furtado and many others. The ballada has the advantage of not only being a literary event. Shows of Fabiana Cozza (today at 8:30 pm in the cultural b_arco) and the band Os Outros (Sunday at 8 pm, in the cultural b_arco) are also scheduled. One of the most important events this year is the presentation of a play based on the work of Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño (1953-2003). The piece Los Críticos También Lloran has Spanish actors and Venezuela.

The event also will launch a new publisher, Edith (of Marcelino Freire and Vanderley Mendonça). Between releases, especially A Matadora de Orquídeas (The Killer of Orchids), of the poet Analu Andrigueti. In the book, poems that range from childhood reminiscences to free verse about sex.
 
Highlights
Thursday November 18 
11am: Meeting with Lygia Fagundes Telles
(Participation of actress Leandra Leal).
Livraria da Vila, Rua Fradique Coutinho, 915
8:30 pm: Launch of new editor Edith, followed by a concert with singer Fabiana Cozza. Launch of book "A Matadora de Orquídeas," of the poet Analu Andrigueti. In the b-arc, Rua Dr. Virgilio de Carvalho Pinto 915

Friday November 19
2.30 pm: Chat with Sergio Roveri (playwright), Beth Goulart (actress) and Marcelo Rubens Paiva (writer and playwright). On occasion, there will be a tribute to the writer, actor and literary critic Alberto Guzik. Livraria da Vila
7.30 pm: The German writer Ulrich Peltzer launches novel 'Part of the Solution'. Then there will be party with DJ. At the Goethe Institut, Lisbon Street, 974

Saturday November 20
1.30 pm: Young poets make a tribute to poet Roberto Piva. EspaçoPlinio Marcos, Benedicto Calixto Square
5 pm: Meeting with Augusto de Campos. In the Library Alceu Amoroso Lima, Rua Henrique Schaumann, 777
8.30 pm: Presentation of the play "Los Críticos También Lloran", a tribute to the writer Roberto Bolaño. At the Teatro da Vila, Rua Jericó, 256
  
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