Paride Literary Review

In Tropea, spring smells of books, culture and reflection. On the occasion of the ‘’May of Books‘’ 2025, the literary review is back, animating the historic centre of the Pearl of the Tyrrhenian Sea with meetings, walks, and presentations: a journey through words and thoughts, this year inspired by Paris, the mythical Trojan prince, symbol of profound choices and authentic desires.

From 23 April to 31 May 2025, the event will transform the city into a veritable cultural workshop, in which authors, popularisers, readers and students will discuss major themes of the present and the past: from immigration to the fight against intolerance, from gender violence to the promotion of territories, including a tribute to symbolic figures of Calabrian culture such as Corrado Alvaro and Franco Costabile.

It will begin on Wednesday 23 April, World Book Day, with the evocative Literary Walk in the heart of Tropea, curated by artistic director Dario Godano, through the streets and lanes dedicated to poets and writers. The event, free and open to all, will also involve members of IGERS-Calabria and Vibo Valentia. Over the course of the festival, sixteen appointments between Largo Antico Sedile, the Liceo Scientifico, the Cappella dei Nobili and other symbolic places of the city will welcome writers, poets and cultural disseminators, including Aldo Nove, Domenico Latino, Marco Dixit, Il grammatico antipatico, Rey Sciutto, Daniela Rabia and many others.