The many styles that mirror the many reasons why we keep writing: instinct, art and craft. Successful books and hidden manuscripts. Authors, agents, writing schools, literary prizes, and the web.

— Luca Briasco, editor, translator and publisher at Minimum Fax

What leads someone to become a publisher? How is a catalogue built? Starting from the observation that there are at least four types of publishing – corporate, independent, vanity and self-publishing – this section explores their common ground and their different visions.

— Andrea Gessner, publisher at Nottetempo

In Latin, legere means both ‘to read’ and ‘to choose.’ A translator reads twice: they read, and they choose – the right voice, or the most right one possible. Competence, time, responsibility, taste, and courage are the key words of a craft that is both an act of service and a creative art in its own right.

— Beatrice Masini, writer, translator and editorial manager at Bompiani

In an age of digital overload and visual intensity, the printed book is reborn as a medium. Design, materials, and production are once again at the center of new creative research. Through workshops and meetings with designers and artists, this station explores the physical book — from its individual parts to the finished object.

— Giovanna Silva e Chiara Carpenter, photographer and publisher of Humboldt Books, and editor of Humboldt Books, founder of Sanrocco magazine

How do we talk about a book? A text is told by its author during writing, by agents, publishers, editors, press offices, journalists, bloggers, booksellers, readers — even by those who haven’t read it. What remains of this web of voices and communications?

— Leonardo Luccone, founder of the literary agency Oblique

A bookshop is not just a place where books are sold, but a catalyst for stories about books. Booksellers, professional readers and specialists of all kinds guide visitors through reading paths and discoveries.

— Maddalena Fossombroni e Pietro Torrigiani, fondatori della libreria Todo Modo

The infinite reasons why we read are part of the ways we do it. Lector in fabula: interpretive cooperation and the influence of the market. Literature in cinema, on TV, in graphic novels, video games and web series.

— Riccardo Ventrella, head of international relations at Fondazione Teatro della Toscana